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FREE APPS YOU NEED TO DOWNLOAD FOR YOUR NEXT ROADTRIP

I just returned home from a week and a half on the road by myself and let me tell ya, I already miss the open road. There’s something about going days on end without a shower, pitching a tent every night, the smell of campfires and that feeling of having time off and away from the rest of the world while you’re on the road. There’s no better feeling, I think we can all agree. But one thing that can get super hard is planning all of it: where to stay / camp, the best route to take for your trip, what hikes to do in a different state. A lot of work goes into making a roadtrip happen unless you like to be spontaneous and see where the wind takes you. So I want to share with you the most helpful apps I’ve found to download for FREE on your iPhone (Not sure about Android) to make your trip a bit easier!

Travel GuidesNiki HerringNovember 14, 2019free apps, travel guides, roadtrip Comment

WHY LIVING OUT OF A VAN IN ICELAND IS THE BEST OPTION TO TRAVELING THE COUNTRY

It’s no secret that Iceland had been on my bucket list for a few years now.. The glaciers, endless mountains, crystal clear oceans, the vastness and wildness - How could it not be on your bucket list? The only possible answer I could think of would be money, but that’s why I’m here to tell you why living out of a van is the best way to explore this beautiful country! You kill two birds with one stone: Sleeping and exploring all day. Get a van and make it your home on wheels for a week and I promise you, you won’t regret a second of it.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringOctober 15, 2019iceland, van life, travel guides, lagoon car rentalComment

THE ULTIMATE SOUTHWEST ROADTRIP ITINERARY

Windows down, arm out the window, dusty warm air coming in and somewhere in the middle of the desert. The simple reasons I love exploring the Southwest.. I’ve got to admit I’ve been on a lot of road trips in my life and no route compares to the one I’m about to share with you. It’s a road trip that everyone must make once in their life - put it on the bucketlist right now! Because I’m here to share with you the ultimate roadtrip itinerary. I know it can get pretty stressful finding the best places to go and how to fit it all into one route.. So my friends, I gathered all of the most beautiful places in the Southwest that you MUST SEE at least once in your life and I condensed it into one easy itinerary for you so you can just hit the road and go!

Travel GuidesNiki HerringSeptember 29, 2019 Comment

WHY YOU NEED TO TRAVEL SOLO AND HOW TO ENJOY THE JOURNEY OF IT (Roadtrip edition)

When was the last time you sat down with yourself? Had a deep talk with yourself? Connecting the parts of yourself that feel all over the place lately? When was the last time you took time to make sure you were okay? You did something that made you feel alive and happy? When was the last time you looked life in the eyes and said, “I’m doing this for ME!”

Travel GuidesNiki HerringSeptember 13, 2019 Comment

IRELAND ROADTRIP GUIDE

After a really short flight from Iceland to Ireland we had finally landed in Dublin the start to our crazy week and a half in Ireland. Honestly I hadn’t heard or seen much about this beautiful country until a few months before when I found cheap tickets out of Iceland to here.

So when we first booked our tickets we knew we wanted to stay in the heart of Dublin for our first night to get the true Irish experience. We did just that by staying at Abbey Court Hostel - literally walking distance from everything. Touring all the bars, shops and cafes I realized one day in the city isn’t enough. There’s so much to see. After about 6 hours lost in the streets we got back to our hostel just in time for the pub crawl.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJuly 27, 2019irelandComment

I LEFT MY HEART IN ICELAND

It’s crazy how at one point I had only seen photos and videos of all the beautiful places I was just now running through. Wanting to be there and making my own memories and photos.. And then 6 years later I made it happen. It all felt like a blink of an eye but when my eyes shut in between - it was a dream. Iceland has this crazy way of making you feel like you’re running through your own imagination. Where the coast meets mountains around every corner, being able to stand at the foot of a glacier casually, seeing waterfalls that spray a mist on you from the second you step foot out of your car.

Iceland is just a crazy vast dreamland of every nature scene you could ever come up with.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJuly 23, 2019iceland Comments

CHEOW LAN LAKE - A DREAM OR REALITY

I just really felt myself getting lost here and feeling small.

Like I didn’t matter in that moment of time, because the only thing that mattered was what was right in front of me and the time I had with it.

I just was so appreciative of life this day and kept holding on to every little moment - I didn’t want to let it go.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJune 22, 2019thailandComment

KO LANTA - THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THAILAND

Once I left Krabi I was honestly scared.. Scared to not have moments like the ones I just did, scared that transportation would be hard to find, scared I would get sick of island life. But everything I was once scared of just turned into everything I loved about Ko Lanta.

Ko Lanta is such a quiet island and so small you can get from one side to the other within probably 2 hours - that’s if you’re not making any stops.

Travel GuidesNiki HerringJune 5, 2019thailandComment

KRABI.. THE HARDEST GOODBYE

To be honest as I start to reminisce on my trip as I’m halfway through. Krabi left the biggest imprint on me. Maybe it was because it was a lot of firsts for me. First real big collaboration, first time seeing Thailand, first time getting involved with the culture and people, first time on a long tail boat.

It was a lot of firsts - therefore it’s a lot of memories left with me.

My Trips, Travel GuidesNiki HerringMay 29, 2019thailand Comment

Life

LIKE WE WERE YOUNG AGAIN.

I’ve felt like more childlike wonder these past 2 months than I did all of my last year total. You see, I always have a young spirit and I love spontaneity, adventure, always being on the go, you name it. But with that, also comes an old soul in me; the worrying and figuring out of the future. I sometimes forget the slow down period. The period of looking around and taking in everything that this moment offers. I forget to scream to the world just how happy I am when I feel like it, to laugh out loud to the point someone could mistake it for a dying seal, to cry when I feel something. Sometimes I just forget to really live. Like how we did when we were young.

A YEAR OF LESSONS

Here we are again. End of December looking back at everything that happened throughout this whole year, that bittersweet reflection of everything you’ve done throughout the past 365 days. That sort of painful sit down of looking back knowing it’s about to be nothing but memories in the past. Knowing all those moments were literally once in a lifetime. It’s so bittersweet.

WINTERTIME BLUES.

Some days are better than others.. I’m sure if you suffer with depression or anxiety like I do, you know that sometimes you’re on top of the world and it feels like you could scream to it just how happy you are and how great life is.. Sometimes the world feels like it’s crushing down on you instead. To a point you just want it to suffocate you, to take away the uninvited thoughts and feelings. Right now it feels a lot like being suffocated.