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If you travel frequently, you already know that the US airline security screening doesn’t work.  As someone (I assume) who is not trying to blow up aircraft, hijack planes or otherwise really screw up your travel itinerary (it’s hard enough to make your connecting flight without a band of hostages slowing you down), you’d think [...]

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while.  I had recently read a piece about location independent living that said most bloggers were getting it wrong… living anywhere wasn’t the point, it was how you live.  He was right about the last point.  His solution?  Create as much wealth as possible.  On this, [...]

Next week I’ll be seven months pregnant and flying out to Hawaii. So far this little one has traveled across the US, through British Columbia, into the Yukon, then Alaska, all the way back to Bend, OR, down around Belize including cave tubing and long hikes in the rain forest, and now to Hawaii. Being [...]

We were having dinner with Ian, one of the owners of Ka’ana, a luxury spa resort in the Cayo District of Belize. He was talking about his vision of transforming not only the food, but every detail—to the tours offered (more culture, less glitz), to food sourcing (think local), to community involvement (replanting an important [...]

Today’s guest post is from Ross Garnaut, blogger at Lowfares.com Ross is writing about something I’ve always been curious about: does traveling  for your job, change the way you view travel? Could it ever lose it’s shine? Read on. If you’d like write to guest post: contact Almostfearless with your story idea and a bit [...]

Today’s guest post is from Matt Kepnes, blogger at NomadicMatt.com Matt agreed to write this post after I asked him about a rumor I had heard in the travel circles that if you enter long term travel single, you’ll stay that way. As a married traveler, I was curious on the singleton’s perspective and I’d [...]

If you walk the bike path in Northampton past Smith College, you eventually cross a wooden bridge over section of river down by the old Felt factory. Every morning, my husband and I take the dogs there, and then I shimmy under the wooden railing, scale the hillside to 50 ft below and call for [...]

I spent two weeks in Tamarindo. It was my last stop in Costa Rica, before I headed north to Nicaragua. The hostel was perfect. La Botella de Leche has it all: offbeat décor (think cows everywhere), open air seating, a full kitchen, and an owner who you want to get to know (a women from [...]

Today’s guest post is by Derek Johanson, from LiveUncomfortably.com. For the digital nomad, hostels can be a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, they provide cheap rooms and great social atmosphere. But on the other hand, they provide endless sources for distraction. As a digital nomad, you’ll inevitably end up staying in hostels [...]

My husband thinks I should name this post, “Nobody cares if the writer is really good at Excel.”  That will be more clear in a moment, but first I want to talk about what I’m good at– really really good at– and that’s starting new projects.  It’s what made my short ascent into the corporate [...]