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Since 1998 I have stayed in more than 20 different hotels, resorts, and villas across all parts of the beautiful island of Bali. Think of me as your personal “Bali Guru” since I’ve visited more [...]

January on Travelocity! Every month I use my 20 years of travel experience to write for aggregator giant, Travelocity. They call us the Gnational Gnomads. These are excerpts of those stories. [...]

I have now been a professional travel blogger for more than 10 years! Did you know my first blog was Erin Eats That where I only wrote about food? Then I started etbender.com, which turned into [...]

A rainy day in Melbourne is not uncommon. In fact, the weather is so unpredictable you’ll be sure to find a day when the kids are going stir crazy in the house and you just need to get them out. [...]

I’ve zip-lined all over the world. In fact, so have my 8 and 9-year-old. We’ve zipped through rainforests in Saint Lucia, through Mexican jungles in Cancun and over alligators in Florida. But if [...]

If you are reading on from my previous article about the 7 Startling Realities of Nomadic Travel you would realise that nomadic travel isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I explained how hard it was [...]

Note: This started out as a very large piece including the pitfalls of nomadic travel. I ended up splitting it for your reading pleasure. So enjoy part 1. Part 2 can be found here.   Perhaps [...]

My first time in Bali was 1999. I had graduated high school the previous year and my parents decided to take the whole family on our first overseas vacation as a graduation gift to me. I hated [...]

For my 14th trip to Bali, I really wanted to focus on the kids. I know my idea of Bali is daily massage, a couple of yoga classes and sitting by the pool with a cocktail. But what did they want? [...]

October on Travelocity! Every month I use my 20 years of travel experience to write for aggregator giant, Travelocity. They call us the Gnational Gnomads. These are excerpts of those stories. [...]