Young women in the workforce are burning out faster than ever. We are the least likely to use our vacation days and are quitting jobs faster than our male counterparts. In the transition between jobs, we’re leaving minimal time for…
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Take Me To The Beach – Scheveningen, the Netherlands
Before the seasons change, Take Me To The Beach – an editorial from the seaside resort town of Scheveningen in the Netherlands. Photography: Riemkje Poortinga Stylist: Iris Meindertsma HMU: Nikki van der Wijst Model: Julia @ Modelsrock Agency Model: Dennis G…
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The Art of Slow Travel With Godai Escapes
The word ‘travel‘ implies movement and distance. It conjures impressions of crowded airports, bus and train stations, long lines and landmarks overflowing with transient visitors. As tourists, we have a natural tendency to over-pack our precious holiday time, racing around to…
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How to Help Victims of Natural Disasters in The Caribbean Islands, Mexico, USA
If you are reading this, you are fortunate to have access to wifi, power, and likely, clean drinking water. These are simple luxuries that many residents of Texas, Louisiana, the Caribbean, and Mexico no longer have access to, after the recent…
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Exploring Cartagena’s ‘Coolest’ Neighborhood As An Outsider
We had spent so much time being romanced by the flower laden balconies and the saturated street colours within the 400-year-old, walled city of Cartagena, Colombia, that we had almost forgotten there was anywhere else to explore. I had read that Getsemani was worth visiting. It was a neighbourhood just outside the walled city with a dark and complicated past as a former host to drug trades and sex trafficking. With Colombia’s modern political shift towards stability, greater economic security, a
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Travel Anxiety? Read This.
It’s an unfortunate yet all-too-common truth that the anxiety surrounding travel can sometimes overcome the joy of exploring the unknown. While some people revel in uncertainty, others feel crippled by it—for those identifying with the latter, there’s a little more…
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Searching For Azotea in San Miguel
The long dirt road from our temporary accommodation in San Miguel, Mexico, stretched past children playing, an old gas station with people crowding around a standing fan, and a donkey tied to a tree, lost in thought. Once we finally…
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Postcards from Phi Phi Island, Thailand, By Photographer Kris Martyn
Elsewhere’s “Postcards From…” series features photography submissions by our readers that seek to capture the energy, spirit, landscape, culture or humanity of a particular destination. Here, we enter the lens of Australian photographer Kris Martyn on his journey through Phi…
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Sweet Escape – An Editorial Story by Cameron Hammond in Milos Island, Greece
“In the summer, the water glistens with flecks of gold that match her hair. The sun warms the back of her eyelids while the hot island rock heats the soles of her feet. She wanders alone but never lonely. For her, imagination is the best companion.” Photographed by…
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