goKonrad's Tokyo travel blog (Japan) Tokyo may just be an impossible city to describe. The fascinating, yet confusing, city is minimalist and extravagant, futuristic and ancient, artisan and flashy, and on the move while taking it slow. The Japanese respect tradition and artisanship, but they will still beat you to the newest gadget. This sophisticated, polite, [...]
How To Make A Difference: Refugee Crisis I recently watched Salam Neighbor on Netflix, where two American filmmakers spent a month in Zaatari, the largest camp in Jordan for Syrian refugees. The heartbreaking and inspiring stories of the families hit me hard. Approximately 400,000 people have been killed by the conflict and 600,000 are currently refugees. I recommend [...]
Weekly Digest: September 2, 2016 Cześć (hi in Polish)! Here is your weekly dose of my best tips for how to travel the world while your grow your career and make a difference. Travel the world I watched Jason Silva’s clip on Why We Travel this week and loved it. In his usual passion (and immense [...]
goKonrad's Luang Prabang travel blog Luang Prabang is a special place. It is as untouched as a place can be these days. Along the infamous Mekong River, scenes of fisherman in old wooden boats, monks in orange robes walking in and out of Buddhist temples, a lush and green landscape, and a friendly and fun-spirited charm [...]
As the Chief Explorer of TripScout, I travel to three countries per month to find the best local spots and hidden gems: from controversial street art to charming neighborhoods, from third-wave coffee shops and underground speakeasy bars to historical landmarks. I have been obsessed with understanding the different trip planning ways people figure out what [...]
goKonrad's Yangon travel blog (Myanmar - Burma) Myanmar is not the only country with a history of military dictatorship, civil war, and oppression, but it is perhaps the only one where its citizens have remained so friendly, welcoming, and fun-spirited. You will find the country’s dark history inconceivable when you sit outside on Yangon’s 19th Street [...]
goKonrad's Seoul travel blog (South Korea) If you are traveling throughout Asia, check out some of my other travel blog posts in the region: Hanoi, Saigon, Luang Prabang, Beijing, Shanghai, Tokyo, Kyoto, Ubud-Bali, Yangon, Taipei, Almaty, Bishkek, Hong Kong, Singapore, Manila, Kuala Lumpur, the Maldives, and more. I hope you enjoyed my Seoul travel blog album! For more travel photos, follow [...]
How To Make A Difference: Stock Donations If you own long-term appreciated stocks in the U.S., donating the stock instead of cash helps the charity and has significant tax benefits to you. If you sell the stock in order to donate cash, you have to pay capital gains taxes and as a result, have less to give and [...]
goKonrad's West Bank travel blog (Palestine) If you are traveling throughout the Middle East, check out some of my other travel blog posts in the region: Dubai, Istanbul, Cairo, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Beirut, Amman, Petra, Doha, Bahrain, and more. I hope you enjoyed my West Bank travel blog album! For more travel photos, follow me on Instagram or sign up for my free [...]
goKonrad's Kigali travel blog (Rwanda) When you mention Rwanda, most people immediately recall the horrific genocide that occurred in 1994 where the Hutu majority brutally massacred an estimated 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus in the span of just three months. When you mention that you are traveling there, people think you are crazy. How can [...]
