It’s been a while since I’ve dished out some advice.

Probably because it’s been a while since any of you have asked me for advice.

I can’t imagine why.

After absolutely no new advice questions for weeks, I finally got an email the other day from the adorably named Mumun. The email came with the [...]

A couple months ago, I got an email from a young woman who was planning on moving to China to teach English. After reading several blog posts and articles by other female travelers about the treatment of Western women in this part of the world, she was concerned. She’d read stories of women being [...]

It’s not easy being big in Asia.

And not, like, big-in-a-famous kind of way, but big-in-a-we-don’t-sell-your-size-here-so-don’t-even-try kind of way.

I know what you’re going to say — “But, Sally, you’re not fat!” (You were going to say that, right?! RIGHT?!).

It’s true.

I’m not fat… in America.

As far as Americans go, I’d say [...]

Last week, I left the lovely city of Chiang Mai, Thailand after living there for a grand total of three and a half months. As this is the longest time I had stayed in any one place for the past year, you’d think I would have managed to do and see a lot of [...]

Three years ago, when I first came to Chiang Mai during a month-long trip through Thailand, I signed up for a one-day group tour, which included an elephant ride, jungle trek and visit to a hill tribe village. A friend of mine had done a similar excursion while she was in Thailand and had [...]