Travel Blogger Amanda Williams

Ask people who have been to New Zealand to name the city with the best location in the country, and chances are a good...

I went through a long-haired, tie-dye-wearing hippie phase in high school – just without the drugs. And, even though I've always been somewhat of...

New Zealand is, hands-down, my favorite country in the world. I love the landscapes, the people, and the laid-back way of life. But, seeing...

In the past couple of weeks, I've received a handful of emails from women asking me all sorts of questions about traveling solo. I've...

The pilot banked slightly to the right so that we could get a better view of a glacier high up in New Zealand's Southern...

Chances are, if you consider yourself a reader, you probably have a favorite author. I actually have a few favorites — and one of...

After wanting to kill myself after the first hike I did with my friend Liz in New Zealand, I was extremely skeptical about doing...

No one is entirely sure where the tradition of lovers attaching padlocks to bridges began — but since the early 2000s, tens (maybe even...

You all know the story: cubicle-dweller dreams of travel, saves up money, and eventually waves adios to desk job and embarks upon a global...

There are a few things that are on every Harry Potter fan's bucket list: to visit Platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross Station (the real...

Growing up, I was one of those kids who was kinda okay at a lot of things, but not really GREAT at any one...

As small as New Zealand is, I still feel like there are some towns and areas that the average tourist does not even think...

I was not your average teenager obsessed with boy bands and the latest hair clip fashions (I was a teen in the 2000s —...

New Zealand. The Land of the Long White Cloud. A country filled with literally every kind of landscape and climate you can think of...

So you've written down your resolutions for 2015. And, high up near the top of the list, reads: “TRAVEL MORE.” Maybe you've even underlined...

I was oddly calm as a man I'd never met before helped me tighten a harness around my butt and crotch. Wait, wait wait…...

When I was a little kid, I used to be ALL about the outdoors. We're talking tree forts in the woods, swimming in mucky...

Author: Amanda Williams