Teaching English online and also keeping expenses low by doing work exchanges (world packers and workaday are two examples)!

Phone, camera, Laptop, laptop case/cover, good quality backpack, chargers & adapters for each place you are going (or a universal adapter), noise cancelling headphones, shower shoes, padlock.

I also prefer to have the following, but wouldn’t say they’re a must: your own pillow case, ear plugs (if you are staying in hostels or noisy cities), poncho, travel journal (fun to write about the places you go or have new friends sign it along the way!)

And who was originally in the Americas?…

Do you understand why their comment about me “not looking American” is ignorant?

I’ve never been to Malta before but I’ve heard great things about it

I was there a few weeks ago (female, 20s) and felt perfectly safe. The city center was quite crowded though, so just watch your personal belongings.

I get this all the time while traveling in Europe as a Latina from the US. “Oh but you don’t look American.” …? My response is usually “What exactly does an American look like?” (And they say people from the US are ignorant - lol)