Ian's Series

Tuesday, January 2nd, 2018 by Ian Johnson

If you're an American wanting to visit Turkey in 2018, you're back in! As of December 29th, 2017, I can confirm we (two regular American citizens) flew into Sabiha Gökçen Airport (the smaller of the two airports) in Istanbul, Turkey (though not directly from the US, which may've always been possible, but now without the little slip of paper and red stamp) Read more ›

Tuesday, December 19th, 2017 by Ian Johnson

Slowly. Kidding, kind of. I just spent three weeks in Switzerland and came in at just under $2,000 and wanted to share what it takes to make Switzerland... let's say, "affordable", air quotes intended. Read more ›

Tuesday, October 3rd, 2017 by Ian Johnson

It's time to highlight the cheapest (and most expensive, looking at you Iceland) countries' hostels in Europe in 2017 and where to go if you're traveling on a budget, like this guy is, because he's going back for round two. Read more ›

Wednesday, May 31st, 2017 by Ian Johnson

February in Seattle is gray, like really, really, ridiculously gray. So in an effort to realize the sun still did in fact exist I bailed out of Seattle for two weeks to the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico to get my tan for the rest of the year. Read more ›