Travel Column Archives

The Dirty Side of Travel

By Kate Springer | Monday, May 30th, 2016

When I was interviewing this fascinating guy about how to run a sustainable business and travel more responsibly, my own glaring hypocrisy hit me in the face. Air travel..

Lost in Translation

By Kate Springer | Sunday, April 24th, 2016

Wǒ shì gè nǚ hái. I am a girl. Learning Putonghua. Well, trying to anyway. I've been in Asia for four years, and every year I..

This Ship Has Sailed

By Kate Springer | Monday, March 21st, 2016

As a travel writer, there is one topic that I will rarely touch — in fact, I will sprint in the opposite direction. It's been well-documented by..

We Met on a Plane

By Kate Springer | Sunday, March 13th, 2016

Settling into a 2am flight from Yangon back to Hong Kong, I was falling asleep in my seat when a flight attendant tapped my shoulder...

Am I Forgetting Something?

By Kate Springer | Wednesday, March 2nd, 2016

A travel tell-all with Kate Springer. It's Monday morning, and I get a Google Chat from my fiance. "Where are we staying in Yangon this weekend?" Oh,..

Wide Open Spaces

By Kate Springer | Sunday, February 28th, 2016

A travel tell-all with Kate Springer. Do you ever get the feeling that there's simply no space for you in Hong Kong? Like you don't..