Blogs of Travel

Travel Writer blogger photographer Army Brat & Wife Navy & Air Force Mom DST wine lover politics junkie and a really slow runner in 41 countries... so far.

I’m a freelance travel writer and photographer from Cape Town, South Africa. I’ve been travelling for a living for the last six years – for four of them I worked at Getaway magazine as a photojournalist and web editor before I went solo. My travel stories, which range from narratives and guides to photo essays and philosophical pieces, have been published in magazines and newspapers in South Africa, Dubai, India, Thailand, the UK and the USA.

An authentic TRAVEL BLOG by an authentic couple. Travel Stories. Travel Pictures. Travel Videos. Welcome to our world.

​Tales of adventure and photography from the far reaches of the world. Follow along as this full-time traveler pushes the boundaries to capture the essence of a place and its culture

Welcome to my little corner of the world where I share tips and recommendations for travel, musings about life, and images from my adventures around the world!

A quest to see the world and to get more out of life

I am a travel enthusiast, who always has my camera slung around my neck. I have independently travelled to 27 countries across four continents and have many more on my bucket list. As Andre Gide put it (he was the 1947 Nobel Prize winner for literature, by the way): Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.

My name is Eartha, and I'm a travaholic. I recently decided to quit my job to travel the world, and this (re-imagined) website is going to be all about the "before, during and after" process of that whole endeavor, with bits and pieces of randomness in between. So read on, my friend! I may not have a barrel of money... But maybe I'm ragged and funny! As we travel along, singing a song, side by side.

Earth Below Girls was forged years ago on a car ride home from yet another trip. After talking about our upcoming travels we mused that we should write it all down and start a blog. Suddenly we all were taking dibs on what and where we wanted to write about in a flurry of excitement. A couple of weeks later our site The Earth Below My Feet was built and we were on our way.

Welcome to my blog! I am a girl whose passion is to travel. Here you can read about my travel stories, tips and advice about everything that has to do with exploring the world. Explore and enjoy.