About Rachel Jones

Rachel Jones left a career in nursing and lived on the beaches of Goa, India for the five years. Now she lives in Mexico where she gives advice on the 40+ countries she’s visited in the last 10 years. She’s the author of two India travel e-books: Guide to India and Insider’s Guide to Goa. Her blog, Hippie in Heels, like its name, is a contradiction combining off-beat adventurous places with glamorous and bespoke travel. Hippie in Heels has been featured in ELLE, Marie Claire, Grazia, and Cosmopolitan magazines. She’s a writer for Bravo TV.

A Complete Guide to Everest Base Camp Trek

Nepal is famous worldwide for adventure sports and hiking. Every year hundreds of thousands of people travel to Nepal. Most of them are for trekking to the base camp of Mt. Everest, the highest mountain in the world! I'm going to delve into this guide to Everest base camp trek options and FAQ. Nestling amidst

Use These 9 Websites for Planning Your Next Trip

There is so much information on the internet these days and so many helpful websites, but I guess the point of writing this blog is to help you narrow down the information and give it to you in a simplified format aka save you the hard work. These are the website I use and I hope

Luxury Guide to Cape Town

Welcome to Backpacker's Boutique. Every Sunday, this spot will feature a new travel blogger. Some weeks it will be a really fun interview about packing, fashion, and fitness so you can snoop inside their bags & lives a little bit and other weeks it'll be a detailed luxury guide to a city the featured blogger/expat knows very well. E-mail me if

This is India! 106

Welcome back to This is India! I always have funny/weird stories about India to share with friends or family when I talk to them. This is just meant to be an honest portrayal about my life in India through short anecdotes. I also share here what I’ve been up to online outside Hippie in Heels.

Our Recent Whirlwind Weekend in Singapore

We went to Singapore just recently and had a blast. We've been before so didn't have to hit up all the tourist sites. I'll link some older articles with some weekend in Singapore tips below so you can plan your own whirlwind weekend! I'm also sorry that I said I'd snapchat and didn't. It lasted

Do NOT go to Jordan without trying Ma’in Hot Springs Spa

I tried out a few spa options during my time in Jordan like the luxury Intercontinental in Amman and Kempinski with the magical Dead Sea salt, but I think Ma'in Hot Springs is the ultimate spa experience in Jordan. and the famous hot springs at Ma'in (Hammamat Ma'in) are what make it the best spa in

Luxury Guide to Chelsea (London)

Welcome to Backpacker's Boutique. Every Sunday, this spot will feature a new travel blogger. Some weeks it will be a really fun interview about packing, fashion, and fitness so you can snoop inside their bags & lives a little bit and other weeks it'll be a detailed luxury guide to a city the featured blogger/expat knows very well. E-mail me if

This is India! 105

Welcome back to This is India! I always have funny/weird stories about India to share with friends or family when I talk to them. This is just meant to be an honest portrayal about my life in India through short anecdotes. I also share here what I’ve been up to online outside Hippie in Heels.