JoAnna Haugen

Writing My Way Around the World

Welcome to my corner of cyberspace. An avid traveler and ambitious freelance writer, I’m on a mission to share my stories with anyone who is interested. Visit my travel blog, Kaleidoscopic Wandering, for travel stories and tips and for a special section devoted to the city of Las Vegas.

Please also take some time to browse through this website. Along the way you’ll discover more about me, have the opportunity browse through my library of clips, and read my rambling blog on everything from politics and the environment to travel and my frustrations with the human race. Please contact me with kudos or suggestions for improvement. I look forward to hearing from writers, editors, publishers, world travelers, storytellers and anyone with oversized ambitions like me.

The Latest...

March 8, 2010

I’ve been hard at work with a great designer getting a new and improved Kaleidoscopic Wandering up and running. Stay tuned over the next couple weeks as I work out some kinks on the old site for implementation on the new one.

Content will stay pretty much the same, but the new design will allow for better photo presentation and new advertising opportunities. If you would like to advertise on Kaleidoscopic Wandering, please leave me a note here.

Last week on my travel blog, I provided readers with 8 suggestions on how to choose your next travel destination, a post that led to many comments about where and why people are heading next. I recently had the opportunity to eat at the notorious Dick’s Last Resort, a Las Vegas restaurant that people seek out for the rude and crude wait staff. Finally, I had the chance to chat with one of Holland America’s cruise travel guides, Ian Page, about his fascinating job. Stop over to see what he had to say.

If you haven’t had a chance, read my latest at Copia Magazine about how to love your own backyard.

Over at Matador Sports, check out my latest snack about the Australian National Sheep Dog Trial Championships.