I love immersing myself in local cultures. People are so interesting to me, I’ll ask a million questions about life, work, job in an effort to decode them and live vicariously… But solo travel taught me how to travel resourcefully, instinctually and unfiltered so I can see myself in all people.
Travel & Food Expert
As a legacy solo travel blogger, Christine has been an advocate for and expert of solo female travel for over ten years and is one of the first female solo travel channels on YouTube, committed to taking viewers inside the experience of traveling alone, before female solo travel was popular.
As a host, Christine is an travel expert in quickly decoding any city and culture and offering handy tips and insight on budget, solo travel, culture and getting around. She has lived in: Hawaii, South Korea, Los Angeles, St.Louis and New York.
Christine is ethnically ambiguous. She is half Japanese and Hawaiian, German & Chinese. She is a product of cultural mixing and is at home anywhere.
As a solo traveler, Christine shares episodes from trip guides, unique stays, local transportation and long flights. She has a passion for culture shock and off-beat adventures.
As a street food lover, Christine’s curiosity leads her palate to explore iconic street foods. She is vegetarian-pescatarian so film iconic street food episodes can be tricky. She is passionate about breaking down food to understand cultures. It is her belief that a culture and people can be understood through its food. She has interviewed guides to hotel chefs to local food experts and fellow YouTubers to take audiences closer to the streets. She also enjoys cooking classes with locals.

Inquisitive Host
Between a curious explorer, a quirky girl next door, and rugged female solo traveler hopping country buses and rickshaws, Christine Ka’aloa is the intrepid personality and solo female travel and food host of GRRRLTRAVELER. Often as a host, you’ll find her with a camera in hand, capturing her real-time moments.
You won’t find a cheerleading cherub or nicely flowing locks with Christine. Nope. She’s often her own episode producer and camera operator and bubbly is tricky to juggle when you’re dragging your luggage and running to catch a train, while filming yourself. She’s high octane, but not in that way. She is a cultural explorer, curious and flawed adventurer… with a bit of naive dorky. When chasing new experiences, you gotta embrace the mistakes that get you there!
As a host, Christine connects with people, places, and culturally-sensitive topics in a way that’s authentic, relatable, and quirky.
Field Producer & Interviewer
From a Nepali hotel chef to an Italian pasta-making grandma, a motorcycling Japanese ramen expert, to the mother of the Living Goddess in Nepal, Christine interviews food experts, hotel owners, local guides, and a colorful range of local characters.
Her documentarian approach isn’t just about asking questions—it’s about asking the ones that reveal stories.
With a field-producing and directing background in docu-reality shows like MTV’s My Super Sweet Sixteen, Engaged & Underage, Camp’d Out, Christine is comfortable both, interviewing and directing talent on and off-camera.
She has interviewed/produced/directed anyone from beauty queens to dramatic teens.
Creating Stories to Inspire & Transform the Travel Experience
Travel is unpredictable. To film it, one must always be on their toes. Christine nimbly positions her camera and questions to create the most engaging, refreshingly honest and info-taining stories that inspire trip itineraries that transform travelers!
Exploring backstreet street food in Kathmandu
Hosted: Backstreet Academy
Experiencing Rural Life Trekking Nepal (& Getting Muddy Planting Rice)
Staying in a Remote Village with the Gurung
Hosted: Nepal Tourism Board
Momo Hunt: The Best Momo in Kathmandu
Learning to Make Pasta with Italian Nonnas (Grandmas)
Campaign: AirBnB Experiences
Visiting the supercar factories of Emilia Romagna’s Motor Valley.
Campaign: Emilia Romagna Tourism Board
Hitchhiking in India & Winging it to Sikkim, Northeast India
Global & U.S. Audiences
Christine hosts and produces a weekly travel series on YouTube (GRRRLTRAVELER). Christine has a social following of over 250,000 fans. Her largest following is from the U.S., age ranges 30-60. But she also has a global audience that grows each time she travels to a new destination.
Audiences love her quirky, down-to-earth and relatable demeanor. She is a trustworthy and responsible authority of travel.