After living abroad for over 4.5 years, I had enough. I just wanted to live like a normal person for a while, for daily life to be easy and to not be a struggle. I loved living abroad but it certainly wasn’t a walk in the park. Even simple things like buying groceries can be…
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At this point in time I’ve travelled to 42 different countries in the world. 38 of them solo. I’ve travelled for long periods of time and shorter periods of time. The reason I can afford to travel so much? I mostly stay in dorm rooms. Yes I know, I’m 32. Although I do enjoy going…
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I still remember the anticipation before he picked me up. What was I doing waiting at a tiny shop in Northern Thailand to go and live with a man I’ve never met. An ex monk no less! He pulled up on his scooter and spotted me immediately, The only non-Thai person in the small cafe…
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I had never even heard of Murmansk until a friend visited there last year. It’s a place in the arctic circle in very northern Russia, right next to the arctic ocean. My friend saw the mystical Northern lights and had fun dog sledding in the snow. Ever since I was a child I’ve been fascinated…
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In 2013 when I travelled solo across Asia and Oceania I travelled extremely slow. I’d bought into the idea that slow travel was the only real way to travel. The only way to fully immerse yourself in another land and culture. I had a great time and visited many places off the beaten path. I…
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One of the highlights of working as a teacher isn’t playing with paint or toys everyday, It’s having an amazingly long summer holiday each year! This summer I will have 2 whole months off. At first I planned an epic trip to China and North Korea but I changed my mind after Trump’s threats. I…
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You can find part 1 here. July, 2016 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. I’ve travelled to Dubai many times but never to it’s exotic neighbour. My Abu Dhabi story started out badly after I was placed in the hostel from hell. I didn’t feel safe and it was extremely dirty. I moved to a nice…
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In 2016 I felt like I barely travelled anywhere. I can only add one new country to my ‘list’ and that is Russia, my new home. However looking back 2017 was probably one of the most important years of my life. I fell in love, decided that Japan wasn’t the country for me and decided…
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I grabbed my camera close to my chest as another surge of people passed me. A purple pram clipped my heels but I somehow managed to stay on my feet. The shoving stopped, I relaxed and looked up. A gold Mikoshi was lifted high in the air by Japanese wearing bright green robes. Despite the…
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The morning light caught my face as I lay in the comfortable bed of my guesthouse. I woke up and walked to my bathroom/oasis and freshened up. Compared to the hostel from hell this place was absolute luxury and I relished privacy and the lack of horny Italian men. Way back when, Thailand was just…
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