This will be my second attempt to do my around the world trip. If you're new here, let's catch up. In 2019, I lost my job and was made redundant. I was working in travel and a week before our company "TrekAmerica" was closed down, Thomas Cook was too. There was no way I was going get another ...
4 ANXIOUS STEPS TO PLANNING AND PREPARING FOR BACKPACKING ASIA
15 years!? For 15 years I've wanted to backpack Asia. Now, I'm only weeks away. My friends and my younger sisters did the whole backpacking thing in their early 20s. I wasn't ready then. It's not because they're braver than me or richer than me or had more of a desire to travel than me. I took me ...
I LOST MY JOB, TOOK THE REDUNDANCY AND BOOKED A TRIP AROUND THE WORLD
Happy New Year everyone! It's finally 2020! I can't tell you how happy I am to see the back of 2019. All over social media I saw people posting about how "amazing" 2019 was for them. The partners they found, the new job they started, promotions they achieved, races they ran, engagement rings they ...
TRAVELLING SOLO FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH ANXIETY
I remember sitting in my bedroom, watching amazing travel vloggers on YouTube, travelling the world, having amazing adventures and thinking....I'll never be able to do that. Honestly, I never thought I would be able to travel alone because of my anxiety. I thought it would be great but due to my ...
HOW TO PREPARE TO TRAVEL ALONE FOR THE FIRST TIME
I remember sitting in my room at my mum's house scrolling through #Wanderlust on Instagram, watching travel vlogs like Fun For Louis and Hey Nadine on YouTube and spying on my Facebook friends travelling the world. Thinking, why can't that be me. Now, I'm a travel blogger. How did that happen? It ...
2019 TRAVEL BUCKET LIST: BOOKED IT, PACKED IT, LET’S GO
Hello 2019! I've been waiting for you. Last year, I took a break from travelling to work on my anxiety and how I want to travel next year. I realized that I was pushing myself too much to travel to places I didn't really want to go to which brought on a lot of other worries. It was also expensive, ...
AN ANXIOUS TRAVELLER’S GUIDE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
The United States of America is one of my favourite countries. I've been to America 7 times and visited 33 states. Every time I leave, I feel like I'm leaving my home rather than going home. I count to days till I can go back again and look forward to ever visit. America is the best country for ...
TOP 10 THINGS TO DO AND SEE IN NEW YORK
New York is becoming a second home to me. I would love to live in NYC permanently if given the chance. I love this city. There's so much to do. Every time, I visit this amazing city I never get to do everything I've got on my list. So much to do and so little time to do it in. I also get very ...
WHAT TO PACK FOR A TREKAMERICA CAMPING TOUR?
I'm back from my 3rd TrekAmerica tour. I went on the Northern Trail from New York cross country to San Francisco. It's a long trip and it was my first camping tour. I've been camping before but this was my first time with Trek. I had a rough idea on what to take but I made a few mistakes so the list ...
TOP 8 CANADA HIGHLIGHTS FROM MY TREKAMERICA TRIP
It's 4 weeks till my next TrekAmerica trip. Where did the time go? This is my 3rd trek coming up. Soon, enough I'll be back state side and back in my happy place. This time, I'll be travelling from New York to San Francisco through the Northern states which will take me over half way to visiting all ...
TOP 10 TREKAMERICA TOURS FOR SUMMER CAMP COUNSELORS
8 REASONS WHY YOU SHOULD BOOK A TRIP TO MOROCCO
I recently took a trip to the beautiful Morocco which has been lingering on my Bucket list for quite some time. I chose to embark on the Adventure Morocco tour with Travel Talk Tours who I have never traveled with before and now I would highly recommend their trips. The trip was action packed ...