When you travel, it is so important to go with the right mindset. Without the right mindset, you can really struggle and question why you are even travelling. And yet again, this lesson is one that I am reminded of on my current trip. May 2022 is the mental health awareness month and in this… Continue Reading…
Reverse Culture Shock That’s it, you’re home. Your trip is well and truly over and you’re left wondering if it ever really happened. You’ve survived those bouts of homesickness and have been counting down the days to see your friends and family, excited at being reunited. But now you’re back, and the home warming… Continue Reading…
As I gazed around at the pastel coloured buildings in the early hours of the morning, I wondered if everything was just a mirage. Was I really here, in Russia? A country that had had one of the hardest visa forms I had ever completed. Rewind 20 hours and I was barely unsure if I… Continue Reading…
This month I travelled to Scotland to Russia but during these trips, I learned an important life lesson; to always listen to your body As I write this it’s a Saturday night and I’m back in England, putting on platform boots and black eyeliner about to go to a 70’s birthday party. This time last… Continue Reading…
It’s mid-February and after announcing my next trip back in January, I find myself getting ready to fly back to England after only completing part of my trip. Sometimes life has other plans for us and you have to just give in and surrender to a change in course. After not being able to get… Continue Reading…
* This post contains some graphic content. Little Corn Island My instinct told me not to go but wanting to visit an old friend (or more of an old holiday romance), I chose to ignore my gut feeling and found myself paying for the flight from Managua to Big Corn Island. The Corn Islands are… Continue Reading…
There are some places you arrive at and immediately think “why did I come here?” Not because the place is dangerous but because it really wasn’t what you expected. Leaving Lake Ometepe, I travelled onwards to Masaya. After flicking through an outdated Nicaraguan guide book in the hostel in Liberia, I had landed on the… Continue Reading…
Today marks the end of my time in Colombia. For the last 6 months I have been living in Medellin, the country’s second largest city, A place which I now call home. And as I begin my new chapter in Panama and Central America, I am contemplating things I didn’t expect to. This week I… Continue Reading…
Going into San Pedro Sula on the bus, a man sat opposite who I had been viewing suspiciously as a would-be robber, took his fancy necklace and put it in his bag. This was an indication of the dodgy city we were about to go into if a local even took off his expensive jewellery…. Continue Reading…
Most of the time travelling solo is amazing but there are days when it can feel too much. In this article I share some of my travel stories about the downsides of travelling solo Downsides of Travelling Solo Sometimes when you travel, you just have one of those days where everything seems like such a… Continue Reading…
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