As this post goes live I’m sitting on a bus from Johannesburg bound for Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. If I’m honest, I’m kind of terrified. I keep telling myself it will be fine but honestly, I have no idea what lies ahead of me. I woke up to a strange message a week and […]
When You Were A Child, What Did You Dream You’d Become?
“When you were a child, from the earliest that you can remember, what did you say you wanted to be when you grew up?” That’s the question I like to ask people when I want to get to know the person inside. Not the person who is sitting across from me based on outward appearances, […]
The Books and Websites that Changed My Point of View
Before I started traveling, I never read anything that caused me to confront my own mind. I didn’t really believe that my down times could be remedied by anything other than distraction. That’s part of the reason why I started traveling – I thought it would solve everything. Then I realized that the problems I […]
I Followed My Grandmother’s Journal Around Europe
“She was free in her wildness. She was a wanderess, a drop of free water. She belonged to no man and to no city” ― Roman Payne, The Wanderess Ever since I came across this line from Roman Payne’s The Wanderess, I’ve imagined he could have been talking about my grandmother. I remember her showing me photos of […]
Why You Shouldn’t Be Scared to Travel Alone
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward.” – Amelia Earhart, the first female aviator to cross the […]