Couchsurfing: The dream vs the reality
Couchsurfing is a fantastic way to backpack around the world. Chance meetings with fellow travelers in hostels or on tour that result in an offer to come stay when you are in each other's cities [...]
Leaving is So Much Easier than Coming Back…
I have just returned from traveling solo around the world for almost a year, but in the past two weeks since I have been back I have never felt more alone. I find myself hesitant [...]
As I return to Australia….
My travels around the world are about to find me back in my home town of Adelaide, Australia. As I reflect upon the past year of my life, I find myself at a loss to [...]
Type 1 Diabetes and traveling the world
Before leaving on my crazy adventure around the world, I looked everywhere for information on what other people in a similar situation to me had done. I am a Type 1 Diabetic, I have been [...]
Santa Barbara Thanksgiving
This week I was fortunate enough to spend a traditional American Thanksgiving (my first) with my amazing new friend Cara and her family. On the road I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of people [...]
The lonely days
I'm having a lonely day today. At the moment I am sitting in a hostel in San Francisco. There are people around me in the common area, but no one I have connected with. I [...]
I don’t have any bad days anymore.
Yesterday I was talking with my friend Emily who has been kind enough to let me stay with her and her family in North Carolina, USA. We were talking about my plans over the next [...]
Chipmunk Siege of Algonquin, Canada
23rd September 2014 We are still alive. Last night we experienced an unexpected warfare, a siege that will not be surpassed easily. Beth, Aoife and I (Carly) barely survived, the physical attack was so swift [...]