I Live In A Country That’s Sinking – “The Island President” Tackling Climate Change in Maldives

  I was round my friend Jana’s house last night eating a gorgeous authentic Italian pizza and she showed me a cool travel app on…

Do Talk To Strangers: That Time I Was Rescued in Agrigento, Sicily

  I will start by warning readers that in some parts of the world, particularly in Agrigento, Sunday really is a day of rest. Who’d…

Do Talk To Strangers: Street Artists in Florence

  Florence is the kind of place that made me wish I knew a thing about art. The history, the literature, the fashion, the music,…

Notes On The Lessons Learned From Ditching University For Travel

Who’s to say where the wind will take you Who’s to say what it is will break you I don’t know Where the wind will…

Ex-pat Life: Travelling Alone In Your 20s Isn’t As Scary As You Think

Follow my blog with Bloglovin   I don’t know about you, but Geography was never my best subject. I rarely looked at maps as a…

Ex-pat Life: How My Happiness and Well-Being Have Improved By Living Abroad

  It’s half past 4 in the afternoon and I’m still in my nightgown, eating cereal from the box. The pain caused by my condition…

Do Talk to Strangers: Sharing Food and Facing Fears in Syracuse, Sicily

This one’s a short post with a meaningful story behind it. Here I am in Sicily, about two months into my summer fling with Italy-…

Ex-pat Life: Is It Homesickness Or Something Else?

It’s Friday today, which here in Maldives is the weekend (plus Saturday, back to work Sunday). I find that every single Friday (where I don’t…

Do Talk To Strangers: At a Bus Stop to Amalfi

  As a solo traveler, there’s no end to the amount of people you’ll get talking to. Who you happen to meet on your travels…

My First Hostel Experience: Sorrento (Sant’Agnello)

My solo trip around Italy starts off in the beautiful coastal town, Sorrento. I checked in for 5 nights (then a night in Naples) so…

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