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Travel Inspiration – Being Afraid of People and Couchsurfing Anyway

Travel Inspiration – Being Afraid of People and Couchsurfing Anyway

I am not a people person. As a result, I’ve never considered myself the best candidate for couch surfing. This stems more from the fact that I am painfully shy than it does from my being a mean or Scrooge-like person.

Inspirational Travel – Roundtrip Ticket, My Backpack and Curiosity

Inspirational Travel – Roundtrip Ticket, My Backpack and Curiosity

I have always loved to travel but I have never had the opportunity to travel and explore the way I wanted to. It’s not until we throw ourselves into the unknown that we know who we are.

Inspirational Travel – What Happens When You Follow Your Heart

Inspirational Travel – What Happens When You Follow Your Heart

I’ve never been any good at following others’ advice. When it comes to big decisions I’ve always relied on following which option would make me happiest and not the one that’s ‘best’ for me.

New Years Resolutions and Goals for 2012

New Years Resolutions and Goals for 2012

Its the time of year when we take stock of our lives and re-evaluate where we stand in our journey through this great earth. Maybe it is the cold weather or the shorter days or maybe it is just the January blues that make people decide to start each year with a fresh new set [...]

Travel Inspiration, Freedom Found

Travel Inspiration, Freedom Found

Knowing who you are, what you can achieve, and finding self-reliance is something no one can take from you. Once you realize it, it will always be there to keep you upright when the hurricanes of life try to blow you over. The place of knowledge is irrelevant; it could be a mountain, a stretch of highway, or your own living room. Mine just happened to be a tropical hideaway.

Travel Inspiration: The Yoga Retreat That Made Me Ditch My Day Job

Travel Inspiration: The Yoga Retreat That Made Me Ditch My Day Job

As a busy urbanite, you don’t always realise the stress your body is under. I had been in a job I had disliked for a while. I was sick at least once a month so I felt I owed myself a holiday.

What I Would Tell You (If I Had the Words)

What I Would Tell You (If I Had the Words)

I gazed over at my Italian host mother, Rebecca. Over the course of the last four months we had become family.During my first few days in Florence, I told Rebecca how nervous I was to start my internship at a Florence museum

Inspiration Through the Eyes of Two Travelers

Inspiration Through the Eyes of Two Travelers

Dave and I often discuss this idea. Who “up there” decides who will be born in luxury and who will be born in poverty. When we were in Cambodia, we had a hard time accepting ourselves and felt guilty for being who we are. The world is not a fair place and travel opens our eyes to it on a very real and deep level.

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