Today I’ll always remember. I’ll always remember the first time I saw you. You waited for me under the clocks at Flinders Street Station, a puff of smoke exiting your lips at my first glance of you. I picked you out from the crowd of people and you immediately saw me at the same time. […]
I’ve been wanting to have this conversation for awhile. As a solo female traveller I have encountered numerous men who I feel have crossed boundaries in what is appropriate to say to a foreign woman visiting their country. Before I get into this I want to explain that I understand cultures differ from home and […]
(I am posting this from Nepal, where I have been since the start of December. I left Melbourne and Australia on Nov 21 and the months leading up to that date were filled with balancing my sadness of leaving and realizing I had one of the best years of my life). I tend to want […]
I flew back home to Toronto on a semi last minute ticket 2 months ago. After nearly 15 months of being away, I was home. For two short, busy and quick weeks. I caught up with friends, former co-workers, extended family. Everyone was keen to know about where my favourite place was, how living and […]
It’s a term that wasn’t a part of my regular vocabulary until I started travelling long term. Western, western world, westernized society, western thinking, westerner – all these derivatives of being a part of a developed, anglophone society; seen by the rest of the world as filled with opportunity, freedom, money and as I recently […]
It’s been 10 months since I got on a one-way flight from Toronto to the other side of the world. It’s been a wild ride, to say the very least! Lately, I’ve been thinking about how my mindset and priorities have changed and developed. To mark the 10 month anniversary I’ve compiled a shortlist of […]
It’s been an unbelievable 300 days since I left home. So much has happened: I’ve filled many pages of my passport with stamps from various countries; I’ve met so many new people, some of which I am fortunate to be really good friends with; I’ve done so many things I never saw myself doing and […]
Travel likes to surprise us sometimes, usually when we least expect it. We can plan our trips to exotic locales to the T but there are some things that are always out of our control. The things we cannot plan? Well besides the weather, it’s the people you meet. Travel brings people into our lives […]
6 months SINCE I LEFT HOME 180 days ON THE ROAD 10 countries VISITED 54,527 km’s TRAVELLED 15 planes TAKEN 2 continents 2 hemispheres Countless new friends and memories Today marks my 6 months anniversary of being on the road and I thought I’d commemorate this exciting (and almost unbelievable) milestone with an all-encompassing post […]
Girl in the Distance FAQ’s! Because having my own FAQ makes me feel important. But seriously, I do get some questions through personal messages and thought I’d just compile some of them here in an “update” sort of manner but still calling it FAQ to make me feel sort of established (ha-ha). “Why did you […]
Travel hacking – a term you’ve probably heard many times on the internet. A term that made you so interested because hey – FREE FLIGHTS! – that you googled it excitedly but became somewhat discouraged because a) most of the information online is aimed at Americans and b) a lot of the credit cards on […]
When I reached Laos, I knew I had 3 things I had to do: Visit my family and learn about my motherland Eat lots of Lao food Go on a multi-day trek and visit a minority village The first two points were happily and easily done upon my arrival in Vientiane. My great uncle and […]
I write this post as I sit in the business cabin, on route to Tokyo, a stopover before my my long term travel begins. I have a few hours to visit some of my favourite spots in the city before taking off to Bangkok (how did I get into business class? I didn’t pay for […]
With exactly one week before I board my one-way flight to SE Asia for an unknown number of months, I have a few things going on in my head. While juggling last minute to-do things, final lunches with some friends and the never ending choices I have to make with packing, these are the things […]
So I have officially resigned from my job. Everyone knows; family, friends, co-workers. I think my dog is the only one who doesn’t know. Unfortunately, he is going to have to learn the hard way. My flight is booked; I have a one way ticket to Thailand with my name on it. Cashed in my […]
Picking out travel gear and packing is the fun part of getting ready for your trip, however the big yawn (or shriek for some people) of travel preparation is getting vaccinated. Don’t ignore this part of your to-do list — it’s so VERY important. As soon as you decide to travel, whether that would be […]
When I was in Prague during my solo European venture, I found myself with the opportunity to visit the Sedlec Ossuary – or otherwise known as the Bone Chapel – on Halloween, out of all the days of the year! The Roman Catholic chapel is a designated World Heritage Site and is located in Kutná […]
We’ve all been there before. You’re packing for your trip to [insert exotic destination here] and suddenly all the articles you’ve read on packing light have been thrown out the window as you sit in a pile of things that weren’t even on your packing list to begin with! Physical what-if’s You have a family-sized […]
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