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The “Oh-My-God-I’m-Excited” Trip of 2012

Now that it’s the end of January (pretty much), I guess it’s time to start talking about my future travels that are actually coming up quite quickly! This trip includes Turkey, Italy, Kyrgyzstan, China, Russia, Mongolia and a tiny bit of Thailand.

January 25, 2012 · Read full story · Comments { 19 }
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Where’s the Chaos? My First Business Class Experience

I walked with a purpose towards the line that said “business class”. My peripheral vision had decided to stop working now that I had been in transit for at least 24 hours, and Frankfurt airport was the place where I had to pick up my last boarding pass before heading on to Istanbul. With my peripheral vision no longer working,… Read more

November 2, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 7 }
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I’m Unprepared… and I Like It

I bought the Istanbul section of the Turkey Lonely Planet, and have yet to look at it. I booked a hostel for the first night in the city, and I have no idea how to get there. I know when my flights will be landing; I know when they should be departing.

October 24, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 8 }
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Day 273: Reasons I’m Excited for My Next Trip (and reasons I’m not)

I can’t believe it is already the last day of the month of September! October starts tomorrow and that is a time in Australia when more and more individuals find themselves outdoors. But I’m heading out towards the end of the month, on a trip I am both excited and nervous about.
I’m going to Kyrgyzstan… Read more with a stop in

September 30, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 9 }
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Day 226: Pitching to the Person that Counts

In the past year, I’ve learned a lot about pitching, more specifically about pitching article topics to various websites. While I still find the process one of the most frustrating when I’m just lacking any new ideas, it has become a whole heck of a lot easier, which is great considering it is part of the way I make some… Read more

August 15, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 17 }
Day 119:  The Overwhelming Part(s) of Travel

Day 119: The Overwhelming Part(s) of Travel

I am thinking of Thursday. I am setting foot on a plane and starting the journey to Malaysia. I am calm. I relax, try to take a nap, have a little bottle of wine and maybe read a book. I am utterly calm.
That’s when I love travel. It was mentioned in my post on epic train journeys not being … Read more

April 30, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 3 }

Day 42: The Vegas Effect & Travel

Did you know that I’m taking a photo and writing a blog post for every day of my 2011?! Subscribe via email to follow along.Read more

Since I don’t have much else to do in the world of travel besides reminisce about past travels or think about future travel plans, I am at this moment doing the latter. I find it

February 11, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 8 }
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Day 35: Preparing for Malaysia by Eating Loads of Malaysian Food

I’ve been eating heaps of Malaysian food now that I have Patrick in my life, and it isn’t always a bad thing — just when all the food is prepared with seafood. Tonight we went to dinner with his family over to Alice’s, a restaurant way up in the North Shore of Sydney with some decent grub, and of course … Read more

February 4, 2011 · Read full story · Comments { 18 }
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10 Before 30 Plan: A Compromise of Smaller Trips

Seeing how my boyfriend and I have such differing life goals… Read more at the moment, we are basically forced to make compromises, or at least try and think of compromises, in order for us both to be happy. I want to travel, long-term, to a gazillion places and some that most people wouldn’t consider. He wants to travel, but he really

December 14, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 18 }
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10 Before 30 Plan: Issue Number 2

I had a crazy dream the other night that my teeth were falling out. It was so distressing to have such a vivid memory of the feelings happening as my teeth started to get looser until finally they ended up in the palm of my hand. Stress. Anxiety… Read more. You name it, I felt it. It was only a dream,

November 28, 2010 · Read full story · Comments { 17 }