I got so many responses to my question, “what did no one ever tell you abut travelling in your thirties?“, that I had to break it into two posts. Or three. They’re still coming. Guess what? If you’re in your thirties, and travelling solo, and have never settled down, don’t have kids, don’t have a…
Category: solo female travel
what i’ve learned while traveling solo
Over the last few years, I’ve really perfected my selfie. I’ve traveled solo to four countries and met up with friends for a portion of trips in five other countries. I’ve eaten at more restaurants than I care to admit, alone. Gone for a night out, alone. Hiked, alone. Joined groups of people for a…
hiking ben lomond
Two days ago, I hiked my first ever mountain. Sure, I’ve hiked some mountains, some hills. But this was a 1400m high mountain. A legit mountain. I was stoked. I started around 10:30 am, from Queenstown, and took the Tiki Trail up with a girl from the hostel. I think she might have originally been…
on 31: a birthday alone
Confession time. I spent my birthday weekend alone. And it was glorious. Most of the time. After telling the guy I was seeing to get out of my house, I took advantage of my four and a half days off to go through to Queenstown, Kinloch, and Wanaka. I had originally planned to go to…
five downsides to solo travel*
Travel is hard. It can be frustrating. It can be arduous. It can be lonely. But you know what the hardest part of solo travel is? The fact that you’re stuck taking selfies the entire time. Or you learn a hell of a lot about your self-timer on your iPhone. You also get really damn…
flying high with flying kiwi
About two weeks before I left Paihia, I got a surprise text from Taylor: want to go parasailing?! Um, yes.
in video: the remarkables
I’m still literally in awe over this day. I loved, loved, loved this trip. Here is the GoPro video. I’m definitely still learning about how best to set up the camera and it doesn’t help that we were flying into the sun. SO, I get that it looks a little janky. Sorry :/
i won’t stop travelling
Baghdad. Syria. Paris. Istanbul. Dhaka. Brussels. Ouagadougou. Cameroon. Lahore. These are only some of the places where unspeakable acts of terrorism have taken place over the last few months. Go back just two years and you can add Sydney. Quetta Airbase. Kano. Baghdad. Jalalabad. Egypt. Kabul. And so many more.
life, dunedin style
Ask and you shall receive, they always say. People have been wondering what I’m up to. You all know I took a nice long road trip out of Paihia to Auckland, but I sort of stopped the story there. You see, my plans were vague. I didn’t know what I was doing. I was tagging…
what no one told me about travelling in my thirties
The other week, while mindlessly scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I came across this status from a new friend: “So this girl just got accepted into med school, and here I am, living in a trailer park in my tent and washing the one pot I own with a soap bar…” It was a complete…