“Woke up in London yesterday Found myself in the city near Piccadilly Don’t really know how I got here I got some pictures on my phone New names and numbers that I don’t know Address to places like Abbey Road Day turns to night, night turns to whatever we want We’re young enough to say— […]
I’m often asked how I afford to travel as much as I do. First, let me say that my travel is self-funded. I don’t have rich parents. I’m not secretly dating an Arabic prince or a Chinese real estate mogul. I didn’t cash out of options from a successful start-up. I’m a normal person who […]
You may remember my article about the Vancouver Exodus. Yes, THAT article. Why I Am Ready To Join The Vancouver Exodus, better known by the version republished by Vancity Buzz, The Great Vancouver Exodus, Why I’m almost ready to leave the city. I wrote that article shortly after a 6-month solo trip across Europe, which culminated in my […]
Here are the costs for my journey with Tomorrowland Discover Europe and a breakdown of everything that was included in the trip. The options offered were: 4 or 5 different cities: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Paris, Berlin, Rome, and London. Brussels (near where the main festival of Tomorrowland is held) is a mandatory choice A choice of […]
Often, when I tell people I enjoy traveling solo, I get incredulous looks. “Don’t you get lonely?” they ask, “How do you make friends?” I’ve found that it’s almost easier to make friends while traveling compared to making friends back home. When you’re in the comfort of your hometown with your established circle of friends, it can […]
Ahh, San Francisco. Iconic San Francisco. The Golden Gate Bridge, Twin Peaks, Dolores Park, social progress, bohemian culture, fog and more fog, and a sea of impossibly intelligent millennials making 4 times as much money as their peers nation wide. In the spring of 2016, on Easter weekend, I booked it south from Vancouver to San […]
“I don’t want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I’m not quite sure where that is just yet. But I know what it’s like…It’s like Tiffany’s. […] It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to […]
Or, Why I Am On The Brink of Becoming An Expat It was one of those Sundays in early January when you wake up to bright, stark sunlight streaming through your blinds. My fellow Vancouverites might know the one. It’s been grey and dreary for months. You open your curtains to a brave new world and see, […]
There’s a part of traveling that people don’t talk about: perhaps the hardest part. Yes, we live in a global society where words like “travel” and “wanderlust” and sayings like “not all those who wander are lost” are thrown about so much they have become cringe-worthy clichés.
We’ve been searching for so long To find the place where we could belong We always dreamed of better things to come And turned our faces towards the sun We follow the light that we see in the dark And keep on going till it catches spark I believe there’s a change to come We’ll […]