In January, I came home to a broken boiler. After celebrating the New Year in Cuba, I’d spent two straight days flying from Havana to Toronto to London – and I…
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Challenges Inspiration Mental Health PersonalThe Ten Most Adventurous Travel Challenges I’ve Ever Faced (And One I Haven’t…Yet)
A little announcement: I’m speaking at a festival! This coming weekend I’ll be heading to the heart of Oxfordshire, England, where hundreds of people will be wandering around Wilderness Festival. And…
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I need to tell you something. Two weeks ago, while walking through my local East London park on the way to see my therapist, I opened up Instagram Stories and I…
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Australia Behind the Blog Challenges Menorca Mental Health Personal Scotland Spain Travel PlansWho Are You Online? – My Travel Writing Reality
“Is Flora your real name?” I peered at the terse email on my computer screen, where an unknown reader named Brian was asking a rather strange question of me. “I’ve heard…
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This afternoon, a man on a bike cycled past me. He had headphones jammed in his ears and was singing along to music which was only faintly audible: the song was one…
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When I was eight years old, I got locked inside a toilet cubicle in a Japanese KFC. I’d been eating fried chicken with my parents mere minutes before; my fingers were…
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advice Challenges Mental Health Personal Solo Travel WomenSometimes I’m Scared to Travel – But That Doesn’t Stop Me
“Don’t you get scared? Travelling alone?” The girl from Paris spears a piece of pineapple as she looks towards me, across a table groaning with freshly cooked food. Outside, the sounds…
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Challenges Mental Health Personal Peru South AmericaOn Fear, Self Deprecation and my Traveller Alter Ego
“I hate this,” I said, slightly pathetically, to the empty air around me. There was nobody near enough to hear the words: the only people capable of listening were already halfway…