Travel to Bali and the Gili Islands – arriving into a culture shock in Bali After eight months backpacking through Western, English‑speaking countries, I’d gotten pretty comfortable. Maybe too comfortable.…
My first taste of a South Pacific Paradise Leaving the isolated islands of Hawaii behind, it wasn’t long before the deep blue of the vast Pacific Ocean was all I…
From Florida I flew to LA via Houston, then from LA it was nearly six hours to Honolulu. Seventeen hours of travel, six time zones crossed, and by the time…
Heading off solo around the world - first stop, Manhattan A Tearful Goodbye on a One‑Way Ticket After a tearful farewell to my parents at Heathrow, I was soon…