Antigua, Guatemala “Chocolaaaaaate! Chocolaaaaaate!” Pablo, our wonderfully enthusiastic guide, sang loudly as he whipped our traditional hot chocolate into a beautiful foam. We each had…

            Quebec City, Canada “Six years? You’ve been travelling and living abroad for six years?” I get that question a lot, followed closely by, “How old are…

In a way, travel relationships, whether they last for days or for years, start off just like any other relationship. Your eyes meet across a bar full of young and sun-tanned backpackers, you smile at each other over the noise of a street festival, you complain together about the heat or the slow Internet or how long you’ve been waiting for the bus. He’s from South Africa or Sweden, Turkey or Australia, but it doesn’t matter; he’s not from where you’re from.

Antigua, Guatemala I’ve spent the last week living completely differently than I have in years – I’m focused on school, and on studying. Surrounding me now on this table in this little…

Melbourne, Australia It was around this time last year that I was getting ready for a flight to Australia; I was running around Cambodia, riding motorbikes and throwing grenades and drinking the…

            Chiang Mai, Thailand I’m currently sitting in my new favourite cafe in Antigua, Guatemala, happy to have some good food and some strong internet. So why…