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    Streets Of Seoul

    by Brenna Holeman October 26, 2011
    written by Brenna Holeman
    October 26, 2011
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    A Journey To Amritsar

    by Brenna Holeman October 25, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman October 25, 2011

    Amritsar, India And now, the road trip is over. We covered twenty states, three provinces, and nearly nine thousand kilometres. We’re currently in my hometown, where I’ll stay for a few months.…

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    Walking On The Edge

    by Brenna Holeman October 14, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman October 14, 2011

        Toronto, Canada Once again, I feel so blessed to have had yet another amazing experience while travelling – this time it was the Edge Walk on Toronto’s CN Tower! We…

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    Open Skies And Open Roads

    by Brenna Holeman October 11, 2011
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    October 11, 2011
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    Underwater Paradise

    by Brenna Holeman October 1, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman October 1, 2011

    Gili Trawangan, Indonesia There are days when all I can think about is scuba diving. It pains me to think I won’t be able to dive for the next few wintry months.

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    The Streets Of Yangon (Part Two)

    by Brenna Holeman September 29, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman September 29, 2011

    Yangon, Myanmar On this particular day in February, I set out to explore the streets of Yangon with three other travellers: Kerri, my Canadian best friend, Uros, a Serbian we had met…

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    The Streets Of Yangon (Part One)

    by Brenna Holeman September 27, 2011
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    September 27, 2011
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    Into The Blue

    by Brenna Holeman September 27, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman September 27, 2011

    On The Trans-Siberian Train, Russia   Marrakech, Morocco   Matinloc Island, The Philippines   Osaka, Japan   Sapa, Vietnam   Varna, Bulgaria   Oia, Greece   Hanoi, Vietnam   Brasov, Romania  …

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    Banana Shampoo

    by Brenna Holeman September 26, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman September 26, 2011

    Ubud, Indonesia I am currently sitting in Boston after an amazing ten days of travelling through America on this road trip. Aaron and I (we met in Thailand in April and have…

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    On The Road (Again)

    by Brenna Holeman September 17, 2011
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    September 17, 2011
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Hi, I'm Brenna

After travelling to more than 100 countries over the past 19 years, many of them solo, I write about travel a lot but I write about other things, too: break ups, buying way too much jewellery, and whisky, for example (none of those things are related, I swear). You’ll find a mix of advice, opinion pieces, and stories on this blog, but either way, I hope to make you want to read more. And up next? I'm now a single mom to a beautiful little boy, the biggest solo adventure I've ever been on. For more about me and what you'll find on This Battered Suitcase, click here.

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