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    Making Friends In Bhaktapur

    by Brenna Holeman September 13, 2011
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    September 13, 2011
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    When I Grow Up

    by Brenna Holeman September 13, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman September 13, 2011

    Irkutsk, Russia   Listvyanka, Russia   Near Yekaterinburg, Russia   Near Yekaterinburg, Russia   Yekaterinburg, Russia   St. Petersburg, Russia   St. Petersburg, Russia   St. Petersburg, Russia   Ulan Ude, Russia…

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    Keep Moving

    by Brenna Holeman September 10, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman September 10, 2011

    Seoul, South Korea Today I spent the day mostly in the car; Aaron needed some things for his house and so we drove in and around Denver picking up the odds and…

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    Clothing, Cupcakes, and Colorado

    by Brenna Holeman September 8, 2011
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    In The Desert

    by Brenna Holeman August 26, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman August 26, 2011

    The Thar Desert, India I have been to a few deserts in my life, and most recently I was in the Thar desert of India, near Jaisalmer. It was a whirlwind trip…

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    Maui Wowie

    by Brenna Holeman August 25, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman August 25, 2011

    The Gili Islands, Indonesia I just returned from an amazing nine days in Maui, where we ate and swam and lounged and drove and drank and laughed, all to the excess. Though…

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    The Plain Of Jars

    by Brenna Holeman August 20, 2011
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    Oh When The Saints

    by Brenna Holeman August 17, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman August 17, 2011

    Cheering For the Saints Melbourne, Australia I apologise for the sound in this video; you may have to turn up your volume to hear Ali and I. Basically, we’re saying that we…

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    Finding Tibet

    by Brenna Holeman August 15, 2011
    by Brenna Holeman August 15, 2011

    Ulan Ude, RussiaI was in Ulan Ude nearly eleven months ago; how much has happened in those eleven months, how much has changed. Since travelling on the Trans-Siberian last year, I visited…

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    Island Paradise

    by Brenna Holeman August 12, 2011
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    August 12, 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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