Aside from the many memories, photos and letters from students, I did buy some keepsakes to 'remind' me of my year of living in South Korea. Always keeping my eye out for pieces that I love, souvenirs are such a special objects that I hope I can have a place one day to display them …
Since arriving home, I got sick immediately with some sinus infection which took me about 2 weeks to shake off. Good thing I had no plans. I have seldom ventured out of the house with no place to be and not really anywhere I want to see. This is in complete contrast to being abroad …
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Growing up as a first generation Australian from a migrant family, I guess there were certain expectations. My parents had come to seek a better life in Australia. I was fortunate to have grown up in very multicultural surroundings. My primary school was a melting pot of the world. We were all first generation Australians …
Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference Robert Frost It always seems that society thrusts a map in the hands of everyone dictating what they should do. It's the acceptable path to take. Why would you possibly need to …
They have finally allowed Australians to leave this island! Huzzah! Something that I have always struggled with is just how far we are from the rest of the world. Flying excitement is short lived until you realise that it's going to be about 5 hours until you clear flying over Australia to Asia. In the …
I have always been a shoe person if you will. A quite picky shoe person to ensure that I didn't buy plastic moulds for my feet or ones that were like having concrete slabs wrapped to my feet. I like to invest in a pair that would last me years. Of course, these then all …
Dreaming has been difficult in the past year. One dream I've always had for the past decade was to travel. I wanted to see the world. I wanted to be walking through the highest peaks and lowest troughs of the world. I wanted to see all the animals and wonders of the world that I'd …
I have to admit, I never really understood the notion that people travel to find themselves. Finding themselves like they had lost parts that could be found. I know myself I stubbornly thought. But the more thought about it, the more I started to change my mind on this. Maybe we don't consciously make a …
Travel is not all about seeing new places, eating interesting foods and meeting new people. As with all the good things in life, it also comes with the bad things in life. Stomach bugs. I had previously written about how I discovered seasickness on my travels and the time I got eaten alive by mosquitoes …
Many developed countries are in the midst of a vaccine roll out and there has been chatter here and there about a so called vaccine travel passport. In these conversations, people compare it to the yellow fever vaccine passport. It seems bizarre to me that we are comparing this COVID19 vaccine which, let's face it, …
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