Although life took a few unexpected turns and I’m still as nomadic as ever, my week with the Moken was a watershed moment for me – I realized that when the time does come to settle down, I’ll be ready.
“Boat is home”: Getting to know the Moken.
adventure travel
The Great Affair’s Guide to: Traveling alone as a woman in India.
My vision for this guide is to take the scary prospect of traveling to India alone for the first time and break it down into manageable steps – tangible tips that will help you feel less daunted.
The Great Affair’s Guide to: Getting off the beaten path in Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Maybe you feel the same way, too – that as thrilling as big cities and popular spots can be, there’s a different sort of thrill to be found off the beaten track, where you can get lost a little easier and hear the sound of your own footsteps more clearly.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 21 and 22
I will be leaving Turkey grateful for this unexpected lesson in navigation. We have to trust that the direction our compass is pointing in – whether what lies ahead is a less defined path, or perhaps there’s no path at all – is worth taking. It always is.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 15-20.
Having walked alone these last three weeks, another shadow moving next to mine made for quite a change. Yet again, the path had gone in a different direction from my expectations – the lesson then, I think, might lay in the space between.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 10-14
And the final thing I realized, on a rainy Thursday afternoon in Turkey, is that the path knows exactly what we need and when. Warmth. Shelter. Direction. A guide. It’s up to us, then, to trust the path and its provision. The path, like life itself, is always right.
Notes on traveling alone as a woman in India.
I am all too aware that bad things happen in India, and that just because I was never groped does not mean that it doesn’t happen every day, to local and foreign women alike, but I am also aware of the intense warmth and beauty of the country.
Summer’s Sketchbook: A callout for your travel sketches!
As summer kicks off, I would love to put together a roundup of your sketches and publish them here – not only to celebrate all the travel-inspired art that has taken place, but to inspire even more people to get sketching.
Sketchbook flashback: Where the travel sketches all began.
I want to leave you with this thought – that every interest, every childhood pursuit, every old inkling of a dream, can mean something; that the little pieces of our past can always find their place in the puzzle of our present life.
Beneath the Lantern’s Glow: Introducing the book of travel sketches…and a giveaway!
There was a single round lantern directly above my head, floating over two banana trees. On a night when I’d felt entirely disconnected from the city, I was suddenly right where I needed to be. I was beneath the lantern’s glow.