Stop Telling Me Muslim Countries Aren’t Safe for Women
“Wait, You’re Going WHERE? I Thought You Were a Feminist” “You’re really going to visit Muslim countries? I thought you believed in women’s rights.” I heard variations of this so… Read more »
Category: Asia
October 15, 2013: 12 Years of Living Differently
October Always Brings Change There’s something about October that pulls at me. I moved to London in October 2006. I left to travel the world in October 2013. I came… Read more »
23 Countries Before I Turn 6: Romeo’s Travel Adventures
Tomorrow my little explorer turns 6, and I thought it would be fun to interview him about his incredible travel journey so far. What started as a simple chat turned… Read more »
Iran, Ten Years Later: Truth, Beauty, and the Lies We’re Told
An unfiltered memory of blue tiles, headscarves, and radical hospitality It’s been exactly ten years. Ten years since I boarded a flight to Tehran with more questions than answers, and… Read more »
Travel Postcards of 2023
Hello, dear readers! It’s been a moment since we caught up, hasn’t it? Life’s unpredictable journey has taken me through some unexpected twists, and my blog has been in a… Read more »
A Decade of Footprints in the Clouds: Reflecting on 10 Years Since the Epic Journey Began
Exactly a decade ago, I embarked on a journey that would forever change the course of my life – an adventurous expedition around the globe, solo and undeterred. On this… Read more »
A Ode to my Friend and Traveler Partner, Danny Wolsey!
1ST PAINFUL ANNIVERSARY 1 year! 12 months! 365 days! 8760 hours! 525,600 minutes! 31,536,000 seconds! That’s exactly the time that has passed since I received that call from your niece…… Read more »
Travel Postcards of 2022
It’s been a long time, a very long time, I know. But Covid hasn’t really helped and then another 9264748 things happened… So my blog has been here, quiet and… Read more »
Questions Of Travel
Because Traveling still seems more like a utopia at the moment, I decided to share one of my favorite travel poems, called Questions of Travel by Elizabeth Bishop, enjoy: Poem by… Read more »
If you can’t go outside, go inside!
After 5 months living in something that feels more like a parallel universe, I am constantly reminded of this beautiful Buddhist quote that I so embrace now – but was… Read more »
The Chinese
The Chinese It was a hot day, excruciatingly hot actually, and the temples at Angkor were completely filled with people, faces, and bodies moving everywhere … This was my second… Read more »
A new & special travel destination: Motherhood
THE DREAMER… everyone kept telling me all my life how big I have always dreamed … From moving abroad by myself to somewhere I didn’t know anyone (when wasn’t really… Read more »
Chasing Wellness & Wellbeing in Nara, part 2
In the last blog, I have shared with you why my trip to Nara was so important for my wellbeing and why I believe Nara, is the perfect prefecture in… Read more »
Chasing Wellness & Wellbeing in Nara, part 1
Let’s talk about one of my favorite topics: Wellness and Wellbeing and how can we chase it on a daily basis, or in this case, how I have chased it… Read more »
Finding a true Gem in Japan: Nara
Let’s be honest, everyone travels these days. And I love that because traveling often kills prejudice and teaches how different and still the same we are as a community and… Read more »
Social Media Break + Exciting News
So, after a little (or perhaps too long) break from social media in general, I have decided to come back. I do understand the importance of social media and don’t… Read more »
My 2018 in Travels: The Review
At the end of every year, I like to do a balance of how my year went: the lessons I have learned, the people I have met, the goals I… Read more »
Am I an Influencer?
“Oh wow, you have so many followers… How is it to be an influencer?” She asked. And so did he…. In fact, I hear that a lot. But am I?… Read more »
Travel scars – The journey: 5 year anniversary
Exactly 5 years ago I was landing in India. The first destination of my “Footprints in the Clouds” journey. London – Mumbai: I remember that flight so well… During the… Read more »
Visas & Discrimination + World Division
After traveling to over 60 countries, it finally happened. I have been discriminated against. But first, let me make it clear. I know. I am aware! I am so aware… Read more »