Stroll and Speak | Your Guide to Mindful Travel

I once thought planning a multi-country trip would be as simple as stringing a few destinations together like beads on a necklace. Turns out, it’s more like trying to assemble a jigsaw puzzle with pieces from different boxes. The first time I tackled this beast, I ended up stranded in a tiny Italian village because […]

I once found myself in a cramped hostel room in Bangkok, the kind that smells like stale dreams and desperation, realizing I was about to overstay my visa. No amount of charm or cash would sway the humorless immigration officer I imagined waiting at the airport. That was the moment I learned that long-term travel […]

I once found myself, laptop in hand, perched on a wobbly café table in a back alley of Bangkok. The Wi-Fi was as reliable as a politician’s promise, but there I was, trying to squeeze out a few coherent sentences between sips of overly sweet iced coffee. This was the glamorous life I’d imagined when […]

I once tried to start a travel blog. Key word: tried. Picture me, a fresh-faced optimist armed with a cheap laptop and a head full of misguided dreams, thinking I could turn my rambling road trips into a digital masterpiece. I quickly discovered that the internet is littered with the skeletons of failed travel blogs, […]