Highlights of Austria 2022 – Salzburg, Hallstatt, and Vienna

This post is long overdue, but considering I’ve done another trip since the last one and have another one coming in a few months, I needed to get on it! So much has happened this year that finding the time to give this post the attention it needed was quite a challenge. While I normally…

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Does Travelling Teach you how to Think?

I started this post in 2022 and after writing only 2 paragraphs, I realised I needed more time to think it through and gather more evidence. It’s now 2026 and I can finally revisit it with new insights. Since 2020, I have been observing people a lot. Like most people, prior to 2020, I used…

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Munich in a Day

Out of all the places I’ve traveled to, Munich was my favourite city, so I was dying to go back. It was incredibly expensive this time though despite Oktoberfest having finished (we just missed it by about 3 weeks) so as much as I wanted to spend at least 4 nights there, we booked only…

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Stuttgart in a Day

It was a Friday night, 21 October 2022, and I had just finished 2 weeks in Sindelfingen, a small town about 15 minutes drive out of Stuttgart. Having gotten back to my hotel after a night out with my newest close friend, Ebru, I was tired but also super energized because my best friend Anine…

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2022 – My Best Year of Travel

I entered 2022 with very high expectations. I had started a new job a few months prior at a company I’m extremely proud to be associated with, and there was something in my gut that said it was going to be a special year. I started a new relationship on New Years Day with someone…

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2021 – My Spiritual Awakening

Almost every year, I like to summarise everything that happened that year. I started last year’s post but for some reason, I never finished it. This year was pretty extraordinary for me and to not write about it would be a real shame. This is a long one. Go get a beverage and some popcorn….

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Sharm El Sheik – Food, Luxury, and the Red Sea

It’s been over 2 years since I visited Sharm El Sheikh and I’ve been meaning to write about it ever since, but the pandemic gave me writer’s block. I realized now that I procrastinated because writing about it would close a chapter I was not ready to close since I couldn’t see when I’d be…

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The kind of Humans that Travel creates

My last trip overseas was a little over 2 years ago, and to say that it makes me sad that I haven’t been able to leave South Africa since then would be a gross understatement. I’ve been infatuated with flying since 1994 and that has not changed, but my addiction to travel started when I…

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The Pandemic Wake-Up Call

I think it’s safe to say that practically all of us have had some kind of wake-up call since the pandemic hit. Maybe it was realizing who really matters in your life, or that you shouldn’t take life for granted. For me, it was both of those things and the fact that many of the…

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What the pandemic is like for an empath

Before I even begin, let me clarify one thing — there is a difference between being empathetic and being an empath. Many people can empathize with someone because they perhaps went through the same situation. They’ll say “I know how you feel”. Unfortunately, many of these people think that that makes them an empath. But imagine empathy…

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