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I Hitchhiked Through the Balkans for 4 Months. This Is What I Learned.
February 9, 2020February 7, 2020 wayfarover

I Hitchhiked Through the Balkans for 4 Months. This Is What I Learned.

Balkans, hitchhiking, stories

Disclaimer: This post is about two years late. Ooooops.

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‘Good Horse, Very Fast’: Five Stories from the Georgian Caucasus
August 28, 2019August 26, 2019 wayfarover

‘Good Horse, Very Fast’: Five Stories from the Georgian Caucasus

Europe, Georgia, hiking, hitchhiking, stories

A week in the Caucasus.

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Sun’s out, thumb’s up: Safety Tips for Solo Female Hitchhikers
July 24, 2019July 16, 2019 wayfarover

Sun’s out, thumb’s up: Safety Tips for Solo Female Hitchhikers

hitchhiking, solo travel, tips, travel safety

Did you know that you shouldn’t hitchhike because you might get picked up by a serial killer? Did you also know that you should never

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habitual expat • llama enthusiast • unprofessional cheesecake chaser

If you see a redhead backpacker with a beat-up Olympus holding the map upside down, that’s probably me. To my mum’s utmost horror, I’ve been on and off the road since 2012 and can’t seem to stop. I’m Finnish and always searching for the perfect lipstick as well as a place to call home.
wayfarover is a blog dedicated to narratives about places foreign and familiar, doomed holiday romances, ethical globetrotting and off the beaten path solo adventures.

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TRAVELLING THAILAND RIGHT NOW. 🐉🇹🇭 Thaila TRAVELLING THAILAND RIGHT NOW.
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Thailand was one of the first countries in SE Asia to open borders again, and currently they're scrapping pretty much all covid-related restrictions for fully vaxxed travellers. So, what's it like to be here right now?

✨ Thai people are still worried about Covid and most wear a mask. So, bring one!
✨ Hostels are BACK, babey! (Not for me but I'll talk about that some other day lolz.) There are tons of backpackers round these parts.
✨ You'll struggle in Thailand if you're not vaccinated. I've been asked for my vax certificate in the randomest places, including entering a national park.
✨ Everything's allowed to be open but tons of cafes/restos are (still, or permanently?) closed, so don't trust Google Maps opening hours.
✨ Peddlers and other trinket-sellers on streets are so much more chill than the last time I was here. Nice!

I've got more tips and stories coming later about Thailand! Are you planning a trip here anytime soon?
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#thailandtravel #amazingthailand #tourismthailand #adayinthailand #postcovidtravel #wheretofindme #bluetemplechiangrai #chiangraithailand #backpackerlife #solofemaletraveler #solofemaletravel #womenwhoexplore #sheisnotlost #travelinspiration
ON GOING&COMING BACK. If I could leave my body ri ON GOING&COMING BACK.

If I could leave my body right now and float up, see myself from the outside, this is what I’d see.

I see myself in the open doorway, hand on the key, and I can’t tell if I’m coming or leaving. I’ve been on both sides of the door so many times. The only difference is whether my backpack is heavy with tattered clothes and cheap souvenirs or new hopes and dreams.

The new worlds taunt me, they rip me apart from any familiar reality I have ever known, and I love them for it. But I am an unfaithful lover, a traitor – my new lives will never be enough as long as my roots extend to the hard, frozen soil of my homeland. And they are strong and steady, anchoring my heart forever to a place called home.

I will always stand there, straddling my two worlds, stuck in the in-between where leaving and coming back tear me apart in all the similar ways. This scene is stuck in an eternally spinning vortex, in the centre: me, making the decision to go again. And then come back.

As much as I am destined to go, I am destined to return. In this merry-go-round of life, it is never either-or. Go. Come back. Go. Come back.

Go, because I can.

And come back, because I cannot not.
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I found this little piece from years ago and thought it apt - after all, I'm travelling with a return ticket for the first time in YEARS. Hell, I brought my house keys! And it feels good. Fuck, does it feel good, to have somewhere to return to (even if it's not all that frozen) 😊
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#balivibes #balibucketlist #balidaily #myparadise #girlgoneglobal #sheisnotlost #adventurestartshere #wanderwoman #postcardsfromtheworld #digitalnomadlife #herwanderfullife
I've been thinking... I have been thinking of how I've been thinking...

I have been thinking of how
subtle change is; how one day you wake up and you're a person you've never been before.

But you never even knew you were changing; somewhere between now and then you slowly shifted into another skin, and I think it would be impossible to pinpoint the exact moment when you stopped being one and became the other.

You call people from high school friends long after we have stopped talking to them. 
You always say the same thing when people ask what your favourite movie is; but blink and ten years have passed when you never watched it again.
I always said my favourite colour was red but I look at my closet and think, 'I really do not own one piece of clothing in red.'

How slowly we change - how suddenly.
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Enjoy my random bursts of thoughts ✨ Do you think you're very different than you were, say, ten years ago?
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#bulgariatravel #mybulgaria #visitbulgaria #bansko #solofemalehiker #girlpowertravel #femaledigitalnomads #femaletravelbloggers #mountainstories #mytravelgram #wanderingwomen #womenwhohike
It is happening... Bali is open! Bali has kept it It is happening... Bali is open!

Bali has kept its borders tightly shut for the past two years, and now travellers are clambering to get in. Traffic is getting crazy. There are so many new people. Things are getting pricey.

Things everywhere are starting to get back to normal and it feels like some kind of a cultural shock might strike us soon. Two years is a long time for life to be so lopsided... How do you get back to where things were?

And can you?

Pre-pandemic, I was already a digital nomad but even more than that, I was a full blown backpacker. Staying somewhere for a couple of months sounded like a long time. I only made money to be able to travel more.

I'm still excited about travelling (in fact I'm going somewhere soon!!!) but not in the same way as before. I don't want to travel fast and cheap now. And I worry that staying in one place is gonna be harder after all the borders open.

So, I'm not entirely sure what I'm feeling right now...

How are you feeling about the world opening up? Are you making travel plans already?
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#madeirahiking #madeiralovers #digitalnomadlife #femaletravelbloggers #wanderingwomen #womenwhotravel #madeiranowordsneeded #adventuregirl #mountainstories #wildme
TRAVEL THOUGHTS. The night around me is like thic TRAVEL THOUGHTS.

The night around me is like thick wine, delicious and dark. It isn't just a metaphor. As I step outside my little hut and crane my neck to see the sky, I feel a little drunk. Drunk on beautiful lonesomeness, drunk on the dizzying freedom to drive to a beautiful place for the weekend just because I wanted to.

Or maybe it's the half a beer I've downed. That seems irrelevant, though.

This is where I'll find myself, hidden in a secret glasshouse surrounded by jungle and the songs of nightbirds, mud squished between my toes from when I ran out to the rice field to watch the sun set. 

I look up and mistake fireflies for shooting stars. There are mountains there, out in the darkness, and I feel sheltered in their embrace.

I feel a little light-headed knowing that I'll wake up at dawn and it will still be there: a green world and a chattering river and all the singing grasshoppers, they will be there - all I need to do is sit up and see it through my windows.

It's a small adventure; but one I could never get enough of.
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What's your most recent adventure?
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#balivibes #balitravel #tukadcepungwaterfall #travelinspiration #femaledigitalnomads #femaletravelbloggers #passionpassport #exploremore #girlpowertravel #gltlove
What's your favourite travel song? 💫 I have a w What's your favourite travel song?
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I have a whole playlist of songs I love to listen to on the bus to somewhere or scream-sing while driving my scooter. Some of my current faves are:

Fastball - The Way
Big Red Machine feat. Fleet Foxes and Anais Mitchell - Phoenix
The Lumineers - Sleep on the Floor
Ivers - Push
Emeli Sande - Free

Would love to see your travel playlists! Here's mine, in case you wanted to check it out: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/46bo1tMa8xYN9PuRWkhMWz?si=-Gh3QnwbR92KjD8G9YHJRQ&utm_source=copy-link

Share yours, songs or playlists or both!
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#wonderfulindonesia #padarisland #komodoisland #exploreindonesia #floresindonesia #adventurestartshere #awesometravel #travellingindonesia #travelinspiration #wanderful #paradisefound
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