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19 Ways I’m Not a Real Traveler

January 11, 2018 by Silvia 33 Comments

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A few weeks ago I got a message from a reader who said that she's just embarked on a three-month backpacking trip, and she's having some trouble fitting in with the other backpackers at her hostel. You see, instead of hitting one of the main tourist trails, she had opted for a ...

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7 Things No One Tells You About Life After Backpacking

November 20, 2017 by Silvia 14 Comments

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Saturday marked four years since I returned from my very first backpacking trip. I only know this because I returned to my home in Chiang Mai on Loi Krathong, which also happened to be the night I first met Dan. No, this post isn't going to be about that romantic story, gross. ...

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How to Combat the Post Travel Blues

June 27, 2017 by Silvia 34 Comments

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I am seriously the worst when it comes to getting stuck in the post-travel blues. So I mean, I'm probably not the best person to be writing a how-to on dealing with post travel depression, but then on the other hand, I do have a lot of experience with it! Like did anyone ...

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When You Begin to Hate the Place You Love

June 7, 2017 by Silvia 54 Comments

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About a year and a half ago I wrote a blog post about that dreaded "bitter expat syndrome" and how I planned on doing everything I could to avoid feeling those same bitter expat feelings towards Norway that I had once felt towards Germany, and then Japan, and then Thailand. That ...

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But Is It #Goals Enough?

May 11, 2017 by Silvia 23 Comments

Last week I spent a few days in London staying at Dan's mom's place, and one evening we went through her old photo albums so I could see the obligatory embarrassing photos of Daniel as a baby. Except Dan was such an angelic looking child that there were no embarrassing shots to ...

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