Solo in Seoul: The Photos!

As I said in my previous post, Seoul is a city of incredible contrasts from fast and furious to calm and sublime, from cutting edge to traditional, and from ritzy-glitzy to at-best-basic.  Add ornate wooden palaces, delicious street food, lively markets, bright lights, gorgeous arts and unique culture to a city of sensory overload andContinue reading “Solo in Seoul: The Photos!”

Korea? WHY on earth WOULDN’T I?!

When I told people I was going to Korea I was met with unequivocally perplexed looks and a blunt-to-the-point-of-being-rude question of “WHY are you going THERE?!”. My reasons were straightforward.  I follow a Korean girl on Instagram who is also a solo traveller and I’d seen her photos of Seoul and thought that it looked amazing. Continue reading “Korea? WHY on earth WOULDN’T I?!”

A solo travel soliloquy

My tweet reads: “If someone had told me eight years ago not only would I travel, but I’d go alone and to far-off places, I’d have never believed them. At that point in my life just going to the supermarket was an ordeal. Still is at times. Morribobs or Korea? Umm let me see 🤣Continue reading “A solo travel soliloquy”

New Year, New Horizons

2018.  A New Year.  A chance to put all of last year’s shit to bed and to start afresh. It’s fair to say that I never make resolutions.  My feeing is that by making a resolution I’m already setting myself up to fail.  I’m never going to be thinner, prettier, kinder, fitter, richer or happier.Continue reading “New Year, New Horizons”