Traveling Kelsey
I travel not to escape life, but to be sure that life will not escape me! Come join me!
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As we drew nearer and nearer to the Denver International Airport, I couldn’t help but look out the window at the browning Colorado landscape in quiet contemplation: Did I make the right choice? Was I ready for this? For one of the first times in the weeks leading up to today, panic had begun to set in; the same panic that every life changing decision should evoke. It was all to familiar:… Read More
I couldn’t believe it when I went to complete my daily ritual of crossing off today’s date on my calendar in my cubicle and saw the number 100 staring back at me! I am officially 100 days away from July 12th, also known as the day that I will leave this country, and will embark on a very exciting, yet very long flight across the Pacific Ocean, through Tokyo and Singapore, and… Read More
Because I Can When I made the decision to abandon the rat-race back in October and pick up my life to move to the opposite side of the globe, I had a vast array of responses to my announcement. Some people cheered me on, and congratulated me for making that decision. Some were envious– telling me that they wish that they had done the same, and that it was a great thing… Read More
On Travel Regrets It goes without saying that it is nearly impossible to satisfy a traveler. There will always be that conflict between whether or not to return to see the things you missed from a previous trip, or to look forward to different corners of the world and towards new countries and cultures. Overall, I’ve been pretty satisfied with the way I have grown as a traveler. The places I have… Read More
I could hear my heart in my chest pounding as I clicked the “Confirm” button on United’s website. I had done it– I had bought my one way ticket to Perth and there was no turning back now. I have never purchased a true one way ticket. No matter where I went in all of my travels, I always knew that I would return back to a single place—be it Denver or Philadelphia…. Read More
The rat-race— a euphemism for the perpetual cycle that majority of people find themselves in following graduation: a lifestyle full of debt, halfway decent jobs that are nowhere near what you thought your life would turn out to be like, funeral processions into the office, and living for the next pay check… You get the gist. Through the number of hours I’ve put in reading different blogs and books about travel and… Read More
G’Day from Sydney, Australia!! Right now, I am sitting in Hyde Park in the heart of Sydney, right next to the St. Mary’s Cathedral, the sun is shinning, there are people reading, sun bathing, and having picnics on the grass; life is good! I arrived in Sydney yesterday evening from Auckland and I made my way to the Elephant Backpackers Hostel in the Woolloomooloo (yes it is a real place) district on… Read More
One of the questions I always get from friends back home is, “So, do you ever actually go out in the evenings?” The answer is OF COURSE! It really is not too hard to find friends while you are traveling. Contrary to popular believe, I have found that you are actually more approachable when you are on your own than when you are traveling with a friend. People WANT to take you under… Read More
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