Best Apps to Make Friends While Traveling Solo

Moving abroad sounds exciting, romantic, and like the start of a whole new life. But the reality is also loneliness, confusion, identity crisis, and realizing that solo travel and actually building a ...

24 Maalis 24min

This is the first time I’ve ever recorded a podcast episode with someone else, and honestly, it was such a fun experience. In this co-hosted episode with Hekaya Haven, we talk about how I first got in...

16 Maalis 1h 3min

In this episode I share 5 things I do now that old me would never have done, and why solo travel is not scary because you might get lost, but because you change. Going places alone, talking to strange...

9 Maalis 9min

When people think about solo travel, they assume the scary part is getting lost, missing flights, eating alone, or not finding friends. I thought that too. But the truth hit me after I came home. The ...

2 Maalis 12min

Kyoto in winter hits different, cozy, calm, and seriously underrated. During our January break from language school, I took the shinkansen from Tokyo and spent a few days in Kyoto with a friend. Templ...

16 Helmi 7min

Travel is not free. Unless you were born into the “my parents own property” club, you will work. In this episode I break down the three real ways I have funded long term travel: volunteer work for a b...

9 Helmi 18min

Is traveling multiple times a mistake or just a bad look on paper?In this episode, I talk honestly about CV gaps, career anxiety, and why choosing travel over stability feels both freeing and terrifyi...

2 Helmi 14min

Last week I complained about Japan.A lot.So this week I am doing the adult thing and admitting where it absolutely wins.Toilets that feel like luxury, convenience stores that solve all life problems, ...

26 Tammi 22min