Growth, ponderings and adventures
If you enjoy working out, and especially if you’re traveling for a longer period of time, you might start missing your home gym at some point. Fortunately, you still have two legs, two arms and a body wherever you go, so even when traveling, exercising is possible. I personally have quite an intuitive take on [...]
This post is the second (and last for now) part of my blogposts on traveling and money. In the first one, I talked about how you can travel for cheaper and find good deals. Go check it out. This one won't be about traveling on a budget, but about my travel budget for the seven weeks [...]
So many times, I hear people say how they would love to travel but they can't because they don't have the means. Well, my friends, I come bearing good news: traveling is not as impossible as you might think. Money is such a personal topic that it's hard, and actually not even correct in my [...]
Ah, Helsinki. I love you. When I moved back to Helsinki as a 15-year-old, I wasn't too happy about it. But during the years, I've grown a deep love for this place that is after all my hometown, even when my heart keeps dragging me out of here. But the good thing about that is [...]
As someone born in the late nineties, I remember life without smartphones, but I have still pretty much grown up used to taking my phone out whatever the problem is. When traveling, I try to take the opportunity of not having an internet connection 24/7 (and don't buy a local sim card on purpose) to [...]
"But isn't travelling all by yourself really lonely?" This is probably the question that I get asked the most. To put it shortly, my answer usually is "absolutely not". But there is a longer answer, so I thought it was worth a post of its own. The real answer I should give when people ask [...]
Have you ever stayed at a hostel? I have, and I absolutely love it. It's a wonderful way to travel for cheaper, meet new people and have fun. But the downside (which I actually think is also an upside really - it makes the stay more home-like) is that hostel life is not all glamour. [...]
Last winter, I backpacked around Asia with a friend for a month, and it was the most eye-opening trip of my life. We had a wonderful even if not completely trouble-free time, and I love and cherish every memory from it. In one month, we had time to visit Taiwan, Hong Kong, Vietnam and Thailand. [...]
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