Category: Travel
-
Why I prefer a surf retreat in Morocco instead of a classic beach holiday — and what actually happened
There are people who go on holiday to lie by a pool. I respect them. I just don’t understand them. If you’re reading this, I have a feeling you don’t either. You want something that actually does something to you. You’re maybe looking at Morocco, maybe looking at surf retreats, maybe Googling “how to learn…
-
What to Wear in India as a Western Woman
India changes how you think about clothes. Not in a complicated way, in a freeing one. By day five, my girls had stopped caring whether their trousers had a mark on them. By day eight, the hierarchy had shifted entirely: does it breathe? Does it cover? Does it pack into nothing? Here is everything I…
-
The Art of Losing and Finding Myself — Or Why I Love Solo Travel
I was twenty-two. Freshly heartbroken. Standing in Vienna with an Interrail pass, an overpacked backpack, and forty-two days ahead of me that were supposed to look completely different. The trip was meant to be ours. The tickets, the plans, the cities. All of it planned for two. And then, suddenly, it was just me. I…
-
India Did Not Go According to Plan. That Was the Best Part
There is something about India that strips away the version of you that needs everything to be perfect. The traffic does not care about your schedule. The colour gets on your white shirt before you even see it coming. The food arrives in ten bowls at once, and nobody explains what any of it is.…