Storytime! Tales from my wanderings around the globe…
Exactly 2 months ago, I left the city for the coast, guided by an insistent inner voice. Without knowing what I was traveling for, how long I would be away for, nor the particulars of where I would stay or what I would be doing, I listened.
I have been at my parents’ house for the last 3.5 months of the coronavirus period, as I got locked in Nairobi. I am currently sitting on my bed writing and appreciating how the warm orange morning glow lights up the room, listening to the birds singing and admiring the green trees that I see…
I am starting a new live storytelling show on YouTube! Crazy tales from my backpacking adventures, followed by live Q & A with you – where you can ask me any question on earth. Why did I give up a life of stability and comfort to wander the margins as a hippie with no particular…
A jigger, also known as a sand-flea or chigoe flea, is a parasitic insect found in the tropics. It loves to hang out in sandy areas like deserts and beaches as well as dusty areas in farms and stables. It originated in South America but is now found in sub-Saharan Africa too. The pregnant female…
I had no idea what lay in store for me, but my time at the mini Plum Village in Vietnam was exactly what I needed at this point in my life. The lessons, the gifts, the manifestations that took place over those ten days have had a profound impact on my life going forward. I…
Listen to these beats from Bomba Estéreo as you read about the lush and lively country where I began my dream backpacking trip… Endless emerald green rolling hills and majestic mountains of the Andes were my hypnotising reward for the hours upon days spent bussing around southwest Colombia. Then the salsa – there’s a reason Colombians have a…
I can now die with no regrets. In December 2013, amidst studies in California, I crossed the border to Mexico on foot and tried out this ‘backpacking’ thing for a month. Remind me to tell you some crazy stories from that trip another day. After that month, a dream formed, of a long backpacking trip…
Some fun little tales from my trip to the motherland.. Mumbai International Airport It is witching hour when we step off the plane and into the tunnel in a dreamlike haze. People await their fellow travellers like confused ghosts floating in the tunnel. They stare at us walking by with slow, sleepy eyes, and we…
I joined a Vipassana meditation course without knowing what it was. My favourite cousin and wild spirit whom I deeply love once told me I had to do a Vipassana as it would change my life. So I unquestioningly signed up. Only then did I start reading up on it and realise what deep mud…
Trudging through foreign lands like a turtle with your life on your back; not knowing where you will sleep that night; crashing on random people’s couches and ending up as BFFs; volunteering on remote farms and gorging on fresh organic food; staying at the cheapest hostel in town and exploring secret alleys with fellow travellers; surviving on risky but tasty street food; bussing miles of the unknown alone – this is the life of a backpacker.