Musings of my Messy Mind – a reflective post

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  I knew this trip was to be a big one, the life changer, the life affirming, the life giver, and I knew that I would come back changed in some way … but I had no idea of the extent to which this trip would peel back my layers and leave me (happily) raw, […]

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Our Incan Journey

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On 30th April – eleven nervous little novice hikers left the big city (read: Ollytaytambo, well it’s sort of big) bound for the adventure of their lives. Eight of us had signed up for the classic 4 day Inca trail, and three for the growingly popular 3 day Lares trail. Today’s post covers the ins […]

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Peruvian Adventures

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Peru, like Bolivia, felt like a big ole bag of uncertainty when we approached this leg of the trip. I sat, in complete overwhelm & maybe even a trickle of fear (possibly influenced also by it being the evening before death road) during our welcome orientation with our new Peruvian guide, terrified of what was […]

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Surviving Death Road (& how in a way I didn’t…)

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  Cryptic title hey? I realised that all of our post ride celebrations were solely focused on our success & our conquering of the world’s most dangerous road – which, yeppp, is amazing and well worth celebrating (because, life) but I realised that there were certainly parts of me that didn’t survive the treacherous journey […]

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South American dreams

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Holá blessers. This post is being brought to you courtesy of terrible South American wifi, a plush hotel bed and by a writer powered by the BEST chocolate in Bolivia (a little chocolatier in Sucre called ‘Parati’). You are welcome friends. So I’ve just hit the three week mark of my break up inspired, midlife […]

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I MIGHT BE A LITTLE QUIET FOR A WHILE …

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I write to heal, write to share, write to connect, write to reflect, write to plan, write to inspire, write to be inspired, write to express … I’m a writer. As of tomorrow, I will be South America bound for my first (ever) solo travel adventure. The past few months have seen me sea-saw between ‘holy frikkin […]

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TO QUENCH THAT WANDERLUSTIN’ THIRST

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Two weeks. Two mother flippin’ weeks. That’s how long remains until I embark on my first solo adventure to a place that has topped my travel bucket list for over five years. I am a cocktail of emotions – one part excitement, one part nerves, one part energetic, one part brave, one part ready, one […]

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AN OPEN LETTER TO ‘ALL THE SINGLE LADIES’

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The last time I was single, I was a teenager. I was an eighteen year old who had no idea of who she was, what she wanted, what she was worth, where she was going … but she was lucky enough to find a boy//man who was an amazing person, who helped her to find […]

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