My name is Simon and I love adventure travel.
I created this blog as a way to share my travel stories and maybe even inspire a few of you to take that trip you’ve been dreaming of.
In the beginning…
I came to travel a little later than most. I was 24, three years into a corporate job, and wondering if this was really all there was to life.
Adventure holidays were my outlet. I climbed Mont Blanc, learnt to ski off piste and cycled across Britain on expensive package tours. Between months in the office, I craved the risk and adrenaline of these trips.
I believed that 21st century living consisted of doing a job you hate for 46 weeks of the year to fund adventures in the other 6 (yes, I did buy extra holiday!) Then, I took 2 months of unpaid leave in southeast Asia and it transformed my outlook.
Brave new world
You can stay in a basic hostel in Vietnam for $5 a night. You can dine on delicious street food for under $2 and a glass of Bia Hoi (the local brew) will only set you back 30 cents.
Once you get over the flight out there, the cost of living is insanely cheap. I suddenly realised that living on the road for months at a time was within my grasp.
And it wasn’t just about the money. Travel teaches you to live spontaneously, that strangers are infinitely friendlier than you think, and that the best experiences are often those you can’t plan.
I returned home (reluctantly, after a guy I met in Malaysia suggested I become a digital nomad with him) and tried to pick up my corporate job. Within weeks, I was saving to start travelling again. I craved the freedom, novelty and excitement of the open road.
My travel philosophy
The person who lives in the same city and works in the same office and follows the same routine for 40 years may live only once. But the person who travels the world with open eyes and open mind, for whom each day brings new horizons and new adventures, why that person may live one hundred lifetimes.
I hope you enjoy hearing about some of them and wish you at least a hundred of your own.
See you on the road,
Simon
