Today is my anniversary: One year in the life of a full time traveler, and one year in the life of this blog. One June 9th, 2011, I watched the Manhattan skyline disappear into the distance as I flew towards Scotland and the unknown. An hour earlier, hunched over my laptop using airport WiFi, I launched Alex in Wanderland. From sailing in luxury through Santorini to having a motorcycle stolen in Vientiane, from working as a Coyote-Ugly style bartender in Koh Tao to winning a scuba diving grant in New York… what a ride it has been! I think it’s high time for a little stroll down memory lane, don’t you? My Year in Travels I go through all my highlights and lowlights in my monthly roundup posts, and I show you all my favorite pictures in my Photo of the Week posts, so this is more of a general journey through my year than a tops-and-flops-and-best-pictures thing. That would take me weeks! 1. Bon Voyage The journey truly began about a month before my first flight, when I graduated from Pratt University. I admit that it frequently felt like school was holding me back from the “real life” I so desperately wanted to start living abroad, but I look at my diploma today and I feel great pride. That final semester almost killed me: I worked multiple jobs to build my savings, I was preparing to move across the globe (you long-term travelers know this is practically a full… [Read full story]
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