All The Places Creating Takes Me
In this installment of The Chronicles of Badass Female Solo Travelers, we will hear from my lovely friend and enormous inspiration Tilly, in her own words. Name: Matilda Edwards Age: 20Nationality: Australian Tell me a little about yourself…Imagine you’re in a Beer Garden enjoying a catch up with friends, and you hear this repetitive loud …
A huge highlight of my time here has been the opportunity to meet some of the most badass, independent, solo female travelers. Women who took an enormous leap to come live in a foreign culture by themselves. I was marveling to my friend Tilly about some of the qualities I admire about these people (herself …
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The main discovery I’ve made over the past few weeks, is that every day things get easier in some way. It might just be small, incremental shifts, but those are guaranteed to add up. My first week in Sukhothai was by far the hardest of my trip. It is jarring to go from a month-long …
Just typing this out makes me feel like I've lost my hardened New England edge, but it's been cold here since this weekend. It got down to 11 degrees Celsius (which I just had to Google in Fahrenheit, and it's only a laughable 51.) I know, I know, my friends back home are bundled up …
I came to teach in Thailand for a number of reasons, but the underlying motivation was: I felt like I didn’t fit in where I was before. This is a feeling I’ve carried with me throughout my life, the majority of which I’ve spent in New Hampshire, the tiny north-east bit of America. The notion …
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If you're reading this, it means I made it out alive and I'm safely back in Sukhothai with my laptop and hopefully a Thai iced tea (I deserve it.) My first ever "visa trip", and first trip to Lao, changed me as a person. Hardened me you might say--like a convict. The amount of stress …
Before coming to Thailand, I had a definite image in my head about what my life would be like. I can, in some part, attribute this to the role social media plays. Travelers visit beautiful places and use the images they collect to make vision boards of the perfect life. Hell, even I do that. …
It's my last Sunday in Hua Hin, and I'm feeling a mix of emotions: the most prevalent of which is excitement for (another) brand new start. My new job is in Sukhothai, the original kingdom of Thailand, located in the northern part of central Thailand. I'll be teaching Kindergarten English/Science/Music AND Yoga! This school wanted …
The moon in Hua Hin To put it gently, the first week of my TESOL course was rough. Emotionally and physically draining, and the whole group is feeling it. There is definitely a collective consciousness among us, which has been interesting. I haven't bonded with a group so fast before, but we're all at the …
Temple in Hua Hin I've officially been in Thailand for over a week now, though it feels like I've lived a thousand lives since being here. I've already shed layers, made deep connections, and changed my diet entirely. It's still surreal, but due to mental and physical exhaustion during any down-time I have, I haven't …
Lunar Liv 