The rattle of the car with its overfull backseat is white noise for the slowly approaching sleep of the passenger. The drowsy daydream of the outside hurtling by, so quickly and yet so slowly. Places pass in a blur, only … Continue reading TRAVELLING AS A PASSENGER
The world seems louder now. The insistent rattle of the train, more jostling than it used to be. The looming threat of closeness. Some semblance of normality is on the horizon, but the streets look strange and threatening. The coffee … Continue reading GETTING BACK TO TRAVEL
A vista overlooking a turquoise sea, white sands stretching out into the distance under the broad palm leaves. Great bright villas with their balcony views look out onto pools and lounge beds, the air salty and hot. Shiny jets and … Continue reading WHY TO TRAVEL ON A BUDGET
The train back from a trip away feels haunting and visceral. You walk home with a ghost of yourself- someone you were before the trip, someone you don’t quite relate to now. Back home, things feel strange, one step removed … Continue reading DOES TRAVEL CHANGE YOU?
Winding paths through woodland, unexplored land, overgrown and rich with wildlife. Long grassy lanes, stretching through fields and farmland, hot and dusty in the summer. Coastal cliffs, the thrilling cold whipping through the mountains, the tides loud and impending below. … Continue reading LOCAL EXPLORATION: WHY TRAVEL DOESN’T HAVE TO BE FAR
The strong brewed coffee scent in the morning, with dappled sunlight shining in through the net curtain. Sometimes, the rush of news feels far away, and for a minute life just happens. The planes whir in the sky outside, and … Continue reading THE MINIMUM WEEKLY #10
Long stretches of highway linger on into the middle distance, the horizon line calling like an old friend. Expanses of black asphalt wind through fields and mountains, the human mark- we’ve been here, and we’ll be back again. Travel by … Continue reading TRAVEL WITHOUT A CAR
That feeling of sitting atop a single bunk in a shared dorm and looking out over the sea of sleeping faces, the strange sense that each of you is experiencing the same moment in uniquely different ways. The quiet rustle … Continue reading SOLO HOSTEL TRAVEL
The rattle of the train carriage, passengers with sleepy eyes all heading to distant destinations, the luggage rack overflowing with extra-large suitcases and crumpled duffle bags. The ferry port, with windswept views of the sea, long queues to pass through … Continue reading HOW TO TRAVEL WITH ONLY A BACKPACK
The familiar sight of wind turbines in a yellow haze of landscape, long fields of corn stretching out into the distance and touching the horizon line. Away in a flash. That dull rattle of the train, the screeching brakes and … Continue reading A YEAR OF MINIMAL TRAVEL: WHAT IT TAUGHT ME
