Travel Bloggers’ Greatest Adventures

Travel Blogger’s Greatest Adventures

The age-old adage is true – every journey starts with a single step beyond everyday life. Some journeys burn brightly like flames – quick and sharp, whilst some are slow burning discoveries that never seem to end. The passion for voyages beyond a standard desk life (well, outside of blog writing and editing of course) are what drive so many travel bloggers to explore the world on their own (though in some cases their credit card company’s) terms. Emma Julia who blogs at Adventures of a London Kiwi asked some travel bloggers to describe their greatest adventure…

Sophie pondered several topics; travelling solo to Berlin at the end of her degree, her family’s trip around the world to Australia, Hong Kong and the US when she was 14; and her first trip abroad with a boyfriend – 10 days in California in 2014. But then she realised that her greatest adventure started much closer to home…

How about Sara’s three week trip through America? Her first taste of freedom in Los Angeles where ‘everything is just like the movies’, partying until the early hours of the morning in Las Vegas, getting in a stretched hummer with a yard glass full of cocktails and driving up the Strip and meeting cowboys in Sedona.

Or Claire embarking on the biggest adventure possible – motherhood and the pitter patter of tiny, gorgeous feet.Roadtrippin’ in their campervan, sleeping under the stars in Yosemite, visiting a new Wonder of the World, seeing a Cirque due Soleil show, and braving riding a bike across the Golden Gate Bridge, Ayla is travelling America for 2 weeks on an amazing sounding roadtrip.

Jaime’s greatest adventure could have been her first trip to England at the age of 14, eating pho on the side of the road in Hanoi or an impromptu weekend in New York. Eventually she settled on sharing her time at Oxford University with all its intricacies (the unknowing catalyst for her future): the funny names for the terms (Michaelmas, Hilary and Trinity), the way they shorten “tutorial” to “tute”, and the weird and crazy “entz” parties they had in the Junior Common Rooms.

One of the most beautiful re-tellings was Charley’s memory of the first meeting, the first date, the first I Love You, sitting in her room at university and deciding that this was the guy she couldn’t let go. Battling through long distance, insecurities, tears in Newark Car Park to end up sharing vows to be old, wrinkled grumps, probably with a few more cats and wearing matching cardigans.

3 days after her last university exam and 5 days after her 21st birthday party, Jasmin Charlotte threw away everything she owned, packed a single suitcase and got on a plane. After hitting up her parents in Australia and some friends in the US, she made it to London, and well, like many expats never managed to leave (except for traveling abroad occasionally.)

Not being able to forget a recent trip to the sun soaked streets of Lisbon, Portugal I took on a short excursion of solo travelling and shared a few practical tips that made my trip feel safe and secure.

See, adventures of every size and shape – what is your greatest adventure? Add a comment below and let me know.