TRAVEL BLOG
photo credit: renee | view from castle rock, the twelve apostles, australia
Travel Blog
My goal in sharing this travel blog is to give my readers insight into my personality and perspectives from a lifetime of travel. These stories aim to share magic and awe-inspired moments that make travel worthwhile. As with any adventure though, there’s also the hijinks, bloopers and near-misses that are funny in hindsight but that are best not repeated. I think of them as lessons learned.
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Bali
Like any responsible adult, I quit my job, cashed out all my RRSPs, and spent 2 weeks researching backpacks and hiking sandals and downloading pages from WikiTravel (remember those?). By the time I booked my flight to Denpasar I’d spent about $400 on travel supplies and $1,000 on flights. Then I budgeted $20 a day for accommodation and food – a goal that was easy to achieve back in 2010 – and hit the road…