Walking Across Iceland From South to North
Having never walked more than 15km, I headed to Iceland with my brother to walk across the country from south to north. We hiked for 400km through harsh weather and barren landscapes, loving and loathing
By Jamie| 2016-02-23T04:19:44+00:00 February 23rd, 2016|Advice|
Having never walked more than 15km, I headed to Iceland with my brother to walk across the country from south to north. We hiked for 400km through harsh weather and barren landscapes, loving and loathing
By Jamie| 2016-02-15T06:55:34+00:00 February 15th, 2016|Advice|
Despite the stress of almost not being allowed to leave Australia, I was excited when I touched down in Christchurch. It has been nearly a decade since I was last in New Zealand and I
By Jamie| 2016-02-13T20:31:05+00:00 February 13th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I like half of all hills when I am on a bicycle - the half that goes down. Of course to get this joy, you must also cycle the half of hills that are notably less friendly.
By Jamie| 2016-02-12T11:27:39+00:00 February 12th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
After a year of living in Australia, I finally waved farewell late last night. Accordingly, Jetstar gave me the very service I expected of them, consistent with my previous experiences of flying with them. After
By Jamie| 2016-01-28T00:57:36+00:00 January 28th, 2016|Stories, Video|
As a birthday celebration for Leah, instead of (or in addition to) drinking lots, we decided that we would take a few days to go on a hitchhiking, hiking, free-camping adventure. From Hobart, we hitchhiked
By Jamie| 2017-01-10T02:49:00+00:00 January 25th, 2016|Advice|
Is it necessary to learn Korean to teach English in South Korea? This is a question that I have heard a lot from potential teachers. The answer is no. You need absolutely zero language skills to
By Jamie| 2016-01-23T03:42:49+00:00 January 23rd, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration, Video|
Four years ago, I met a girl who was living through a life she wasn't particularly happy with - sound familiar? Throwing caution to the wind, she gave up her home, her job... her life...
By Jamie| 2016-01-15T11:16:44+00:00 January 15th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Over the past few years, I have intermittently chosen to share some of my journeys through the internet. I do this primarily when I feel like doing so and without any great regularity, sometimes posting
By Jamie| 2016-01-23T02:45:50+00:00 January 13th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Jacob Laukaitis, born and raised in Eastern Europe, recently went on a rather long motorcycle ride for his very first experience of the Balkan states. Here, he shares some of his story and answers a
By Jamie| 2016-01-09T00:21:00+00:00 January 9th, 2016|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration, Video|
There will always be times of great strife on every journey. These are the times when you think, 'Why am I doing this?' At that point, it is important to evaluate why you are putting yourself through
By Jamie| 2016-04-18T06:16:27+00:00 January 8th, 2016|Thoughts and Inspiration|
My time in Australia is finally drawing to a close. I am spending it in Hobart, on the lovely island of Tasmania. It is by far my favourite place I have lived in Australia (I
By Jamie| 2015-12-28T23:07:35+00:00 December 28th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
By Jamie| 2015-12-23T11:06:51+00:00 December 23rd, 2015|Stories|
After nine turbulent months,* I departed Australia with glee, delighting in two weeks in Indonesia and two weeks in England where I was able to see my family for the first time in far too
By Jamie| 2015-12-15T09:25:53+00:00 December 15th, 2015|Stories|
For more than three months, Darwin was my home. I lived on Esplanade, one street over from the hub of the city, and worked on Darwin's main street, rolling burritos and cooking cafe food at a
By Jamie| 2015-12-10T17:09:47+00:00 December 10th, 2015|Stories|
After several months of chopping salad in a small Australian town of 4,000 people, Leah and I were desperate to see more of the country in the hope of discovering why it is that so many
By Jamie| 2015-12-08T06:43:47+00:00 December 8th, 2015|Stories, Video|
Every time I wanted to go swimming in Darwin (Australia), I had to remind myself that the seas were home to sharks, jellyfish, sea snakes, and most importantly, might also house saltwater crocodiles. There is
By Jamie| 2015-12-03T06:06:03+00:00 December 3rd, 2015|Advice, Video|
Whilst I do not travel completely without money, I have learnt how to travel on a tiny budget. Let me show you what others have shown me. This video was originally written as a blog
By Jamie| 2015-12-03T04:26:21+00:00 December 3rd, 2015|Stories, Video|
Bali is notorious as a party place where foreigners spend a week or two drinking excessive amounts of Bintang (the number one beer in Bali) and behaving outrageously before returning home. Whilst I do enjoy
By Jamie| 2015-12-01T07:22:33+00:00 December 1st, 2015|Stories, Video|
Sometimes, life throws you a curve ball. Other times, it throws you an erupting volcano that you were about to climb. Not only this, but the airport that you were due to fly to after working
By Jamie| 2015-11-06T18:17:23+00:00 November 6th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration, Walking Iceland|
After publishing The Boy Who Was Afraid of the World, I said (to myself) that I would work hard to publish another book within twelve months. Hopefully two. But time flew by and seventeen months down the
By Jamie| 2015-10-28T02:55:34+00:00 October 28th, 2015|Advice|
Firstly, thank you to everyone who shared their thoughts of what they want to see on Great Big Scary World using the Survey Monkey survey that I recently posted. Is was very insightful to see
By Jamie| 2015-10-19T13:57:17+00:00 October 19th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
You see that girl there? Her name is Leah (AKA The Vegetarian Traveller) and she's pretty awesome, and she just helped me realise that we have to take life one day at a time to
By Jamie| 2015-10-08T16:02:02+00:00 October 8th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
School teaches you many lessons. Some of them you forget, most of them you don't understand, and certain learnings would be best left forgotten. When I was at school, I learnt that it isn't cool
By Jamie| 2015-09-30T03:31:22+00:00 September 30th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
This is not an accusation. Nor is it a claim that having a job is a bad thing. I simply like to ask questions. Someone said to me recently, 'You just like to be different,
By Jamie| 2018-02-25T09:52:17+00:00 September 26th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For eight months now, I have called Australia my home. Since arriving in this vast country, I haven't left. With the exception of a five thousand kilometre road trip from Carnarvon to Darwin, I have
By Jamie| 2015-09-25T01:32:29+00:00 September 25th, 2015|Video|
It has been two years since I last made a video. This is largely due to the fact that my nomadic lifestyle hasn't permitted me to buy a laptop that was capable of video editing. I
By Jamie| 2015-09-24T02:47:35+00:00 September 24th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Back in June, I met a guy called Sam in the digital world. He had been invited to attend a language immersion program and was curious to find out whether it was the same one
By Jamie| 2015-09-14T14:44:26+00:00 September 14th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
April, 2015 I wake up just before ten, five minutes before I start work and drag myself out of bed. My clothes stink - the accumulated sweat and grease of being in a busy kitchen
By Jamie| 2015-09-11T09:37:04+00:00 September 11th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Every new path in life is a gamble. It is this risk of the unknown, of leaving the comfort of everything that we know, that often stops us from going anywhere new at all. What
By Jamie| 2016-04-05T01:07:49+00:00 August 25th, 2015|Stories|
[yo-widget href="https://www.yonderbound.com/activities/australia/darwin/jumping-crocodile-cruise/act4114"] Since arriving in Darwin, I have become aware of the incredible power of crocodiles and that they truly must be the most fearsome beasts on this planet. I came to this conclusion by