This Isn’t Croatia Anymore
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| 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| 2015-09-14T14:44:26+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| 2015-07-02T05:23:19+00:00 July 2nd, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
As my first working term in Australia draws to a close, I find myself in multiple minds about how best to continue. I am now a well practised salad chopper - I have literally chopped
By Jamie| 2015-03-17T23:41:01+00:00 March 17th, 2015|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
A common misconception is that to have a great adventure, you have to give up everything from your stable life, chop it to bits, and leap headfirst into an abyss from which there may be
By Jamie| 2015-03-02T11:37:55+00:00 March 2nd, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Three years ago, I didn't know what a blog was. In all honesty, I'm still not entirely sure as I struggle to see much difference between a blog and a website and when people ask
By Jamie| 2015-05-02T00:04:21+00:00 February 10th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Here I am, another airport. I've lost count of how many airports I've been to. In truth, I never really started counting in the first place. This journey is a long one though. Thirty three
By Jamie| 2015-01-27T05:05:22+00:00 January 27th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
I’m three years old and I can barely breathe. Where is my mother? Why has she left me alone with these strangers? I see the door that she left by and I start running. I
By Jamie| 2015-01-13T06:30:41+00:00 January 13th, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Steven Emerson, the Executive Director of the Investigative Project on Terrorism, recently made the headlines for all the wrong reasons when he said live on Fox news, "There are actual cities like Birmingham that are
By Jamie| 2015-01-03T17:12:48+00:00 January 3rd, 2015|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Eating healthy, quitting smoking, drinking less, being a better person, reading classics - these are typical New Year's resolutions that for most people, last little more than a few well-intentioned days. Instead of making a
By Jamie| 2014-11-20T12:08:33+00:00 November 20th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
It is becoming more and more common to hear, "I've done Vietnam and Cambodia," "I've done Europe," and other such similarly ludicrous comments. How can you 'do' a country or a continent? How can you
By Jamie| 2014-10-24T08:18:58+00:00 October 24th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
What next when the whole world lies in front of you? What next when your mind is full of possibility, but it is thirty-five different flavours of ice cream and you don't know which one
By Jamie| 2017-01-09T04:58:21+00:00 October 13th, 2014|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
If you are thinking of doing a TEFL course, read this warning before choosing which course to do. It is based upon my own research and concerns the explosion of cheap TEFL courses appearing on
By Jamie| 2014-11-24T11:12:46+00:00 September 25th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
People often say, "I'd like to do [INSERT COUNTRY NAME HERE]." In fact, I probably have - a long time ago. But to 'do' a country, is impossible. What does that term even mean? Have
By Jamie| 2014-08-23T15:36:05+00:00 August 23rd, 2014|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration, Walking Iceland|
My brother and I have completed our crossing of Iceland on foot. While I have a lot to share on the topic and have learnt much during this journey, there are three overpowering emotions that
By Jamie| 2014-06-09T07:38:05+00:00 June 9th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Have you ever thought of crossing an ocean? Most probably, you have already done it, but thought little of it because for the most part, we cross oceans at 600 miles per hour, several tens
By Jamie| 2014-04-21T11:21:34+00:00 April 21st, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
With all adventures, be they great journeys or creative pursuits, it is vitally important to have a drive. Without a drive, one's heart and soul are not in the adventure itself and it will not
By Jamie| 2014-03-21T12:01:55+00:00 February 24th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Jack Kerouac is a literary icon, someone who has great power with the way he wields his words. There are ever so many quotes of his that I love (I have two pages of them
By Jamie| 2014-02-18T08:26:41+00:00 February 18th, 2014|Stories, Thoughts and Inspiration|
Back in July, I received an email that begun, "I was working from 9-5 a job I didn't like that much but was comfortable enough I didn't want to quit." It was from a Romanian
By Jamie| 2014-01-27T16:45:22+00:00 January 27th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
For the past few weeks, I have been spending far too much time on a computer. I have been making some website for people and attempting some extended writings amongst other things. Of course, living on
By Jamie| 2014-01-27T06:49:16+00:00 January 27th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Last night, I awoke to confrontational sounds coming from the hallway. A Korean couple (I am currently in Seogwipo on Jeju island, Korea), were clearly not getting along very well and their voices were raised.
By Jamie| 2014-01-20T03:12:40+00:00 January 20th, 2014|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Tap, tap, tap. Someone is at the door. Maybe I'll just stay in bed and pretend to be asleep. Tap, tap, tap. "There is a little cat and he has been meowing all night and
By Jamie| 2014-03-10T19:02:27+00:00 January 5th, 2014|Advice, Thoughts and Inspiration|
By Jamie| 2014-03-10T19:02:42+00:00 December 13th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
When I was eight, I was very happy living in a world that consisted of little more than my home, the playing field, and my school. The school had less than fifty students and everything
By Jamie| 2018-03-01T09:48:46+00:00 November 12th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
"What is adventure?" is the first question that you have to think about before you ask, "What the hell has sleep deprivation got to do with anything else on this site?" I think that I
By Jamie| 2013-12-07T11:14:56+00:00 October 26th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
Telling someone that they can't be sad because someone else may have it worse is not dissimilar to telling someone that they can't be happy because someone else may have it better. However as I
By Jamie| 2014-06-08T02:00:53+00:00 October 9th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
When I was 18 years old, I visited America for the first time. I landed in sunny San Francisco, got off a bus at the wrong stop, and soon wished that I was somewhere else.
By Jamie| 2016-12-22T10:07:19+00:00 September 24th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration|
A few years ago, I spent a week on a small boat, moving around a couple of Greek Islands. The seas were turquoise and the sand was white. 'This is amazing,' I thought at the