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Make your upcoming trip the best it can be by starting your journey here.

A collection of stories shared by travellers and locals from across the globe.

Discover our top stories and learn about different cultures.

Read off the beaten-path and discover more.

There is more to a country and its culture than what meets the tourist’s eye. Travel with an open mind and a sense of curiosity, you will find stories that inspire, inform or move – stories that will stay with you.

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What is Tantra?

One of our storytellers Hannah Sophia is traveling for 6 months in Mexico, discovering spirituality and it’s hidden treasures. Hannah went to a 5-day workshop in the mountains of Oaxaca to discover a question we all have asked once in our life; What is Tantra?

Where will your next adventure take you?

Explore new destination, dazzling cultures, enticing foods, memorable experiences and hidden gems. Our storytellers travelled far and wide and share their adventures along the way. Missing an exciting destination that you have travelled to? Join us and share your world!

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Australia

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China

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Spiritual Surfing ~ Bali

Hannah   January 23, 2018

The white waves of the ocean used to take Hannahs breath away. “They sucked power out of every vein. I never imagined that surfing your waves could set me free. Bali, that beautiful island where my wanderlust started, where I found deep peace in your wild waters. Immersed in your white and cloudy storm, I was finally able to let go. How did you overcome your fears? That powerless feeling, triggering all your instincts?” Read about her surf adventure in Bali!

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For us, a big part of travelling is meeting people.

Locals who welcome and introduce you to their way of living, or fellow travellers with a story to tell – Meet the people that turned our worlds upside down

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Meet Ketut, a woman from Bali’s most economically disadvantaged areas..

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The journey is not always about the destination, sometimes it’s simply about passion.

Freefall into the deep, dark blue, hang ten and ride the waves, dance on rooftop bars under star lit skies. Push yourself further than you ever thought you could and make it to the summit that seemed so out of reach, embrace a culture through its cuisine and let your passion be your travel guide. 

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Surfing

Diving

Hiking

Clubbing

Work abroad – Expand your horizons,
discover a new place and culture and make it your own.

Whether you want to go apple picking in Australia, teach English in China, work as an au pair in France, or become a digital nomad, work away and become a local yourself!

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Living abroad – What it’s like to study Chinese in Shanghai

Yasmin left her home in the Netherlands to study Chinese in Shanghai. She shares what it’s like to live and study in a Chinese city and tells you what you need to know if you want to do something simular yourself. Find out more..