I have visited 20 countries. Australia, Austria, Canada, Cook Islands, El Salvador, England, Fiji, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Liechtenstein, Mexico, New Zealand, Nicaragua, South Africa, Switzerland, Turkey, the United States of America, and the Vatican.
I would love to get to 30 countires before 30. 4.5years to go!
I have visited 5 out of the 7 continents. Oceania (born here) and Africa in 1998, Europe in 2018, North America in 2020, and Asia in 2024.
I have only visited 2 of the 7 wonders of the world (although there are so many Wonders of the World now). The Colosseum in 2018 and Chichén Itzá in 2022.
Hey, I’m Shalyn, and I’m a travel blogger.
My first overseas travels started when I was 6 weeks old when my mum and dad strapped me to their backs to fly over to South Africa to meet my family. From 5 to 18 I focused on my schoolling and only travelled around Australia (my home country).
At 19 I journeyed through some of Europe and I fell in love with travelling. I had then planned to be travelling for 5 months in America in 2020, sadly we all know how that turned out and I was only able to travel for 5 weeks, which I am so lucky for that to of happened. I waited patiently until June 2021 when I flew to America to be a camp counselor. I fell in love with the job. While in America in 2021 I became “stuck”,and wasn’t able to fly home. It ended up being the best time of my life. I met a few other Aussie who were in the same situation and we all worked and travelled together. I flew back to the US in 2022 to work as a camp counselor again and travel for 7 months.
In April 2023, I moved to the United States of America full-time. I will be living here for at least 18 months. I never would have thought in my life I would be moving countries, even if it is only temporary. I am extremelty thankful for this opportunity and loving every bit of it.
My upcoming plans are a little up in the air right now. I am planning a big backpacking trip in the months of Dec, Jan, Feb and maybe March. I am just not to sure as to where yet. If I fly home to Australia I will probably go to Asia-South East Asia, if I stay around America I would do Central America (this honestly wasn’t even on my radar until I visited a friend in El Salvador and Nicaragua this year) or Europe (but I don’t know if I want to backpack Europe in the dead of Winter). If you guys have some thoughts backpacking at this time of the year please let me know your thoughts.
My goal is to travel as much as I can and show you the best places in the world. I hope I can give you some tips and inspiration to chase your travel dreams.
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