Pure Travel
Travelling lightly, with more time than money — the way journeying was always meant to be.
This isn’t a guide — it’s an invitation.
Make it up as you go.
Follow what feels true, trust your instincts, and let your own path reveal itself one step at a time.
In travel and in life, you have to live it to know it works.
Rich in what no one else sees — Life as the Adventure. You don’t need much money to live free and truly own your life — the motivation to begin.
Go where your heart wanders.
Pure travel isn’t about chasing trends or ticking boxes — it’s about returning to the simple, human rhythm of moving through the world lightly, with curiosity, presence, and gratitude.
“When overseas you learn more about your own country, than you do the place you’re visiting.” – Clint Borgen
Pure travel, cool living
A way of life that reminds you what matters — time, freedom, connection, and the beauty of an unhurried moment. I write to encourage you to find a life that feels real if you don’t already have it… and to help you stay on a path that gives you balance, meaning, and joy.
When you travel slowly, time expands.
You meet people with soul — people who still have passion for life.
You see landscapes that take your breath away simply because you were present enough to notice.
Solo travel becomes a teacher:
“Step away from the easy comfort zone and embrace the unknown.”
The real views — the unforgettable ones — are waiting on the other side of that first step.
Make the decision and go where life still feels pure and true.
Follow the path that pulls at you from the inside.
The only real fear is never going.
Don’t try to force the journey — let it unfold.
Move with the flow, not against it.
That’s where the real experiences live… in the unexpected, the unscripted, the deeply human moments that remind you you’re alive.
Pure Travel
Go lightly. Go honestly. Go with heart.
Travelling Solo — When the Journey Chooses You
Waiting for someone to travel with was never going to happen.
If I kept waiting, I’d still be waiting now.
…So I flipped a coin — heads I go, tails I go.
I had already wandered the world a few times before — Backpacking a “once in a lifetime trip” has become mini-adventures. But by 2007, the itchy feet returned. Something inside me knew the Western world’s script wasn’t mine. Life here felt like a game with fixed rules — a trap disguised as progress, where someone else always wins.
It took seeing the non-Western world to realise how much of my own country I understand. It’s about getting rich at the cost of others. Out there, life felt familiar — real, like the simplicity of growing up in the 70s. People still lived close to the land, to each other, to what mattered.
Back in 2002 I had spent two months crossing Mexico, but did not cross the border that time, so the decision was made to explore Mexico. But, Guatemala had stayed in my mind ever since — a place I felt drawn to without being able to explain why. So I stopped waiting and booked a one-way ticket.
My only research?
A single question on Lonely Planet’s old Thorn Tree forum:
“How much is a taxi from the airport to Antigua?”
Answer: $10.
That was enough.
I packed a backpack, a camera, a passport — and trust.
As the plane descended, I thought I’d landed on another planet. Volcanoes everywhere. Raw, powerful land. A place with its own heartbeat.
Straight through customs.
A man whispered “$10,” so I followed him to a minibus. We waited for one more passenger and headed toward Antigua. When the driver asked where I was staying, I said, to a hostel. He phoned his boss and dropped me at La Hostel. Perfect.
A quick shower, a wander through dimly lit streets, then two beers and a quesadilla at a small bar opposite the hostel. Nothing special — yet everything felt right.
That was the moment my solo adventure truly began.
Three months in Guatemala.
My first trip to Colombia.
Then Mexico and Cuba.
Nothing planned, everything lived.
I stayed with families in each country, learning the rhythms of daily life — music, food, culture, wildlife, and the deep warmth of people who have little but give much.
Those months taught me more than any book, any career step, or any Western promise ever could:
When you stop waiting and start moving, life opens in ways you could never plan.
Travel as the Adventure
The way you travel shapes the people you meet — and the kind of life that meets you in return.
The world is vast, almost impossibly so. The more I explore, the more I realise how little I’ve truly seen. I move through the world to experience it, to feel it, and to understand it in my own way.
A two-week holiday barely grazes the surface.
You come home, bags unpacked, and part of you longs to be back out there — where time slows, where life feels real again. I know that feeling well. It’s what pushed me to travel deeper, for longer, and with more intention.
And the truth is simple: when you keep things simple, you gain the most real experiences.
You can travel longer while spending less — but first, you must loosen the restrictions you’ve been conditioned to carry. Freedom asks for responsibility, but it gives back strength of character.
Unless you’re heading out on an expedition, you don’t need a detailed plan.
Often, the best plan is simply the one that lets you escape.
For pure travel — for the kind that changes you — the real magic comes from having no fixed plan at all. Flexibility opens doors. Spontaneity reveals possibilities. Strict schedules only narrow your world; freedom widens it.
We travel to unplug from the noise, to step out of the rat race, to see life from a new angle.
If that isn’t part of your intention, then you haven’t truly stepped away.
Happiness arrives when you move at your own speed.
Travel — real travel — becomes a journey of self-discovery:
learning, adapting, surrendering control, and trusting the road ahead.
With practice, you discover you need far less planning than you think.
And being an adventurer means accepting uncertainty, taking small risks,
and believing the journey knows where to take you.
Trust the path.
Trust your instincts.
Let the world meet you as you are.
👣That’s Life as the Adventure.
Free Spirit
Travel is a way of reconnecting — to people, to place, to yourself.
In small villages and wild landscapes, you meet warm-hearted souls who stay young in spirit, who value experience over possessions, and who carry a deep gratitude for the simple things. They remind you that a life well-lived is measured in moments, not things.
On the road, creativity becomes natural. When life throws you a predicament, you improvise. You learn to trust your instincts, adapt, and find solutions in unexpected ways. There’s something about travel — and being close to nature — that gives you permission to be fully yourself. People help each other freely. No masks, no pretence. Just humanity. A humbling, grounding experience.
Cutting the cord from the Rat Race teaches you discipline of a different kind.
Living frugally keeps your costs low — and your freedom high. You start to realise how little you need to live well. A new car or the next upgrade? That’s missing the point. True wealth is the ability to live without debt, without illusion, and without performing for a society that has forgotten what matters.
When you follow your heart, and choose health over status, life becomes lighter. Richer. More human.
Travel teaches that real hospitality is about giving more than you take — a reminder that we live in a wonderful world, full of generous people and simple truths waiting to be rediscovered.
Camping
There are different reasons why people go camping, to get away from the city, or just to get out into nature and enjoy the great outdoors. The simplicity that comes with camping, you have everything you need with you in your backpack - The essentials.
👣 Getting back to our life skills, live like the natives for a while... Reconnecting and being close to nature and having appreciation for nature. The important aspects of taking time out to remember who we are/where we come from. That prepares us for difficult times, the self reinsurance in the worst case scenario we can survive. It’s also a time to bond with our children, camping and hiking buddies.
For a real life experience why not combined travel and work on a project, such as WWOOF, Workaway, & Trusted House Sitting. Where you can immerse yourself in the culture, learn the language and stay with a family.
I find the world - In spite of all the darkness nowadays - Fascinating and mind-blowing.
👣 Whilst I have been fortunate to have travelled around the world, volunteering and using my skills to help others. That gave me the opportunity to live like a local, a beautiful experience. And it gave me the ability to see what’s going on in our world and now it’s time for me to give back to society.
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