Nomadic life
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Honor your soul above all else,
Speak your truth,
Live your passion.
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For years now I travel and live in places with almost non-existent wifi connection…
(it’s a wonderful life in a way : )
Right now this type of lifestyle makes it much easier to just publish one photo with a short story to Instagram, than trying to edit, upload media and publish a story here. But whenever I have enough time and good wifi connection, I try to publish stories and photographs here.
I get emails asking if there ever will be a book… maybe… maybe not… It’s really not that important… not to me.
But yes, maybe someday I will put several books together; one with photographs, poetry and notes and one perhaps will be a memoir… but memoirs should be written at a time, when you have nothing else to learn…which you always do… (or you have realized all that you wished for yourself and hope to somehow inspire others to live their lives to the best of their ability, regardless of circumstances) and I don’t believe, I’m there just yet… I’m still a student.
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I also hope someday to sail around the world indefinitely… yo ho yo ho and many, many, many bottles of rum…
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Travel 2018 ~ All of Central America, the rest of South America that I haven’t visited yet.
Travel Plans for 2019-2022 ~ South America, Africa, Middle East, Antarctica, Europe.
Numbers today (Updated November 2018) ~
Visited 70 + countries and territories, lived (1 month – a few years) in more than 20 of those countries.
My feet have danced on 6 continents out of 7.
Home bases in 3 nations.
Traveling with 2 passports from 2 different continents.
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Stories
(some of them)
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~ NORTH AMERICA ~
USA Barbados Cayman Islands Cuba (2014-2015 Lived there for almost 2 months. End of an era.) Canada
Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
~ CENTRAL AMERICA ~
Solo journey into the most dangerous jungle in the world – The Darien Gap.
(Traveled to every single Central American nation) Stories will be published soon, for video click on the video link on top of this page.
~ SOUTH AMERICA ~
Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Brazil
Galápagos, Ecuador, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana (for video click on video link on top of this page)
~ AFRICA ~
Morocco Egypt Kenya Tanzania Zambia Uganda
Danced with the dead and living in Madagascar. (Dancing with the dead “Turning of the bones” / “Famadihana” ceremony.)
~ OCEANIA ~
Australia New Zealand Fiji (Survived through Cyclone Winston – Category 5 inside a remote village)
Papua New Guinea (First story) (Second story)
~ ASIA ~
(Have traveled to and lived in every single Southeast Asian country.. all 11 of them)
Bali Hong Kong Japan Malaysia Timor-Leste (East Timor) Singapore Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Bru
n Philippines (First Story) (Second story) Laos Myanmar Indonesia
~ EUROPE / EURASIA ~
Turkey United Kingdom Spain Russian Federation Greece Italy France Monaco Netherlands Portugal
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“The one thing every man fears is the unknown.” – Henry Kissenger … Wrong gal, pal!
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Travel is a right, not a privilege.
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THE LIFE OF ART & THE ART OF LIFE
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Loved your posts. I too spent a great week in Uzbekistan – Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara
Fascinating life. I grew up with a Bohemian mother that was more comfortable with no money and an adventure than a suburban lifestyle, it was a good person to learn. Continue to play and be free!
And thanks for checking out my blog, stop by again some time.:)
What a wonderful way to have been brought up! You’re very lucky! : )
love
el
You are as special as your replies to our comments thanks Elena…
Wow! If i could travel even just half of the places you’ve visited, I would feel AWESOME… 😀
I guess we’ve only scratched the surface with our travels. Having some catching up to do. Enjoy your trips:)
Hi there… I have nominated you for the inspiring blogger award cause your blog is pretty interesting.
Please follow the link:
http://songofdusk.wordpress.com/2012/08/11/very-inspiring-blogger-award/
You’re on your way to seeing all of the countries! Keep up the good work. I enjoy your blog.
you are an inspiration Elana! thanks for your support! ❤
Nice to meet you 🙂 I was born in Cyprus and spent a fair chunk of my childhood there 🙂 going back on Sunday 🙂
oh, Cyprus.. so many memories : ) I’d like to visit it again..
Easy jet route now 🙂 It has a way of climbing into ones heart and refusing to leave 🙂
Wow! A true globetrotter. Loved the photos from Costa Rica….pura vida!
Thank you for sharing your adventures with us. How I wish I could travel the world as much as you do! Wishing you more adventures to come! 😉
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I want to thank you for taking us along with you on your adventures. Your writing is passionate and inspiring and I look forward to reading more of your work.
Best of luck in your travels Elena!
Beautiful blog! And such lovely photographs! 🙂
Let me know when you’re planning a trip to Italy 😉
will do : )
coming to Italy this May… will travel by trains through it for a month
Keep up the good work ! You should try Romania !
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I love the map you have put up. And backpacking solo through Africa must have been fun. Come visit India sometime- There’s that huge gap on your map!
Would love to visit India! It seems like it’s my kind of place ..
Well if you are in for something which is unpredictable , colorful and loud, yes 🙂 Visit soon!
i’m packing : )
Ha ha brilliant! 🙂 Hopefully I’ll bump into you when you get here.
Hi Elena – What a great little corner of the WWW you’ve created here. And thanks for visiting my electronic backwater. If you ever need a tour guide for a visit to the Redneck Riviera, keep me in mind. My rates are quite unreasonable. Cheers! Cap’n Crusty
thank you! : )
Love this blog so much. You are such an inspiration. Happy travels! 🙂
Just found this blog and lovin’ it!
When you get ready to go to South Korea, let me know. I know a few folks there who are SO wonderful!
Learning lots of from you, Ms.Lena
Would love to see you someday in our country.
All the best from Vietnam.
Hai Sontra,
Danang, Vietnam.
Oh I would love to!! Just wait till I get my US passport and I’m coming! : )
love & light
el
Thanks Ms. El,
Lovely to hear from you, so far away from Vietnam.
Awaiting danang,
Hai Sontra, Vietnam
Your blog inspires me to live more freely!
Thank you! Words like these are the best reward of having this blog!
love
el
I hope it well for you yesterday. Congratulations ! I hope ….
Lovely blog! Thanks for stopping by mine and I do love your motto in life: ” I choose to collect memories instead of things”. If only I could embrace it and not be so obsessed with collecting all things that make me happy like Moomins. 🙂
Some nice destinations you have been to!
great blog! Your photos and posts about everywhere you’ve been are so inspiring! I love travelling 🙂
Elena, I see You like Africa most of all 🙂
hmm.. I love Europe as well with it’s rich culture and gorgeous architecture and there are some incredibly beautiful places in US that take your breath away .. but Africa is where my heart is …
I’m also looking forward to traveling in Asia more and going to South America, Australia and Antarctica in the near future.
I’m an Indian, I would love to welcome you to India. Its a place where you will see different culture and meet different peoples at every next move. Don’t Forget to Visit Palampur, Himachal Pradesh. You will love it.. it looks like mini Europe.
I have just uploaded some pictures of Andaman and Nicobar. There is a lot more to the place than this though. See if you would like to visit it next.
http://reignofthoughts.wordpress.com/2013/03/11/could-kala-paniblack-water-be-so-beautiful-2/
Wow! You’re all over the place. Sound like you know how to see the world and have fun… Can’t wait to see more:)