Making friends while traveling sounds exciting, and it is!!Solo travel can bring some of the best connections, the funniest memories, and those random moments with people you met one day ago but someh...

At 28, I realized life is basically a video game 🎮You get a random spawn point, stats you did not choose, unexpected side quests, and a lot of grinding. But travel showed me something huge 🌍 if you ...

When people ask me hey Mel when is the best season to come to Japan I can't really answer this right away. The only thing I can say is....don't come during summer unless you love sweating. The...

Moving abroad sounds exciting, romantic, and like the start of a whole new life. But the reality is also loneliness, confusion, identity crisis, and realizing that solo travel and actually building a ...

This is the first time I’ve ever recorded a podcast episode with someone else, and honestly, it was such a fun experience. In this co-hosted episode with Hekaya Haven, we talk about how I first got in...

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In this episode I share 5 things I do now that old me would never have done, and why solo travel is not scary because you might get lost, but because you change. Going places alone, talking to strange...

When people think about solo travel, they assume the scary part is getting lost, missing flights, eating alone, or not finding friends. I thought that too. But the truth hit me after I came home. The ...

Kyoto in winter hits different, cozy, calm, and seriously underrated. During our January break from language school, I took the shinkansen from Tokyo and spent a few days in Kyoto with a friend. Templ...

Travel is not free. Unless you were born into the “my parents own property” club, you will work. In this episode I break down the three real ways I have funded long term travel: volunteer work for a b...

Is traveling multiple times a mistake or just a bad look on paper?In this episode, I talk honestly about CV gaps, career anxiety, and why choosing travel over stability feels both freeing and terrifyi...

Last week I complained about Japan. A lot. So this week I am doing the adult thing and admitting where it absolutely wins. Toilets that feel like luxury, convenience stores that solve all life problem...

Japan is amazing 🇯🇵✨ I love living here.But once the honeymoon phase is over and you actually live in the country, reality hits hard.In this episode I talk about the one thing that genuinely bothers...

I used to hate matcha 🤢🍵Like actually hate it.It made me gag during my first tea ceremony in Japan 🇯🇵 and I was fully convinced the hype was ridiculous.Fast forward a few years ⏳ and somehow I bec...

Sometimes the best advice isn’t complicated. It’s uncomfortable. It’s scary. And it’s simple: LEAVE! In this episode, I talk about why leaving home, routines, and comfort zones changes you and why eve...

This is the end of this podcast...foooooor 2025! I am joking 🤡Thank you so much for your support and I hope I will see you see you next year ✨🫶

Last Christmas I gave you my heart…Yeah. Same songs, same chaos, every single year. This year is my third Christmas away from home and this time I’m spending it in Japan. No family dinners, no days of...

Everyone thinks solo travel is expensive. Everyone also thinks I’m rich. Spoiler: I’m not. I worked my ass off for years and then learned how to travel cheap without hating my life . No fancy hotels, ...