2018: My Year in Review
Several weeks ago, I began planning what I wanted to include in my round-up of the past year. As I composed the opening line in my head: “There’s no doubt about it: 2018 was one of my quietest years of travel,” I paused. How many countries had I actually visited this year? Well, there was Australia, New Zealand, Tonga, Thailand, Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, England, Wales, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Greece, Italy, and San Marino. Um. Only I could describe visiting 14 countries as a slow year of travel! The Thai island of Koh Kood was one of my favourite discoveries of the year! Still, this has felt like a year of less. When I look back over 2018, I can clearly divide the year into two. Over the first five months of the year, I was travelling full-time, living the digital nomad dream, and making up travel plans on the fly. I moved to the U.K. in May and between then and now, only left the country twice. I visited just four ne...