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Tag: solo travel

Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment
Adventure, Poetry & Fiction

Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment

June 12, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

It’s been a wildly busy month, and though sharing something here has been on my to-do list every week, it just keeps getting pushed to […]

How to Return when there is No Turning Back
Adventure, Central America, Nomadism

How to Return when there is No Turning Back

March 1, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

The plane lands. The boat docks. The train whistles as it arrives at the station. You step off. Pause. Look around. Friends and loved ones wait […]

On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself
Adventure, Central America, Travel Advice

On Growing Wings & The Value of Figuring It Out for Yourself

September 23, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

I have the clearest memory of asking my father for help tying my shoes. I was sitting on the bottom step of our unfinished basement—I […]

As Long As You’re Moving, You’re On Your Path.
Nomadism

As Long As You’re Moving, You’re On Your Path.

August 10, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

In this moment of deep transition, a few brief thoughts on “following our path,” and what that really means. A well-intentioned friend recently cautioned me about […]

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride
Adventure, Travel Advice, U.S.

What to Do with a 10-Hour Train Ride

July 24, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 5 mins read

I’ve done that thing again. That thing where I look at plane tickets, look at train tickets, enter all available data into an elaborate equation […]

How to Go Out Alone (& Not Hate It)
Adventure, Europe, Travel Advice

How to Go Out Alone (& Not Hate It)

July 15, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

It’s 2009, and I’m eighteen. Paris is home for the year. It’s a chilly night in early winter. Ten or eleven o’clock. I’ve just gotten […]

“Won’t You Stay?” A Short Story about Leaving.
Nomadism, Poetry & Fiction

“Won’t You Stay?” A Short Story about Leaving.

July 5, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Written in Taghazout, Morocco in October 2016. Originally published in elephant journal. Won’t You Stay? A bird came to rest on a branch outside my window one […]

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto
Culture, Europe, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Struggle: A Travel Manifesto

May 16, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

If you travel (or live), where the mother tongue is not your mother tongue, you will struggle. The mundane will become complex and challenging, and […]

Give Me Loneliness (a poem for travelers and dreamers)
Europe, Poetry & Fiction

Give Me Loneliness (a poem for travelers and dreamers)

May 9, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Sagres, Portugal, early May. This past weekend, after a few wonderful weeks of travel and adventure with friends and family, I gave myself the gift of […]

The Rough and Wrinkled Side of Adventure
Adventure, Europe

The Rough and Wrinkled Side of Adventure

April 25, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

Sunday, 23 April. Porto, Portugal. Welcome to the world of unplanned adventure. It’s messy. It’s unphotogenic. It’s wild-ish. It’s kind-hearted French tourists warning you that […]

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