Kango Suz Travels

When I was seven or so, I sent a letter to my aunt in England that said “Dear Aunt Cookie, is the Loch Ness Monster Real?” Recently, she mailed the letter back to me as she thought I would get a kick out of it. I did.
Even though I have long accepted that the Loch Ness monster is a wonderful story and nothing more, my fascination with this long stretch of water in Northern Scotland has continued to be a theme in my life. It wasn’t until more than a decade after my aunt got that letter that I finally made my way to the windy and cold shores of Loch Ness and looked out on the lake for my own chance to glimpse Nessy herself. [read on]

The first time I traveled abroad I wanted ‘adventure’ and ’spontaneity’ in my travel plans. So I didn’t plan my route ahead of time and I didn’t make reservations at the hostels I was planning on staying in. I figured that I would decide the day before where I was going to go and then call to reserve a bed for the following night. My first 3 and last 3 days were going to be spent with my Grandmother at my Aunt’s house in Bradford so I would have some time on the ground to get acclimated before setting out.

It seemed like a good plan at the time, little did I know what would happen… [read on]