Yes, Ukraine is still at War, and Yes I travelled there. Yes, that title reads right. I recently travelled to an active war zone, to the capital city - Kyiv and I’m back to tell my tale. This trip was my first experience travelling to an active war zone, and it involved all forms of travel to get there. First, we flew to Poland, hopped in a car to cross the border into Ukraine, and then took a train from Lviv to the capital, Kyiv. I recall the ease of my first trip (in 2017),

Honestly save up for this trip. Iceland imports most of its goods, and the cost catches people off guard, our first breakfast at a nice restaurant ran an $100 tab for the two of us. It’s worth budgeting budgeting for ahead of time, and honestly this trip works best if you have “adult money” but no adult bills yet. That’s how I found myself managing it, before moving out of my parents’ place. I did the research myself beforehand, so here’s what I learned so you can have it all

As someone who, at the time, spent 45 minutes to an hour driving each way to work, I thought there was no way I’d willingly sit my butt in a car for an entire holiday. Yet somehow, an Iceland campervan road trip became the plan. Once I started watching Instagram videos and YouTube explainers for an early summer trip, Iceland kept pulling me in. Lo and behold, I learnt about the Ring Road, and suddenly renting a campervan sounded like a very reasonable idea. Mind you, I was a

Iceland offers a vast landscape with contrasting climates of fire, lava, snow, and ice. Visiting the shores of this mystical land during the beginning of the summer months of June was such an enriching experience. There really is something so special about being in a place where glaciers, volcanoes, waterfalls and black-sand beaches can all exist within the same landscape. For our Iceland Ring Road itinerary, we took a campervan along the Ring Road to maximize our autonomy ov