Welcome to The Conversationalist, where you’ll find stories, photos and videos from an individual who embarked on a yearlong travel project. Wander through the pages and discover the journey! More →
Dear Family and Friends, And so I’ve reached an ending of sorts. If our lives are divided into a series of chapters, I have nearly reached the conclusion of one. And what an incredible chapter it has been.
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That’s a wrap! Check out the final seven videos of my yearlong adventure, including my special sign off video where I may or may not have gotten a bit misty-eyed…
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A selection of imagines from my month following my intuition in Australia…
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Each month I crawl into bed with you. Wait, that doesn’t sound right. Here’s how it works: You pose questions via facebook, twitter, email or in the comments of this blog. I answer them in place that I’ve been sleeping. It’s interesting. It’s intimate. It’s informative. It’s all Baylis.
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It was a memorable week in Australia: I visited a koala sanctuary, rode a Barbie™ scooter, saw the famous bats in Sydney and discovered costumes in a dumpster. May the adventure never end!
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Dear family and friends, Hello my darlings! This week I write you from the bustling city of Sydney, Australia’s national capital biggest city. The region is experiencing unseasonably chilly temperatures, but the people have been nothing but warm and welcoming. So the universe is balanced.
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Hey you, faithful reader of The Conversationalist. I love what you’ve done with your hair! You’re probably wondering how I get such fabulously coiffed locks. My preferred style technique is sticking my head out of a fast moving Thai train. But if that’s not available, I use a tuque.
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Oh Hiya! Just a quick note from Oz! I arrived safely on Friday morning after a long red-eye flight from Bangkok, with a transfer through Kuala Lumpur.
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Woah. It’s December. This means that I’ve now entered into my twelve-month of traveling, and the last leg of this yearlong adventure. And to be honest, I was intimidated by this month – it would be the end, and because it would be the end, I knew I wanted it to be special. But how [...]
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A selection of imagines from my month tutoring English in Luang Prabang, and other images from journeying around the nation of Laos.
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Between chillin’ with a duck in tuk-tuk, surviving a crazy 22-hour bus adventure, devouring delicious soup and offsetting 21.05 tonnes of CO2, it was a busy week. Oh, and did I mention that I cooked a rodent? Seriously.
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Dear Family and Friends, Picture this. It’s 2 AM. You’re sitting on a broken down bus in the middle of the Laotian countryside. Despite attempts by an on-board ‘mechanic’ to get the wheels back in motion, the bus hasn’t moved in the past three hours.
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