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The Occasional Traveller

Anecdotes

Sometimes weird, often times funny – the little stories and experiences from my travels around the world

Phetchaburi Tham Khao Luang Rays Me
Anecdotes / How I Travel / Solo Travel

4 things I learned from travelling in my 30s

April 3, 2023July 5, 2024

I thought my 30s were a great decade of my life even if I inevitably started to feel my age. Thinking about things I’ve learned as a 30-something year old traveller

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Photo by Melanie Pongratz via Unsplash
How I Travel / Anecdotes

5 songs from the soundtrack of my travels

May 24, 2022July 5, 2024

Are there songs in your life that are strongly associated with your travel memories? Here are 5 songs from my personal travel soundtrack with previously undisclosed stories and photos!

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Beijing Mutianyu Great Wall Wild Top Me
Anecdotes / Occasional Travel

Relearning travel in a COVID world – I’m finally travelling again!

March 27, 2022July 5, 2024

It’s official, I’m finally travelling again! Some thoughts on how it feels to be a travel newbie and relearning the routine of travel from scratch.

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Rome Colosseum Outside Crowds
Anecdotes

Diary of a Singaporean traveller in the time of a pandemic

March 18, 2020July 5, 2024

An ongoing, evolving diary of what life and travel has been like for this Singaporean travel lover and blogger in 2020 so far. Stay safe everyone!

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Kenya Diani Beach Skydiving Me
Kenya / Anecdotes

What it’s like Skydiving over Diani Beach in Kenya

April 28, 2019July 5, 2024

Here’s what it’s like to go skydiving over the spectacular Kenyan coastline of Diani Beach.

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Colombia La Chorrera El Chiflon Me
Colombia / Anecdotes

La Chorrera Waterfall – A weird day trip to Colombia’s tallest waterfall

August 22, 2018July 5, 2024

How a spontaneous day trip outside Bogota to Colombia’s tallest waterfall ended up in a serendipitous hitchhiking experience

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Mostar Stari Most Tower View
Bosnia and Herzegovina / Anecdotes

Moments in Mostar – first impressions of Bosnia and Herzegovina

April 20, 2018July 5, 2024

My time in Bosnia and Herzegovina is more than just the spectacular sights I saw – a collection of some of my favourite experiences in Mostar.

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Poland Krakow Street Art Blu
Poland / Anecdotes

That time I lost my voice while travelling

December 4, 2017July 5, 2024

My travels aren’t always rosy: Here’s more about that time I lost my voice completely while travelling in Krakow.

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Gwangju South Korea Protest
Korea / Anecdotes

The Day I Protested the President in Gwangju

June 29, 2017July 5, 2024

A personal perspective from a visiting traveller of the protest against the President in Gwangju, South Korea’s most democratic and liberal region.

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Legs - Photo from Flickr CC Kristian Thøgersen
Anecdotes

Close encounters of the Male kind

June 13, 2017July 5, 2024

Some people meet the loves of their lives on the road, meanwhile I have bizarre encounters with guys while travelling.

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Lisbon 2014

Jaclynn Seah is The Occasional Traveller, a Singaporean indie traveller, travel writer and tourist guide who knows what it's like to juggle work and wonderlust. With a full-time job and limited annual leave, she hopes to inspire other busy folk like herself to travel more. [Click here to learn more]

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