Travel Stories Podcast | Stories Of Adventure, Freedom And Backpacking And (currently) Following Hayden On His Motorcycle Aro

Most of my listeners don't know, but when I started out traveling, it was actually in a couple, Me and my then girlfriend packed our things and moved to Australia.    Now, when people ask me about my perfect girl, I describe what my perfect girl's like, her attributes, her temperament, her beliefs, and they ask: "So why did you break up with her?"   She was a beautiful person, still is, but as you all know, sometimes even the most perfect of things don't work out.   One day as we were hanging out, drinking some wine, I said "Hey, you know how we've just been, like, friends for a while, right?"   "Yeah..." She said.   "Let's just... do that?"   "Yeah, I like that." She replied. Easiest breakup ever. But that doesn't mean the emotions following were any lessened- and that was when I found myself traveling solo through Asia, reinventing myself, getting in touch with myself, and finding out who 'I' was.     Don't Go 'Home'   When we're hurt, in trouble or anything else like that, our immediate reaction is to se