OLD TRAVELS

 

Koh Tao, Thailand | Summer 2015

My real passion in life is spending significant chunks of time outside of the US. I’ve been a scuba dive instructor in Thailand, backpacked through Central America, fell in love in Europe, and spent a lot of time in Mexico. Most of the posts on this page are from travels in 2014, 2015, and 2018. Check out my Current Travels for what I’m doing now!


 Blog Posts

Shelly Hunert Shelly Hunert

Go. Home.

I have read cheesy Pinterest boards and quotes on Facebook and other annoyingly vague blog articles about travel that say something along the lines of “Just Go.” They feel fake and cliche and all those other words used to describe something inauthentic.

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“Yours was never meant to be an ordinary life, and I think you're exactly where you need to be.”

— My college roommate, Vanessa Christie