Blogs from Sansia, Taipei, Taiwan, Asia

To talk about reasons for my decision to go travelling, it's important to have a bit of background on my lifestyle in the UK, as well as motivations for leaving. I wanted to escape the trap of buying a house, getting married, and settling into a job I wasn't passionate about. I'd also squandered my free education on a degree that I wasn't passionate about, because there seemed to be few other options when I finished school. I'd coasted through school, not caring about grades, or trying earn lots of money later on in life. I spent my degree doing exactly the same thing. To me, a degree was a way of meeting people, and gaining life experience away from home, rather than the educational experience. The education was just something you had to get through ... read more