Travel Blog: Living-Being

Manora, though not really an island, let’s your imagination see itself an isolated island community build by people once lost at sea. Manora Island, as it is commonly known, is a small peninsula connected to mainland Pakistan by a 12 kilometer long sandspit. Along with its neighbouring islands, Manora forms a protective barrier between the city [...]

People often ask me about how I am able to afford my trip. Before I can even answer, many say that they could never afford to travel this way. Well I have news – many travelers I have met travel on a shoestring budget. Often world travelers are students on a gap year, people in [...]

I am in Pakistan. In Karachi – my birth city and one of the 5 most populated cities in the world. What was meant to be a short visit has become an landmark stop on the journey of living-being. I came here originally to attend my sisters wedding. Now my own marital status has changed [...]

Seven months ago I embarked upon a journey with a great vision and a calling from within. I packed up my life in backpack and a few belongings, now parked in the basement of a dear friends, and head off to explore the world for a year. I was excited about the unknown and what [...]

Whenever I thought of Kenya I imagined lions, zebra’s and other wild life roaming the savannah. My mind conjured up images of Masai and other tribes dressed in traditional regalia performing dances and other rituals. I was thrilled about visiting and exploring the our roots as a species in the Rift Valley where we first [...]