“Quiet now, Samantha has something she’s going to share with us”. Every eye in the room turns toward me: the outsider lurking in the entrance….
It’s midday and I’m standing in a parking lot across the road from Warner Bros. Studio. Around me I can see families, couples, groups of…
It was 2PM in Osaka, and I was staring a pair of socks to death from the window of a shop in Tsuruhashi. This was…
When I asked my brother what advice he had for me for my trip to Japan I expected him to suggest an ornate shrine, a…
“Ma’am, would you mind stepping over here so that I can test your bag?” The only time I get called “ma’am” in my life is…
“Fate has brought us together for a reason, so I need you to listen and take note. It is your call whether you want to…
It was the 30th of December; 2018 would soon transition to 2019. I was at a hostel on Lombok, Indonesia – away from the crowds…
I have a habit of getting into cars with strange men. And despite what your mother may have told you about such activities, I’ve had…
She beams at me expectantly. I look back confused and unsure of what she is saying. Damn I wish I spoke Japanese. I step onto…
It’s 15 minutes into my debut of solo travelling and I’ve successfully sweated through a slimily thick layer of Men’s Sports 48-hour deodorant. I’m crouched…
Fresh off the plane, a trail across the world left on the maps, I walk through the picturesque German town I have chosen as the…
In hindsight, there were probably smarter places I could have travelled to escape my addictive personality than Eastern Europe. Especially when a recovering junkie can…
