Alright lads? I’m Kara, a 30-something ex-Londoner, now-Milton-Keynes-massive, and I like writing about my travel adventures and life as a millennial mama.
I started this little ol’ blog of mine in 2012, writing about the ways of girly backpacking. Read: stashing heels in my backpack (geddit?), being the girl in the hostel dorm room that brought the straighteners and finding multiple uses for a sarong.
But before I knew it, I was a chump with a real job and a boyfriend and megalolz I had swapped the bright lights of London Town for the roundabouts and concrete cows of sunny Milton Keynes. So I got adventure where I could find it, fitting fun European city breaks and exotic trips around my 9-5 in the fashion industry. It’s around this time my little blog got a little bigger. I had this post go viral and my Instagram picked up a load of followers, and before I knew it, my hobby was my side hustle. Oh and I was lucky enough to work with some kickass brands like Trek America, YHA, Marco Polo, Virgin Experience Days and Superdry. Pretty neat, huh?
Now, things are a little different again. Since hitting my thirties, my boyfriend has become my fiance, we bought our first house and created an actual tiny human in the form of my yes-I’m-biased-but-she’s-so-freaking-adorable daughter, Indiana. I’m SUCH a grown-up now, right? I’m currently navigating the world of family travel and learning how exhausting it is to entertain a baby on a flight.
Times have changed but some things never do. I always make time to travel and have an insatiable need for adventure. I write as a weird kind of therapy, so you’ll find posts about whatever chapter of life I’m going through – existential crisis, turning thirty, pregnancy, motherhood, etc. And my go-to snack will always be a cheese toastie with Cholula hot sauce.
I really like the concept of your blog!
I love your blog and style of writing, keep at it please!
Finally a blog from someone who wasnt willing to give up everything girly just because she wants to go travelling!
A fantastic read and youve managed calmed my last minute nerves and worries with some great advice and new ideas (three weeks to go!!!)
Thanks Lian x
We are so on the same page — loving your blog! 🙂
Very good blog im taking everything on board
Thanks for the follow, Kara! Loving your stuff so far, way to represent the ladies of the backpacking world! 🙂
Love your blog! My issue is flat hair so I’ve been out and bought the teeny tiniest hairdryer I could find for my upcoming travels. Feel so much better now!
Thank you! Yes, good shout! Where are you off to?
Australia and New Zealand with stopovers either side 🙂
Awesome! Have a fab time! 🙂
I have nominated you for The Sunshine Blogger Award, you don’t have to take part but it might be fun. You can see more details here http://quirkylittleplanet.com/the-sunshine-blogger-award/
Hi Kara,
Love your blog. Just been reading the signs you’ve backpacked in south east Asia , made me chuckle and brought back fab memories. Please tell me who did your website. I have WordPress and can’t use it, too hard. Congratulations on your pregnancy!
Best wishes
Louise
Thank you Louise, glad you liked it. I just did it on WordPress, nothing fancy just customised a theme from Pipdig. I promise it gets easier as you play around with it! And thankyou! 🙂 X