Hello! I'm Ros
Travel Agent, Travel Writer, Traveller
Welcome!
I’m Rosalind, but please call me Ros for short. I’m originally from the UK, but haven’t called England home for a while now. I’m a full time traveller, as well as travel agent and travel writer. I’ve visited more than 70 countries and all 7 continents. I love a bucket list, but one that is made up of experiences, not just locations. I like to travel slow, and live in a place for a while rather than just travel through it. I’m still learning how to do this though – I always get excited about the next trip while I’m still on the current one, so it’s a work in progress! I’m an animal lover, adrenaline junky, and scuba divemaster. I love hiking, roadtrips, the ocean and boardgames. I’m not at all a foodie, but I’m trying to become one.
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My travel story
I was lucky enough to travel to some incredible destinations with my family while growing up, including New Zealand, Iceland and Israel. During my first year of university I hitchhiked across Europe from Sheffield, England to Vilnius, Lithuania as part of a fundraising event. My second year I spent as an exchange student in the US, travelling to 25 states during the year and working at a summer camp during the summer. After graduating I took a gap year and spent 5 weeks in Africa, 5 weeks in South East Asia, 6 months in Australia on a working holiday visa, and 3 months back in the US at summer camp.
Within 2 weeks of returning home after my year away I was starting my new job as a travel consultant at Trailfinders in London, and immediately started saving and planning for the next gap year. During my 3 years at Trailfinders I was able to travel to a lot of new places with some incredible travel perks and agent discounts. During this time I took my favourite trip ever and ticked off my 7th continent: Antarctica!
my life now
My planned departure was delayed for a year by covid, but this allowed me to save a much larger amount, and my gap year plan became a gap 2-year plan. 2 months in, I met my partner, who had already been travelling full time for 7 years. I realised I didn’t want to keep taking gap year escapes from my real life back home, I wanted travel to be my real life.
When my savings began to run low I looked into online work to fund my lifestyle. I wrote a few articles for a few different websites and publications, some of which you will see here. I launched my own travel agency business as a franchise of Travel Counsellors. This business is still new and growing, and I would love it if you would consider booking with me for any of your future trips and recommending me to your friends – it doesn’t cost you anything extra, but helps me continue living this life I love!
MY Bucket List
1. Ride a hot air balloon over bagan, myanmar
2. dive with manta rays in komodo national park, indonesia
3. watch the northern lights from a glass igloo in lapland, finland
Recent Travels
Mongolian Road Trip Part 2: The Saga Continues
The first week of our trip had focused on the Gobi desert area in the south of Mongolia, with canyons, rock formations and lots and lots of sand....
Our Epic Mongolian Road Trip – Part 1
Mongolia has been a bucket list destination for a while, but as a sort of wild dream, not a realistic plan. The plan that did end up coming together...
Holi: A Rollercoaster Experience of the Hindu Festival of Colour
One of our biggest reasons for travelling to India this year was the opportunity to experience Holi, the colour festival. This was something that...
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