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Tales of a Broken-back Backpacker

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December 8, 2019 Alison Karlene

3 Cute, Kinda Christmas-y, Fun Winter Activities to do in Seattle, Washington

September 21, 2019September 20, 2019 Alison Karlene

The Best Girls Weekend Trip to the Sunshine Coast

July 28, 2019July 25, 2019 Alison Karlene

My First Experience Abroad: Travelling to Europe as an 11-year-old

June 30, 2019June 4, 2019 Alison Karlene

How to Travel Ireland by Rail and Bus

May 3, 2019 Alison Karlene

Summer Reading List: 6 Books that will take you on a journey

February 1, 2019February 8, 2019 Alison Karlene

5 Places to write your manuscript or screenplay in New York City

December 1, 2018December 1, 2018 Alison Karlene

Christmas around the world

November 24, 2018November 25, 2018 Alison Karlene

Is ‘slum tourism’ okay? My experience in Soweto, South Africa

July 5, 2018July 3, 2018 Alison Karlene

Travellers, put your money where your morals are

May 10, 2018May 10, 2018 Alison Karlene

Escaping the Resort to Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic

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Alison Karlene

Alison Karlene

Hello! My name is Alison. I have a serious case of the travel bug. I write for Canadian Traveller and Explore, but this travel blog is for my personal adventures.

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Remember that one week it snowed in Vancouver? Good times. ❄️🥶🌊 . #snowmageddon #vancouverbc #canonphotography #vancouversnowstorm2020 #palmtrees #beachlife
How are you surviving #snowmaggedon2020 ☃️? . I’m staying in, drinking soup and trying to fight this NASTY cold that’s kept me down since NYE 🤧 . I might be a ‘Berta girl, but #Vancouver has significantly less snow removal systems and much more wet weather 🥶 . Pls tell me your tips for staying healthy & cozy 🔥❄️ #vancouversnowstorm2020
Seven years ago today, I snapped my spine snowboarding on the French Alps. Here’s what happened. . Explore-mag.com/How-I-broke-my-back-snowboarding-seven-years-ago-today . . . . . #wintersports #snowboarding #travelwriter #livetheadventure #exploremore #sportsinjury #ski #frenchalps #adventuretime #spinalhealth #spinalcordinjury #brokenback #snowboard🏂
Look at how far you’ve come, but don’t lose sight of where you want to go ✨ . Every place I’ve lived feels like a separate part of me: growing up a country girl in a remote northern town, partying as a broke college kid in Kelowna, hussling through university in Kamloops, studying abroad in Seoul, floating from Halifax to Montreal during grad school and finally settling here in Vancouver as a magazine editor 🌃 . I miss parts of each place – especially the people – and when I look back, I’m always surprised by who I was and how I was growing in every part of the journey 🛤 . Do you prefer to look backwards or forwards?
2019 was full of breakups and makeups; career moves and publications; family time I’ll cherish forever; and the best new friendship circle a girl could ask for. This was the year I started consciously choosing the people I want in my life, and letting go of others. I fell in love – multiple times – not the least with my own messy, fun, complicated, beautiful life. . I travelled to NYC, Ireland and California; was published TWICE by @globeandmail; learned oodles through my position at @exploremagazine & graduated with my MFA – and a fully written first draft of my raw, personal, adventurous memoir. . Whether you loved 2019 or hated the entire last decade, I hope you have a happy, healthy 2020 🎉 . . . . #newyears #lookingback #throwback #travelgram #glt #travelphotography #travelwriter #traveltheworld #2020imready #yosemite #jasper #ireland #kingscollege #mastersgrad #yearend #bye2019 #happynewyears
2010 was the year I graduated high school, and there were so many things I didn’t know. I had plans to escape my hometown, but I didn’t know I’d chase love to Australia and find heartbreak in Bali. I didn’t know I’d discover my independence and freedom backpacking Europe, only to have it shattered with a freak accident on the French Alps. I didn’t know more tragedy would be waiting at home for me, or how I’d rise from the deepest, darkest grief to board another plane and start the longest healing journey, one that will never truly end. . I didn’t know that I’d graduate with a writing and publishing diploma, or that I’d get a medal for attaining the highest grades in my journalism school, then go straight into my masters program. I didn’t know that I’d become an editor for a travel magazine, or how many times I’d have to fall in love and have my heart broken again, or that I’d end up living by the beach in Vancouver. I definitely didn’t think I’d put this all in a non-fiction book that I’d desperately strive and work to see published. . I was just an 18-year-old with wide-eyed curiosity. Innocence. Hope. . I’m glad I didn’t know any of these things. And in another decade, I hope countless more adventures, mishaps, difficult times and rewarding successes befall me, none of which I know yet. After all, if you want to hear God laugh, tell him your plans. . . . #2020 #newdecade #newdecade2020 #2010s #2010vs2019 #reflections #graduation #resolutions #glt #travelwriter

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