Meet A World Traveller
Jade and the world!I’m Jade, a travel writer and adventure enthusiast from Ireland, and I caught the travel bug back in 2007 after what was meant to be a gap year.
What started as a year in Australia quickly turned into a lifelong journey of exploration. I’ve since worked, travelled, and lived across 104 + countries, building a life shaped by spontaneity, curiosity, and a constant pull towards the unknown. From Australia, I moved on to Bahrain, Southeast Asia, Brighton, and Canada, before returning to study Beauty and Holistic Therapies. During my studies, I still travelled extensively—backpacking through South America and the USA, qualifying as a yoga teacher in India (twice), and working with Greenpeace in New Zealand. I later made my way through Asia, Southern Africa, and beyond, reaching my goal of 50 countries by 2015. My journey continued with work on luxury six-star cruise ships sailing across Europe, the Americas, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Australasia, eventually taking me to over 80 countries by 2017. Along the way I also completed the Camino de Santiago (900km across Spain), travelled through Sri Lanka, the Baltics, Central and Eastern Europe, and much more. In 2019, after working as a spa manager and travel consultant in Ireland, a trip to Mexico reignited my desire for full-time travel. That’s when I decided to embrace van life—buying a campervan and setting off with my black Labrador as my travel companion, heading towards Portugal with no fixed plan, just the open road. Six years later and I am still in love with travel and the open road, just as much as I love writing about it. This website follows my journey and everything that comes with it—travel, van life, dog-friendly experiences and a deep love for exploring the world. |
Listen to a recent podcast interview with me, where I talk all things vanlife.
A cup of Positivitea! |
