Travel writer

Andrea Sawatzky

Hey there! My name is Andrea. I’m a Canadian who, I’m sure you’ve guessed it by now, love’s to travel. But that’s not the only thing – wine, food, family & friends, hiking, volleyball, movies – these are just a few of my favourite things. Why the travel blog? I caught the travel bug when I was 18 years old. I went away to work at a summer camp in the United States and met the best people from all over the globe. Everyone seemed to be taking off after camp on all these epic adventures, I was jealous. I had to go back to my second year of university and I remember calling my mom at one point and saying “I’m not going back to university, I’m taking a year off to travel”, my mom never encouraged the idea but she didn’t say no either. It was more of a “Andrea, I really think if you take a year off you won’t go back to school, just get your degree and then start your adventures”. So, I listened. I got that expensive piece of paper and then took off on my first international trip to Southeast Asia (to meet a friend that I met working at that summer camp) and it was absolutely incredible. After that trip I told myself I would do whatever I could to travel. Whether that’s working a serving job, taking an internship abroad or quitting a full time job to go travel, nothing’s getting between me and the world. I recently returned from a 10 week adventure in South America. I was scrolling on Instagram and saw an ad to apply to be a freelance travel writer. I thought to myself, you’ve been to 17 countries, why not write about them? I applied and look at me now! Where’s Andrea been? Canada, United States, Cuba, Mexico, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, England, Ireland, France, Holland, South Africa, Mozambique, Peru, Ecuador and Colombia. Thanks for stopping by, happy reading!

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