I dreamed of starting this site in 2016. I was preparing for a global circumnavigation, and I intended to share the adventure with loved ones back home and publish travel guides for anyone who would read them (mainly my mom). With three and a half months at sea, how could I not share the incredible photos of the places and people I met, I thought. But the journey came and went.

I dreamed of starting this site in 2017. I had just gotten home from said voyage, and I had so much to share. My grandmother fell ill and I transitioned to being her caregiver. 

I dreamed of starting this site in 2018. My grandmother always inspired me to follow my dreams and live out my truth. She passed and there left a hole in my heart that could not be filled. I wanted to fulfill this dream in her honor. 

I dreamed of starting this site again in 2019. I was working in the luxury travel industry and aspired to share the version of true and genuine, sustainable tourism that I believe the world needs more of.

I dreamed of starting this site in 2020. A global pandemic hit and the world we love so much stopped moving. 

I dreamed of starting this site in 2022. When the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Day, my husband looked at me and said “this is your year.”  I believed him. And in many other ways, it was.

The year is 2024 – it’s a quiet Friday night during monsoon season in Goa, and I am starting this site. Not to celebrate a happy occasion, or memorialize a sad one. Not out of desperation or a longing for wanderlust or reminiscence of journeys past. But out of joy and gratitude for the great adventures this planet has to offer us all. And because these are stories that need to be shared. And for all of you, who I hope find some value in these stories and our shared journey through spaces and time. There is so much to explore. 

Meet Travel Monster.