A reflective post-gap year memoir on returning to medicine, keeping freedom alive, finding balance and learning to love everyday life again.
Summer Bliss
A reflective summer-in-Malta memoir on learning to love heat, sweat, sea days, diving, yoga, friendships, dating and work-life balance.
Concert Week
All burnt out, I dive into concert week – from Patagonia-born Swiftie memories to long-awaited live performances years in the making.
BST 1 – Checking In
A reflective post-gap year check-in on freedom, routine, work-life balance and learning to live without falling back into old habits.
Austria
A quick Austria trip before exam season turns into a long-awaited reunion with a backpacking sister from Utila and Nicaragua.
Sharm El Sheikh – Day 1: Scammed Before Sunset
I arrive in Sharm el Sheikh full of excitement, only to be greeted by scams, diving mishaps, expenses, and the dazzling reefs of the Red Sea.
Egypt
I finally set foot in Egypt, a country that had fascinated me since childhood, and began exploring a dream decades in the making.
Antarctic Peninsula – Day 5: The Final Footfall
One last landing at President Head. A wild encounter with “ugly” elephant seals, the rare blooming plants of the ice, and the promise that this is not the end.
Antarctic Peninsula – Day 4: Whale Soup
From a “whale soup” in Wilhelmina Bay to the heart-stopping cold of the Polar Plunge. A day of breaching calves and jumping into a sub-zero Southern Ocean.
Antarctic Peninsula – Day 2: Frozen Wilderness
Watching the sunrise wash over glaciers while humpbacks feed at the bow. A day of stolen pebbles, “penguin highways,” and a blood-smeared leopard seal on the ice.