2018 was my first complete calendar year as a full-time freelancer, and, as expected, it has been my most productive one. I flew 99,501 miles (160,131 km), or 4X around the globe! Sorry, Earth. My carbon footprint skyrocketed, unfortunately, but at the same time the planes would’ve flown regardless of my taking up one of the seats. In the future, I plan to make more land border crossings to eliminate some of my poor impact on the planet.

 

Image Courtesy of FlightMemory

 

Image Courtesy of FlightMemory

I managed to visit 13 countries, eight of which for the first time. I went to the Caribbean, to South America (for the first time), to Asia (twice), to Europe (twice) and to Australia (also for the first time). As it was a year of repeats, I hope to visit more new countries in 2019.

So, let’s recap some of the places I visited in 2018. Here we go!

January

Nassau, Bahamas

February

Seven-Mile Beach, Grand Cayman

April

Bogota, Colombia

May

Uluwatu, Bali, Indonesia

June

Krakow, Poland

 

World Cup 2018, Saint Petersburg, Russia

September

Cala en Porter, Menorca, Spain

 

Andorra la Vella, Andorra

November

Maru Koala and Animal Park outside Melbourne, Australia

December

Hong Kong, China

 

Bagan, Myanmar

2019 travels start in just a couple of short weeks!