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    The Wind

    by Brenna Holeman February 21, 2012
    written by Brenna Holeman
    February 21, 2012
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    How To Make Friends In Nepal

    by Brenna Holeman February 16, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman February 16, 2012

    …or Romania, or Bolivia, or Japan…  When you ask a traveller what he or she loves most about being on the road, chances are he or she will, at some point, mention…

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    Be Mine

    by Brenna Holeman February 15, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman February 15, 2012

                    Koh Tao, Thailand February 14, 2011 I simply cannot believe that it was exactly a year ago that I wrote this post as I sat in…

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    This Day vs. That Day

    by Brenna Holeman February 7, 2012
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    The Day I Bonded With A Goat

    by Brenna Holeman February 3, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman February 3, 2012

            Jodhpur, India Is it just me, or do this goat and I have scarily similar facial expressions in each photo? It was in India that I decided that…

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    My Hometown

    by Brenna Holeman January 31, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman January 31, 2012

    Winnipeg, Canada I thought that this week would be calm and quiet, but just like that – my schedule is once again full. Between dinner with my sister, writing articles for a…

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    Hot Chocolate In The City

    by Brenna Holeman January 27, 2012
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    A Little More Paprika, Please

    by Brenna Holeman January 23, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman January 23, 2012

    Budapest, Hungary It seems as though the days are going by in a flash – so much so, that when I went to update this blog, I was shocked to see that…

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    Happy In Myanmar

    by Brenna Holeman January 18, 2012
    by Brenna Holeman January 18, 2012

    Yangon, Myanmar We rode our rented bikes, the ones we got from down the road from our hotel, all around the city that day – hours and hours and miles and miles,…

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    That Day In Chiang Mai

    by Brenna Holeman January 16, 2012
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Hi, I'm Brenna

After travelling to more than 100 countries over the past 19 years, many of them solo, I write about travel a lot but I write about other things, too: break ups, buying way too much jewellery, and whisky, for example (none of those things are related, I swear). You’ll find a mix of advice, opinion pieces, and stories on this blog, but either way, I hope to make you want to read more. And up next? I'm now a single mom to a beautiful little boy, the biggest solo adventure I've ever been on. For more about me and what you'll find on This Battered Suitcase, click here.

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