Wandering

Traveling solo as a woman certainly has its ups and downs, but Melissa Burovac will be the first to tell you to embrace the adventure as you encounter it.

Facing her fortieth birthday as a single woman in a job she was tired of, Burovac decided to do something. Always keen for adventure, she chose to buy a one-way ticket to Mexico-and quit her job, sell her beloved Jeep, and store all her belongings.

Though she'd gone on trips abroad before, Burovac didn't feel like she'd ever earned the title of "traveler." But that was about to change.

Wandering relates the adventures, and misadventures (she encounters so many major weather events that her friends start predicting where the next disaster will strike based on her next destination), of her nine months traveling through Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Cuba, Australia, Cambodia, and Thailand.

Her stories will crack you up-and they will inspire you. As someone with no sense of direction, no ability to plan, and plenty of social anxiety, her experiences prove that anyone who wants to travel can

Author: Melissa Burovac
Publisher: Wanderers Press
Published: 06/17/2014
Pages: 312
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.51w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780990382003

About the Author

Melissa Burovac is a wanderer at heart. Born in Cleveland, Ohio, she started college at the University of Alabama on a swimming scholarship, transferred to the University of Northern Colorado, and finally graduated from Ohio State University with a bachelor's degree in horticulture. She now lives in Kauai, Hawaii, where she's worked as a bookkeeper for several years while she tries to find her dream job.

An avid outdoorswoman, Burovac enjoys outrigger paddling-both one-man and six-man-running, surfing, and scuba diving, as well as yoga. She is always up for adventure and loves doing things that scare her a little.

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