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A normal girl living her biggest, messiest dreams.

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These are my unfiltered adventures, musings and stories.
I talk about birds, coffee and overcoming personal fears too much.

100
ish countries
7
continents
14
odd years
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My recent adventures

A big life update: join me in the Arctic

Let me help your travel dreams come true by connecting you with an Arctic adventure

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Takaka: a golden getaway to Golden Bay

This remote corner of New Zealand packs a punch

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How the Heaphy Track become my new favorite Great Walk

Predatory snails, prehistoric-looking rare birds, and a flat track? Count me in!

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My favorite stories

All the mean, nasty and godawful hateful things people say to me online

Guys, why do people troll on the internet? Why are blogger hate comments ...
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Solo and single in the most romantic place in the world

How glossy and polished is the travel industry today? Well, I suppose it's ...
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A broken robot: the face of a burnout

My whole life I’ve always been told that my face reads like an ...
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More inspirational stories

Where I screwed up big time

That one time I crashed a scooter in Bali

A week ago I found myself upside down in a ditch full of ...
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Getting Naked in Istanbul

**Warning this post borders on the TMI, but I thought it was too ...
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This might be my funniest story of all time

Guys, the funniest thing happened to me the other day. Now, I know I ...
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The solo female travel blogger ✈️ Author of “Houseplants & Design” 🪴 Friend of kākāpō and the girl with the whales 🐳 Polar guide ❄️

Liz Carlson☀️Young Adventuress
Swells + ice = magic. Beautiful day cruising aroun Swells + ice = magic. Beautiful day cruising around the icebergs and glaciers near Kullorsuaq in northwest Greenland, a new place for me with @adventure.canada 💙
76.4° N, 82.8° W . Grise Fjord’s name means “pig inlet” in Norwegian because when polar explorer Otto Sverdrup visited here in 1900, he thought that the walrus in the area sounded like pigs. . In Inuktitut the name for Grise Fiord is is Aujuittuq, “a place that never thaws.” . The average yearly temperature here is −16.5 °C. . Grise Fiord has a population of about 150. . Grise Fiord was created by the Canadian Government in 1953 when they forced Inuit families from Quebec to relocate here to assert sovereignty in the High Arctic during the Cold War.
I didn’t realize how much I craved community unt I didn’t realize how much I craved community until I stepped aboard the Ocean Endeavour last summer with @adventure.canada. A lifelong loner, I’ve always preferred to walk my own path, to travel solo, and do my own thing. While I have so many amazing friends in my life, when it came to my work, I was very solitary. . But once I made my dream come true of becoming a polar guide on expedition ships, I quickly realized what I loved the most was the people. Adventure Canada feels like my family. I could sit down with any of the team and feel happy and content. We all have each other’s backs and are so close. I didn’t realize how much I longed for that until I finally had it. Trust me, no one was more surprised than me, a proud introvert. I’m so happy that life has led me in this direction ❤️ and 📸 by the incredible @nicole.holmann
🐧 This could be you 🐧 . My friends over at t 🐧 This could be you 🐧 . My friends over at the @antarcticheritage have opened applications for their next Inspiring Explorers programs which will go to the Ross Sea side of Antarctica with @heritageexpeditions following in the footsteps of the great explorers. . This is such a cool opportunity, marking the 10th anniversary of the Inspiring Explorers Program. The guardians of some of the most important relics and historic huts from the golden age of polar exploration, the AHT are offering the chance for some of you guys to get down to one of the most remote corners of the world. . If you’re passionate about pushing beyond your comfort zones, visiting Antarctica and growing an explorer mindset, you’ve got to apply. Don’t pass go. Don’t collect $200. Apply now - link in my stories and on the @antarcticheritage page 🤘 good luck! . 📸 @talman
Still on such a high from having my New Zealand ci Still on such a high from having my New Zealand citizenship approved. It’s been home now for well over a decade, and I’m so lucky to call this place home. No matter where I travel, I’m always grinning when I land back in Aotearoa ❤️
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Who is Young Adventuress?

Hi, I'm Liz, and I got my first taste for traveling when I was 16 years old. On my own, 12 years and 50 something countries later, my wanderlust has only grown and the list of countries I want to visit longer. After living in Spain for the past few years and returning home for a stint, I then quit my job and moved to New Zealand and I've been here ever since. Follow my misadventures as I wander, eat, and photograph my way around the world

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