About

about me

My Story

Owner, author, creator of Highlatravels. I’m still figuring things out. I’m still wondering what’s next, I’m still getting to know myself, I’m still learning. I hope that starts us off with something in common.

For a while, I wanted to do something extordinary. Not leave a legacy or anything like that- that sort of thing doesn’t bother me, no. I want to live this life, not spend it leaving something for when I’m gone.

Many people have different ideas about what it means to live life, but for me it’s travel. It’s experiencing the unknown, about beholding the oceans, forests, different foods and lives of this world.

So at 20 I went on a trip visiting different European countries on the rail line and got the bug. Then in 2020 I planned to go to New Zealand, which was impossible. Then 2023 I had a one way flight to Bangkok booked in… little did I know it would be a flight I never embarked, because I’d be recovering from major surgery.

Timeline

Jan 2022 : Inflammatory bowel disease diagnosis

The bleeding started in 2020, and progressively got worse, among experiencing other symptoms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). My diagnosis came in the beginning of January 2022. Treatment after treatment I was unresponsive to all, meanwhile my symptoms were becoming increasingly unmanagable.

Nov 2022 : Emergency surgery

A matter of mere months from my diagnosis, I because so unwell I was admitted into hospital through ER. What we all thought would be a night or two became 2 months. Bioloics followed strong steroids but neither had the desired effect, and I was put under to have my entire colon removed. I developed sepsis after my surgery and had overall a traumatic time there.

Nov 2023 : One way flight to Australia

I missed my flight to Bangkok, because I was still recovering from surgery. Slowly gaining my strength, immune system, body back. What remained in the back of my mind was my desire to travel. Along with questions like ‘Will I be able to now?’, ‘Is it still possible?’. Well, a year after that surgery I boarded a one way flight to Sydney Australia. I made this blog so others could see it’s possible for them too.