26 Countries And Counting
Quick Read TL;DR
After travelling to 26 countries since the age of 20, I’ve realised travel is more than holidays — it becomes a lifestyle. From remote work and digital nomad life to minimalist living and chasing freedom, the journey has shaped how I see the world. The bigger question now isn’t how many countries I’ve visited… it’s where to next?
I’ve been travelling the world since I was 20 years old, and somewhere along the way, airports started feeling more normal than shopping centres. What began as curiosity slowly turned into a lifestyle — one built around movement, experiences, remote work, random conversations, late-night ideas, and the freedom to wake up somewhere completely different whenever life allowed it.
So far, I’ve visited 26 countries… and honestly, sometimes I feel like I’m only just getting started, mostly though I am happy enough exactly where I am.
Travel changes you in ways that are hard to explain to people who haven’t lived it. You stop seeing countries as headlines and start seeing them as people, food stalls, sunrise walks, local cafés, chaotic traffic, hidden beaches, and those little moments that somehow become lifelong memories.
Over the years, I’ve worked from hotel rooms, beach cafés, airport lounges, tiny apartments, coworking spaces, and more coffee shops than I could ever count. Somewhere between technology, the internet, and a laptop, the idea of being a “digital nomad” stopped sounding weird and simply became normal life.
The world feels a lot smaller once you realise Wi-Fi can turn almost anywhere into an office.
Living between places also teaches you something important: you really don’t need as much as you think you do.
- Experiences become more valuable than stuff.
- Flexibility becomes more valuable than routine.
- And freedom becomes addictive.
Some countries leave you inspired.
Some humble you.
Some completely surprise you.
And then there are places like Bali that somehow keep pulling you back.
The funny thing about travel is the more places you see, the more you realise how much of the world is still out there waiting. Twenty-six countries sounds like a lot… until you look at a map and realise you’ve barely scratched the surface.
So now the question becomes:
If I were to hit the road again, which one next?
