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On this site, you’ll find helpful travel guides, many of which focus on Southeast Asia and the UAE, as well as posts about what it’s really like living abroad in Dubai. I have a thing for slow travel and can often be found spending the summer months in a new city!
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Hi, I’m Justine! I’m a freelance writer and California native who set out to backpack around Southeast Asia in 2013 and never looked back. This blog is all about my life as a perpetual traveler and roaming expat (currently living in Dubai and blogging at Dubai Dreaming). Oh, and I kinda like to talk about vegetarian food too! But who am I really?
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Living my dream of slowly exploring the world.
I never in a million years thought I’d still be living abroad 10 years later but I can’t imagine ever going back. From taking the leap of moving to Jakarta on a whim in 2014 to now living in Dubai, a place I had never even imagined traveling to, it’s been a wild ride. And I wouldn’t have it any other way!
