In this week’s Recipe to the Road podcast I interview Kesi, a travel blogger who has turned her passion for exploring the world into a full-time lifestyle. In this episode, Kesi will be sharing her story of transitioning from working on Wall Street to travelling the world and how she has built her business over the years.
From Wall Street to World Traveller
Kesi started her career in finance and decided to take a year sabbatical to travel the world. During her time travelling, she worked at the Yacht Week and made lots of connections all over the world. She continued to make connections as she travelled and made an effort to keep in touch with people. This way she could travel to lots of places and have somewhere to stay or someone to show her around.
Her one year of travelling turned into her full-time lifestyle. She used to work at Yacht Week each year and save up and then use that money to travel for the rest of the year.
Backpacking in East Africa
Kesi spoke to me about her time backpacking in East Africa which she absolutely loved. She visited Kenya, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Mozambique and Tanzania. Kesi loved her time in East Africa and would recommend everyone to visit.
We spoke about safety in the countries she visited and she says she felt safe everywhere she went. She speaks about a common attitude that Africa is a country rather than a continent with 54 different countries. If one country is having issues or political unrest, it does not mean the whole continent is dangerous.
Building a Blogging Business
While Kesi was travelling she kept a blog and used to update her Instagram. This was growing in popularity as she travelled. Once COVID happened and her annual gig at the Yacht week was cancelled she invested more in her blogging and started to really build a business. A connection of hers in Uganda who ran a tour company got in touch with her to work together promoting tours to Uganda. When her first tour went well another company got in touch with her to run a tour to Antarctica.
Dating while Travelling
Kesi spoke about dating while travelling. She said this lifestyle can put pressure on relationships, especially if one person doesn't want to keep travelling. Although she does think the nomad dating pool is growing due to the increase in remote workers after COVID.
Kesi's Tips for anyone in a 9-5 who wants to travel the world
Everyone should try out long term travel at least once
Do it sooner rather than later
Buy a one-way flight because you don’t know how your plans are going to change
Less is more
Trust strangers but listen to your gut instinct
Kesi’s details
Website: www.kesitoandfro.com
Instagram: @kesitoandfro
Or #followthefro
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