✵ It’s A Good Day to Go Slow
Hello, you. =) My name is Shafinah; and I am a Singaporean by birth & a chaotic slow traveller by heart. 🙂
If you like getting under the skin of unexpected lands and exploring off-grid destinations, you will like the stories I’m about to tell. Perhaps some of these places you have been, perhaps some you have never heard. Either way, I hope these behind-the-scene moments of mine will evoke your intrepid spirit to venture into the unknown & seek out your own adventures; and enrich your heart with unhurried encounters – or perhaps, even discover a slow somewhere that you can call your own.
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Chaos In The Calm
s*** happens - even when you travel slow.
When you find yourself deep admist the tapestry of a tropical rainforest crisscrossed by winding streams and cascading falls, slipping and falling is just one of the ways nature makes you surrender to her elements. It is fitting then, that some two years ago when I decided to worm my way through the mist and […]
You’re in trouble if you get your health advisory wrong while planning an expedition into the storied heart of East Africa. From the get-go, a conflicting deluge of information gets flung on you at every turn: You need a Yellow Fever shot. No, you don’t need the Yellow Fever shot, but you do need the […]
Climbing a mountain soon? You need to read this. Life’s grandest journeys are often found on the Himalayas – and the grandest of them all, arguably, is embedded in a 16-day trek to the Everest Base Camp. Known as EBC for short, this more-than-two-week journey is a rugged expedition that brings you to the foothills […]
Everything looks like an adventure when you’re in Laos. Nestled comfortably between Southeast Asian heavyweights Thailand, Vietnam, and Cambodia, Laos is a landlocked gem that beckons the unhurried soul. Here, time moves a little slower and life takes on a different cadence – and if you have a heart for slow exploration, the simplicity of […]
Singapore: An Inspired Traveller's Guide
Discover Stories Only A Local Could Know.
Slow Your Hurry
the less you do, the more you see.
Wake Up Like This
all opinions are sponsored by my own thoughts.
Lands Wandered
✷ 86 Cities
✷ 26 Countries
✷ 4 Continents
Go ahead and give the globe a spin! Click on the dots to journey through the places I’ve travelled, and read the stories behind each destination. ♡
FIELD NOTES
somewherelands is a personal passion project, designed to bring forth spaces and moments i believe to be enriching, thoughtful, and enjoyable for the soul.
if my word have kept you company and you’d like to leave something behind, feel free to pass along a cup of coffee. it’ll go a long way in keeping the quiet corners of this space lit.
