who is travelwithzoe?

Hey guys, I’m Zoë, 32 years old from England. I’m passionate about travel, but specifically community tourism, sustainable tourism, adventure travel, backpacking, and travel involving nature.

I love hectic markets, hitchhiking, waterfall hikes, trying street food (once it’s vegan), hidden beaches and local cultural/music events. I also love soca music and taking part in Caribbean carnivals, so I often try to incorporate this into my trips.

Throughout most of my 20s, I was based in England working, but I would try to travel as often as possible by begging for extra vacation time from work, or choosing jobs with short term contracts etc.

In May 2022, I quit my jobs and I have mostly been travelling since then, using my savings and some income from content creation and teaching English online etc.

I mostly document my travels on Tiktok, but there are lots of blog posts on here from my earlier travels when Tiktok didn’t even exist!

If you would like to book a 1-to-1 video call to ask me anything travel related, you can use this link:

https://calendly.com/travelwithzoe/30min

I’m available for collabs (for example with tourist boards, accommodation providers, events companies, and tour companies). Feel free to reach out using the contact form at the bottom of the homepage, or email me at travelwithzoe@yahoo.com

5 responses to “who is travelwithzoe?”

anika

April 27, 2014

Hello! I’m planning on travelling to Bocas del toro to do some voluntary work at a primary school on isla solarte, with “Spanish by the sea” – and I came across your blog! I’m travelling solo, and wanted some tips on meeting people whilst there/ how you found you’re experience. I will only be there for a month 🙂

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1. herewithzoe
  
  April 28, 2014
  
  Oh so you’re doing the exact same thing that I did! You should bring some English books (really really simple ones with lots of pictures) for the kids in the school if you can find any in charity shops etc. I did that and they loved them. You’ll meet loads of people in the hostel, mostly European and American people. If you want to meet local people it’s easy to meet local guys because they’ll talk to you (don’t be scared of them but don’t trust them that much, like don’t be on your own in the night with them) and maybe you’ll meet some girls through them. Make sure you visit the other islands (Bastimentos and Carenero) and if you feel like doing more volunteering, go to the old people’s home and say hi to all the grannies and grandads 🙂 Bocas is really fun and in my opinion it’s quite safe. Make sure you go to the parties at Barco Hundido as well as La Iguana. Most people from the hostel will go to Iguana because it’s more for tourists but to see something Panamanian you need to go to Barco so try and persuade someone to go with you. Have fun!!
  
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Joe

September 24, 2014

Hi Zoe,

After randomly finding your blog while on google researching for a new design project ~ I’m doing the artwork for a brand new ‘clean’ dancehall mixtape, I thought that I would send you a short comment to give you some positive feedback on your work!

I was trying to find family friendly dancehall photos and wot not, to inspire me that all is not lost in the battle against slackness and stumbled across your photos from this years Notting Hill Carnival. Check out your hair ~ it’s kind of cool! Anyway, keeping it short, I did take the time to read some of the stuff that you have written, all in English? No French or Spanish? Not being critical, just surprised, since you mentioned study and wot not.

Anyway, keep up the good work and keep sharing your cool photos!

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1. herewithzoe
  
  September 24, 2014
  
  Hey, good luck with your project and thanks for the feedback. Hmm it hađ never occurred to me to write in another language. I think I’d find it hard to do because even though I speak French and Spanish, I don’t think I’d be able to convey things like humour and sarcasm if I wrote articles that weren’t in English
  
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Joe

September 24, 2014

Hi again,

Because (bad english!) I had to log into my wordpress account, I’ve still got your page open in Google Chrome. Why didn’t it ever occur to you to write in French or Spanish? Isn’t that what your studying at Uni?

If you want, you could email me instead of posting comments. Personally, I’d prefer to laugh out loud at replies on your website, but that might not be too sensible!

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