ALL ABOUT WANDERING LIMMA
Hi, Im Lianne AKA Wandering Limma and I am a full time travel addict.
I left the UK for work in 2015 and although I have loved my expat life, I decided my current work life was not making me happy. I struggled a lot with deprerssion and anxiety during all the Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions and I really reassesed what I wanted my life to be. This was when The Official Wish List was born!
It's a difficult thing to sit down and analyse yourself. When trying to write this I was trying to pinpoint where my love of the world started and 3 things popped into my head. My parents, geography classes and my first taste of culture shock.
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I am a child of parents who grew up in the Military. They moved to many different countries throughout their childhoods, from Kenya to Singapore, and this openness and love of different cultures is something that I inherited from them and my beloved grandparents.
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My lasting memory of geography classes at school is studying Egypt. For years after that I wanted to become an Egypologist. Until I saw an episode of Quantum Leap with an evil mummy and my mind was swiftly and irreversibly changed. I didn't get to travel to Egypt until my 30th Birthday, but I will never forget the overwhelming feeling I had when I walked into the Mortuary Temple of Hatshepsut for the first time. Its a feeling all fellow travel addicts will know all too well. The feeling of awe washing over you, the charged atmosphere of the place making all the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, of for one moment almost stepping outside of yourself to take everything in.
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Growing up we spent most summers camping in France as we couldn't afford much else, but I remember when I was 12 years old and my parents suprised me with a trip to Turkey. My dad had a Turkish colleague who took us under his wing and we were given a insight into the real Turkey away from the resorts. It was my first real experience of culture shock and I loved it. The smells, the sounds, the unknown foods, the bustling markets. It opened my eyes to the world at the perfect age and Its something I have been looking for ever since.
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I am currently single so planning my adventure in 2024 has been slightly different. Although I love new experiences and am a confident solo traveller, I am not the most outgoing person. Like many of us I struggle with anxiety, self esteem issues and self doubt. I can be one to withdraw and hide if things get too uncomfortable for me. I did not want this to impact my plans, so when I sat down and thought about what it would actually be like to travel full time solo and how I could push myself even on down days, filming seemed the best answer for me. I studied video production and photography at university and it has remained a hobby so why not dust off the editing skills and give vlogging a go!
I watch many travel vlogs on youtube and really felt that it was the perfect answer to get me out there doing stuff and seeing things I might not have otherwise. Its the mental push I need to be more outgoing.
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Although I will be filming and uploading my videos to youtube, I will be doing it mainly for me. Any friends I make or support I get along the way will be the best bonus and confidence boost I could ask for!
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So thank you for being here, I can't wait to take you along with me on this huge adventure. Your support means more to me than I can ever tell you!