Hands up if you can’t stop wanderlusting. Yep, us too. With the start of a new year, dreams of packing our bags and escaping to a remote location can become engrossing. According to Booking.com, nearly half of global travellers (45 per cent) want to be more adventurous when it comes to choosing holiday destinations in 2019. So whether you’re planning a voyage across the globe, thinking of an epic road trip or simply a last-minute mini-break, now is the time to start researching your next adventure. As way of inspiration, here’s four truly bad-ass women. Each one embraced her passion for exploration and went on the trip of a lifetime. Bucket lists at the ready...
Meet the first woman to set foot in all of the world’s 196 nations. Cassie from Connecticut went on a solo voyage, completing her journey in an amazing eighteen months and 26 days, making her the fastest - and youngest - person to complete such a trip. Naturally, she shared her adventures on Instagram (@cassiedepecol) and racked up 485k followers along the way.
But it wasn’t just for the ’gram. During the adventure, Cassie served as an ambassador for the International Institute of Peace Through Tourism and collected water samples around the world for Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation. In 2019, she continues to travel and has since founded Her International, providing grants to female-driven projects that address the Sustainable Development Goals. Cassie, we salute you.