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Eva M. | Solo traveller ✈️

@evaacollins

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🌍Showing you the world (and Bulgaria🇧🇬)
👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼Group trips host @evastravelclub
🗺️Authentic travel & adventures

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Hi, I am Eva! 👩🏻

I am originally from Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬
I spent 3 years in the UK while studying there 🇬🇧
And the UK is also where my solo travel adventure began 🗺️

Back in 2017 I was supposed to go on a trip to the Netherlands with my boyfriend at the time but he couldn’t make it. So I had the choice to go alone or to lose the money for the tickets. Back then you could change your destination for free and a few weeks later I was alone on my way to Manchester for an open day at one of the universities there (no way I would’ve let myself lose the money 😄).

After that, I made a few trips by myself to nearby cities in the UK throughout my studies until I was ready to conquer other countries 🌍

Since then I have been to 11 countries by myself (9 in Europe 🇪🇺 the USA 🇺🇸 and Nepal🇳🇵) and travelled to a total of 37 countries!

Now I am hosting small group trips around the world as my passion for travelling is only growing stronger and I want to share that feeling with you! 👩🏻‍🤝‍👨🏼👭🏻👬

I don’t plan to start travelling full time in the near future but I truly believe that doing what you love for a living is the key to happiness ✨

What is your story? How did you become passionate about travelling? Tell me in the comments 👇🏻💬 by @evaacollins

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3 years ago

I used to watch reels like this before and think “I would never have moments and memories like this, I don’t have fun friends, I don’t go to beautiful places….”
So I changed that.

Life is not for earning money, having the nice apartment, the fancy clothes (while wasting your days behind a computer screen with no clear direction in life).
Life is for collecting moments and experiences.

We have the unique opportunity to live in a world where doing whatever makes you happy and following your dreams is easier than ever before!

But not many of us use this opportunity. We are still trapped in a scarcity mentality and told by our parents that the only way to do well in life “is having a good stable job”.

Well, f*ck that!
I want to encourage you to think “what is that thing you want so bad but are always so scared to do, that you just push it to the back of your mind?”.
Is it travelling the world, spending quality time with your family, studying a degree that won’t pay well after, exploring nature more, trying that “expensive” sport, finally starting with that hobby?

Whatever is “that” thing for you - spend some time today thinking how you can actually start doing more of it and then just go and do it!
Life won’t last forever, so your only chance is now! taken in United States by @evaacollins

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3 years ago

Хайде заедно да сбъдваме мечти! 🥰

Ако винаги си мечтал да пробваш да караш сърф (като по филмите), но е нямало с кого или къде… това е твоят знак!

Пиши ми, за да изживеем заедно една седмица изпълнена с приключения и нови приятелства! 🏄🏻‍♀️

*Лагерът е подходящ за напълно начинаещи до средно напреднали сърфисти. by @evaacollins

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Only a tiny snapshot of my enormous collection of never posted photos 😂 by @evaacollins

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2 months ago

Couldn’t fit them all. Don’t ask how I fit everything in a 1 page CV 😩

I would go back in a heartbeat.

Most of the times it was wine or juice promotions 🫠
*I don’t drink alcohol…

Still working here, need money for travel 🆘

My dream job. Until I discovered travelling.

From theatre premieres to village carnivals 🎡

Miss my J1 Work & Travel buddies 😢

Probably the most interesting job I’ve had but also the most demanding one.

An upgrade of the promotions. Still promoting wine though 😒

Did it once, not doing it again.

Stayed only 3 months here. At this point I was addicted to changing jobs every few months 😔

And maaaany many more.

Any guesses? 👀 by @evaacollins

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2 months ago

This 300-year-old banking system was developed by families in the region who used to store grain, jewellery, coins and important documents like wedding certificates and land ownership papers here.

There are 295 storage cells in total. Each chamber belonged to one family and some even owned multiple. The stones sticking out of the walls are actually steps built to reach the upper levels.

To enter you need to call the number placed on the door and wait for the guard. He will proceed to show you how to unlock the wooden gate leading to the storage blocks and walk you around. After the visit you are welcomed to share some delicious mint tea with him. And if you are hungry, the families living nearby will kindly offer you a homemade lunch.

Morocco has unique culture spanning way further than Marrakech and the Sahara desert. It’s places like this that preserve the authenticity of a nation through centuries and which modern tourists tend to skip in their pursuit of the perfect Instagram shot.

Sometimes travel can get uncomfortable before it gets authentic - spare that extra hour, drive that dirt road, get lost. The most unique and meaningful places are often found outside of the main tourist hubs but are usually worth our time and attention way more than any popular attraction.

📍 Agadir Inoummar

#agadir #morocco #tourism #culture #authentictravel taken in Agadir, Morocco by @evaacollins

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3 months ago

Day out with the little sister 🧸🏞️

📍God’s Bridge, Bulgaria

#bulgaria #godsbridge #българия #sistersdayout taken in Божият Мост by @evaacollins

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3 months ago

Going to Tenerife soon? 🇪🇸

Here are the best spots to take your pictures! 📸

#tenerife #bestphotospots #friends #masca #landscapes taken in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain by @evaacollins

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3 months ago

Usually places look better in photos. But not Mount Teide.
A photo can never truly capture the vastness of this place, the size of the huge rocks, the immensity of the clouds below you, the beauty of the sunset. taken in Mount Teide by @evaacollins

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4 months ago

The best moments of any trip are the most random ones 🫶🏻

#grouptrip #tenerife #friends #havingfun taken in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain by @evaacollins

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4 months ago

Date cancelled anyway - solo travel is the best 😌

#datecancelled #solotravelforever #idontneedaman #travelgirlie by @evaacollins

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5 months ago

Ела с мен в Молдова на едно необичайно пътешествие 🇲🇩

🗓️ 14.06-17.06

Молдова държи първо място в класациите за най-малко посещавана държава в Европа, но пък точно това я прави и по-вълнуваща!

Ще посетим една от най-големите винарни в света, скални манастири, автентични селца и най-интересното - държава, която не е призната от света - Приднистровието (Транснистрия).

В Приднистровието времето е застинало и ще се върнем назад към Съветския съюз. Тук имат собствена валута, европейските сим карти нямат покритие и се преминава реално съществуваща граница (без печат в паспорта, само с едно листче, което трябва да пазиш 😄)

Готов си за всичко това и още приключения?
Пиши ми за пълната програма и информация 📩 taken in Moldova by @evaacollins

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