Field notes from the road

Welcome to my little corner of the world.

Every photograph here is a doorway — a morning I woke somewhere new and decided to remember it forever.

Northern lights over the Icelandic mountains — Reykjavík, Iceland

Colourful spice market in the Marrakech medina — Marrakech, Morocco

Red torii gates and bamboo forest in Kyoto — Kyoto, Japan

White buildings and blue domes in Santorini at sunset — Santorini, Greece

Lantern-lit street in the Hanoi old quarter — Hanoi, Vietnam

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The road so far

32Countries

6Continents

9.4kPhotos taken

180kMiles travelled

Hello, I'm Mara

I quit the desk, packed one bag, and went looking for the world.

This journal is how I hold on to it all — the sleepless trains, the kindness of strangers, the small towns that never make the maps. I write so I don't forget, and I share so you might wander too.

— Mara

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