​Hi y'all! My name is Darien. I'm 23 and right now I'm just trying to be. I'm embracing the confusing, cluttered place that I am currently in. I'm just one bookworm with one backpack, one very small bank account, and one not-all-that-popular travel blog.

Discovering Sanctuary is how I found my home. It's how I found happiness. It's how I learned that it's ok to fuck up and flounder. This website taught me how to travel for myself and, more than anything else, I hope that reading about my screw ups will help other see that travel (especially solo-travel) IS possible. You just have to find your reason for traveling. 
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