By 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 and in celebration of Chloé's new Nomade Eau de Toilette fragrance - the invisible accessory perfect for all free-spirits - we’re looking to 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...
Cassie DePecol
Meet the first woman to set foot in all of the world’s 196 nations. Cassie DePecol 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.
‘I’ve had to let go of all of my fears and trust in people, trust in strangers, and trust in the unknown, and it’s proved to be a powerfully rewarding experience.’ - Cassie DePecol
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.
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Ellen MacArthur
You may recognise this brilliant yachtswoman from the TV - Ellen MacArthur unsurprisingly got a lot of attention when she became the fastest person to circumnavigate the globe single-handedly. Yes, in 2005, the Brit sailed a whopping 27,000 nautical miles in 71 days, 14 hours, 10 minutes, and 33 seconds. And, incredibly, she didn’t sleep for more than 20 minutes at a time throughout the entire trip.
Five years later, Ellen announced the launch of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, a charity that works with business and education to develop a restorative economy. Talk about inspirational.
Alysia Kezerian
Alysia’s love for travel started at a young age, but when she suffered a near-fatal hiking accident aged 21, her life changed forever. Rather than letting her paralysis hamper her passion for travel, the Californian took her wheelchair around the world. She’s now explored over twelve different countries on two wheels, from Vienna and Holland to France and Iceland; proof you don’t need to be on your feet to go places.
When Alysia started documenting her adventures via Wheelies Around the World, she quickly developed an uplifting community of others with limited abilities to share advice and encouragement. ‘Everyone has those odd spots in life where we don't have the answers or don't know where life is going, but that doesn't mean you stop living,’ she says. ‘It’s our duty as humans to keep an open mind, to keep going, and to keep exploring.’
Sarah Marquis
Imagine being eight years old and popping off to spend the night in a cave. Sound brave? That's exactly how Sarah Marquis's adventures began. Since then, the Swiss explorer has upped the ante, travelling through a variety of countries, from icy mountains to scorching deserts. She walked from Canada to Mexico in four months, crossed Turkey on horseback and trekked through Chile to Machu Picchu as well as exploring the outback of Western Australia for three months, alone.
But perhaps her most famous expedition was when she spent no less than three years walking from Siberia to Australia. Phewf. It’s little wonder that Sarah was heralded as National Geographic's Adventurer of the Year.
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