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About Me

 

About Me The Wandering Suitcase

Hey there!

The world works in weird and wondrous ways, and somehow you’ve stumbled across my small corner of the internet.

*waves* hellooooo!!

Think of this as me welcoming you to my (virtual) home 🙂

My name is Mae-Gene (pronounced “May” “Jean”), but you can call me MG!

I’m an adventurer who’s obsessed with sushi, photography + spending time in the outdoors (but maybe not *too* much time, because I have a massive fear of insects + spiders!)

 

A bit about my travel-lovin’ journey… 

I grew up in Australia as the daughter of Malaysian-Chinese migrants, and despite my ethnicity + background making me sound worldly, I lived a pretty sheltered life.

I grew up with the expectations that I would graduate, get a degree (hopefully in law, medicine, pharmacy or something equally as “prestigious” or “safe”), get a job and have kids.

But these expectations never stopped me from dreaming about seeing more of this amazing world.

12-year-old MG had dreams of traveling to Egypt to see the pyramids + learn about the wonders of the ancient world.

12-year-old MG had dreams of seeing snow (a rarity in Australia!) in Lapland with the fluttering of the Northern Lights across the night’s sky.

And 12-year-old MG had dreams of backpacking South East Asia to see Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

But something happened when I grew up to be a responsible adult…

I made decisions that were expected of me.

I graduated with a degree in Engineering and took up a corporate job in finance (yeah, weird combo guys – maybe I’ll share this story one day!)

But in my first year of full-time work, I took annual leave + traveled to Europe…

And let’s just say my love of travel was ignited.

Suddenly, I couldn’t wait to see more, experience more and know more about the world.

And that’s when this blog was born!

Sunrise at the Everglades National Park, Florida

 

Despite being a travel blogger… 

I’m incredibly awkward, kind-of-weird and tend to be a bit of a worrier (and by a bit, I really mean I’m a HUGE worrier).

The photos might look glam, but there’s bound to be an awkward travel story, some tears or non-perfect experience behind it all.

What can I say?

Travel isn’t always perfect!

So while I love writing practical guides, I also love sharing the behind-the-scenes stories.

Because I’m not perfect (let’s be honest here, I’m a scared mess half the time who has no idea what they’re doing!)

So here you’ll see (or read) about it all – the good, the bad and the ugly (tears) too!

 

Want to follow along on my adventures?

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Any questions or suggestions? Feel free to email me: hello[at]thewanderingsuitcase.com

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