This year, I must admit, I travelled more than I ever have before. Most probably because it’s also my final year in medical school ever = final year of freedom from real responsibilities. I even reached my 50th country! Without further ado, here’s my 2017 Year of Travel.
Previous Year of Travel posts: My 2015 year of travel and My 2016 year of travel
All photos are from my Instagram.
1. Began the New Year in the Big Apple
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPfCB83gnT1/?taken-by=samvsworld
2. Attended my very first Indian wedding in Leicester, UK
https://www.instagram.com/p/BPxCyl0gLdH/?taken-by=samvsworld
3. Seeing good old friends in London a month later
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRLseNdFkTL/?taken-by=samvsworld
4. Watching beautiful sunsets in Boracay, Philippines
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRzm33wl1PE/?taken-by=samvsworld
5. Interned as Dr. Sam in Philippine General Hospital, realising how grateful I am to live in a country like Sweden
https://www.instagram.com/p/BST8jMylOj2/?taken-by=samvsworld
6. Represented my choir and sang with hundreds of other choir singers around the Nordic region in Oulu, Finland
https://www.instagram.com/p/BTwhdTpF3Yp/?taken-by=samvsworld
7. Passed by Tallinn, Estonia for a weekend
https://www.instagram.com/p/BVRvk0FBKl9/?taken-by=samvsworld
8. Learnt how to scuba dive in Subic, Philippines
https://www.instagram.com/p/BV2AfINhbs7/?taken-by=samvsworld
9. Rode a kalesa in Vigan, Philippines
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWkW8tABKJL/?taken-by=samvsworld
10. Discovered beautiful natural springs in Bicol, Philippines
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWzIG_2BI6N/?taken-by=samvsworld
11. Made a quick trip to Hong Kong Disneyland
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXII6O1BSh3/?taken-by=samvsworld
12. Visited paradise in Pangasinan, Philippines
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXrHtKghWuU/?taken-by=samvsworld
13. A quick stop over in my paradise home in Subic for a few days
https://www.instagram.com/p/BafrhmVBf9I/?taken-by=samvsworld
14. After a quick stop over in Subic, I got to sit in the cockpit of an airplane for the first time ever!
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bag9B2iBMKk/?taken-by=samvsworld
15. Escaped winter and interned at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne, Australia for four weeks
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbpJcLoB5_Y/?taken-by=samvsworld
16. Got to finally dive the Great Barrier Reef in Cairns, Australia
https://www.instagram.com/p/BbMF_NpB3Kn/?taken-by=samvsworld
17. Made a quick stop over and explored Singapore for a few hours
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bby__TmhyfD/?taken-by=samvsworld
18. Returned to Philippine General Hospital for my final rotation and delivered my first baby!
https://www.instagram.com/p/BccCX8Shm4r/?taken-by=samvsworld
19. Finally got to see the beautiful Hundred Islands in Pangasinan Philippines with Jonas straight from the airport
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdPd8UTB-Ob/?taken-by=samvsworld
20. Happily ending this year and starting the next, with this guy by my side in the country of my birth ❤
https://www.instagram.com/p/BdRNoJOhgR1/?taken-by=samvsworld
PHEW! That was a long list. Definitely the longest ever. It was a good year of travel, and we’ll see where 2018 will bring us! However as now that I will start working, probably not to very far away places. But my wandering soul will forever remain.
Happy new year everyone! 😀 ❤