Hey, I'm Mika.
I left a perfectly good dev job in Melbourne in 2019 for what was supposed to be a three-month trip.
It's been five years. (My mum has stopped asking.)
I move slow, stay long, and try to eat whatever the locals are eating.
"47 countries. One backpack. Extremely strong opinions about airport Wi-Fi."
Where I've Been
Five years in. Still no plans to stop.
Latest Writing
Argentina is a country that takes itself very seriously, which is why you should too: Buenos Aires and Patagonia
Two weeks in Buenos Aires (the most European city in South America, and I mean that as both description and mild criticism), a week in Patagonia that was every bit as extraordinary as advertised, and the steak question answered.
Going home to Australia as a traveler: what I notice now that I didn't before
I grew up in Melbourne, left in 2019, and go back once a year. Returning to Australia as a full-time traveler is a strange experience that's changed how I see both the country and everywhere else.
Vienna is not what I expected and that's the whole compliment: coffehouses, Klimt, and a train to Salzburg
Vienna for ten days in November, Salzburg for a long weekend, and the specific quality of Austrian cafés that I've been trying to replicate ever since. Austria is its own thing.
Practical stuff
Tested. Priced. Ranked.