WHO IS YASMIN UURYA?

ABOUT

Hi I’m Yasmin

Explore the world better, whatever season of life you’re in

Whether you’re single with a free calendar, married with kids and a narrow window of annual leave, or fresh off a mortgage signing and wondering when travel fits back into the picture, it does. It just looks different at every stage, and that’s fine. This blog is proof that you can see the world thoughtfully, deliberately, and well, no matter where life has you right now.

Not every trip needs to be three months long. Not every adventure requires you to have left everything behind. You just need to keep going, at your own pace, in your own way.

How it all started

My turning point happened on a Monday morning, stuck in traffic on Jalan Tun Razak; one of Kuala Lumpur’s most reliably gridlocked roads, somewhere between my second coffee and a Vampire Weekend song. I was a product development manager at a multinational insurance group, and I remember thinking very clearly: I haven’t seen enough of the world, and I’m running out of reasons to wait.

That was 2016. Twelve months later, after going through my finances with the kind of scrutiny I previously reserved for quarterly reports, I landed in Okinawa with a backpack, a HP laptop, and an iPhone 6S. Three weeks, solo, completely from scratch. I had no idea what I was doing. I’ve been doing it ever since.

What I do

I’m a full-time travel blogger and contributing writer based in Malaysia, with a particular obsession with cold-weather destinations. Winter is my season. Snow-laden forests, frozen lakes, Arctic light at 3pm, this is where I feel most alive, which is a slightly inconvenient trait for someone who grew up in 30-degree heat year-round.

Since that first solo trip to Okinawa, I’ve travelled across more than 20 countries spanning Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Australia, always with a camera, always independently, and always with notes that eventually become guides and photo journals.

My work has been published in Red Bull, Kayak, and Go Asia Plus, and when I’m not writing about travel, I work with direct-to-consumer e-commerce brands helping them build retention marketing channels.

Every photograph on this site is mine. Every guide is based on a trip I actually took, logistics I actually navigated, and mistakes I actually made so you don’t have to.

Start Exploring with the Latest Post

Walking and coming up to a spectacular view of Errwood Reservoir at Goyt Valley

Fun Fact

In case if you were wondering how to pronounce UURYA, let me enlighten you. It is pronounced you-ri-ya. Pretty neat I’d say.  It is derived from my birth name, nURYAsmin. I added the extra letter “U” for the fun of it. The meaning of this astrological abbreviation UURYA, is truly an individual who is constantly moving and is always seeking new encounters – like me!

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