How Not to Travel the World
by Lauren Juliff
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appears in Travel, Travel, and Nonfiction.
I had no life experience, zero common sense and had never eaten rice. I suffered from debilitating anxiety, was battling an eating disorder and had just had my heart broken. I hoped by leaving to travel the world I would be able to heal myself.Instead, Lauren's travels were full of bad luck and neardeath experiences. Over the space of a year, she ...
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