shifa mirza
Thanks for looking! I’m shifa mirza , and this is my travel blog.
I’m an indian who’s been traveling the world full time for 9 years. Nowadays, One of my first videos racked up a few million views and was featured on international TV by BBC Travel.
Since then I’ve solo traveled to many developing countries, including almost every country in Asia, Central America, and the Middle East.
I experienced the 7.0 Lombok earthquake in Indonesia in 2018, the bombings in Bangkok in 2019, and a fair share of scams, fights, sicknesses, car accidents, and other crazy things along the way.
It hasn’t always been easy, but over the years I’ve been blessed with some amazing experiences, including:
- • Hiking to Mount Everest Base Camp in the Himalayas,
- • Climbing an erupting volcano in Guatemala,
- • Trekking on glaciers in Patagonia and visiting the Iguazu Falls in Argentina,
- • Seeing wild Komodo dragons and orangutans in Indonesia,
- • Sleeping in treehouses in Bali and seeing blue fire in Java,
- • Dining on tarantulas and scorpions in Cambodia,
- • Riding a camel to the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt,
- • Skydiving over paradise in Oahu Hawaii,
- • And visiting some timeless world monuments like the Taj Mahal, Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat, Petra, and the Great Wall of China.
In 2018, I traveled to 24 countries in one year, which is a personal record so far! I did this on a pretty modest budget and rarely spent more than $30/day on my travels.
I hope my travel blog can help and inspire you in your own journeys as well!
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My wife
Intan
I met my sweet wife and travel buddy Intan while I was traveling in Asia in 2017, and we got married two years later on a beach in Bali.
She’s homegrown Balinese, and she’s a former English teacher and makeup artist. She also grew up riding a scooter and she’s tri-lingual (speaks 3 languages fluently). Her name means diamond.
My wife has been an indispensable translator for me in remote parts of Indonesia where almost no one speaks English, like Banggai, Labengki, and the Banyak Islands.
Intan is a people lover, and her favorite part about travel is trying new food (especially Asian food). She’s not into the hiking so much, but she still joins me on volcano hikes and other such adventures.
We’ve been traveling the world full time as a couple for 7+ years now, and we welcomed our daughter Emma in 2025.
We have some more big international trips planned soon. We hope you’ll tag along! Please stay tuned!
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My blog has up to 350,000 readers per month, and it meshes with some important travel demographics.
Together with your brand, we can create engaging experiences that will reach like-minded travelers and help you promote your destination.
My goal is to create unique and fresh travel content from around the world, and I do all of the writing and photography on this website myself.
I never use AI writing or stock photos unless otherwise noted, and I plan to keep it that way. Everything on my blog comes from my own personal experience.
I’m also an FAA Part 107 trained and certified drone pilot for doing commercial work with drones in the United States.
My past work has been featured by some big names in the travel industry, such as Travel + Leisure and BBC Travel, and my videos have racked up more than 20 million views on Facebook via companies like UNILAD Adventure and Must Do Travels.
Over the years, I’ve also partnered with hotels, tourism bureaus, and some great equipment brands like Napier Outdoors.
You can be next! Feel free to contact me using the form below!
