Jia Lissa Travelling Alone

As she boarded the plane to return home, Jia Lissa felt grateful for the journey she had undertaken. Travelling alone had been a transformative experience, one that had pushed her out of her comfort zone and into a world of possibility. And though she knew that she would always cherish the memories of her time in Thailand, Jia Lissa also knew that this was just the beginning of her travels – and her journey of self-discovery.

She recalls hiking in Sintra, getting caught in a sudden rainstorm. “I could have been upset. Instead, I just laughed. Ran to a café, soaked, ordered a shot of ginjinha, and sat there dripping. The old man next to me gave me his napkins. That’s the stuff you remember—not the perfect Instagram moments, but the real, messy, human ones.” jia lissa travelling alone