My Journey
I’m Camila Gregurincic, a Brazilian-Croatian traveler passionate about slow travel, small coffee shops, local restaurants, books, and health :)
I’m 36 and consider myself a forever existentialist!! I’m not from a linear path, and I see life as this Sartrean experience where we become who we are through our experiences and choices.
I graduated in International Relations and later completed a post-graduate degree in Customs Law. I spent seven years working in Brazil’s import industry, starting as an Import Analyst and working my way up to Import Supervisor at Komport Importadora by the age of 27.
At 28, I decided to leave that career behind and pursue something completely different. Since I’d always dreamed of living abroad, in 2018 I quit my job, ended my relationship, and booked a one-way ticket to Thailand to begin my first backpacking journey.
I spent eight months traveling through Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Australia, and that trip completely changed my life. I knew I was stepping into a new seven-year cycle, one that would be more transformative and aligned with who I truly am.
After that, I decided to explore the hospitality industry and was offered a position as a Guest Relations Officer at Finolhu, a luxury resort in the Maldives. I spent three months living on a tiny island, where I received an employee award in less than two months thanks to my performance and the consistently positive feedback from guests mentioning me in their reviews. However, when the COVID-19 pandemic began, I had to return to Brazil.
In December 2020, I moved to Mexico, where I spent six months doing volunteer work through Worldpackers. It was during this time that I wrote my travel memoir, Why Not? (I published it in Portuguese, since I’m Brazilian). This time in México eventually led me to join the Worldpackers team, a company that truly changed my life by giving me my first opportunity to work remotely as a Community Experience Manager. It was my dream job, working alongside an incredible team while supporting a global community of travelers and hosts.
2026: A New Beginning
End of 2025 felt like everything I’ve read about the Snake year in the Chinese zodiac. My dad passed away, I ended a relationship with a mother who always had aggressive communication, I discovered a second breast tumor, and I started January 2026 with surgery that forced me to rest at home for at least 15 days.
Because of that, and everything I experienced in my childhood, I’ve come to see my dad’s passing as a turning point, a moment to let go of what no longer serves me and focus on what truly matters: health and a life well lived.
Through everything I’ve lived, one thing has remained constant: what brings me back to myself are the simple habits. Sitting in a café. Reading a good book. Being with my best friends. Walking in a park. Exercising. Observing people. Just observing life.
What I really want here is to return to what is simple, while still sharing the joy of food, coffee shops, travel, and everyday life…the kinds of things people have always done, the practices that have always been there, but that we’ve slowly started to forget with so much technology and noise around us.
It’s about exploring, but slowing down, reconnecting, and paying attention again to what actually matters to ourselves.
Thank you for being here!
With love,
Camila Gregurincic
