My Journey
I’m Camila Gregurincic, a Brazilian-Croatian traveler passionate about slow travel, coffee shops, 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 did a post-graduate degree in Customs Law. I spent seven years working in the import industry in Brazil, until I burned out at 28 (my Saturn return!!!).
That’s when I decided to quit my job, end my relationship, and book a one-way ticket to Thailand. Very Sagittarius of me haha, but honestly, it felt much more aligned than spending long days in offices, dressed in suits and heels.
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.
If you’d like to see more photos and highlights from these trips, you can still find them on my Instagram :)
After that, I decided to try hospitality jobs and was accepted for a role as a Guest Relations Officer at a resort in the Maldives called Finolhu. I spent three months living on a very small island, until Covid hit and 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, where I worked remotely from 2022 to 2025 as a Community Experience Manager.
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 quit my job, 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
