In today's solo episode, Kelly Tolliday tells us the story of how she survived a 6.9 earthquake while traveling through a tiny island in Indonesia. She, along with her husband Sam, were planning to live on the island, Gili Air, for 3 months, when a catastrophic earthquake hit, demolished the island and forced them to evacuate. All while she was suffering a severe and sudden illness.
Kelly recounts what it was like to go through a natural disaster while traveling, uprooting their travel plans and having to learn how to surrender and let go.
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What We Discuss:
- 00:58 - Intro to episode
- 2:22 - Leaving Sydney for Indonesia
- 7:40 - Arriving in Gili Islands
- 12:30 - Earthquake Hits the Gili Islands
- 14:50 - Locals think a tsunami is coming
- 19:20 - Mother Nature is Destructive & Beautiful
- 20:30 - Damage Across Lombok & Gilis
- 25:06 - Going to an Island Community Meeting
- 29:15 - Evacuating the Island
- 33;00 - Going to a hospital in Borneo
- 37:00 Deciding to go back to Thailand
- 40:00 Processing the Earthquake & Trusting the Reroute
- 42:30 - Healing through Somatic Therapy
- 44:50 - New Adventures & Reigniting the spark of travel
- 49:00 - The Lessons I Learned From This Experience
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