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Hello, Gabby here! 
Welcome t0 Gabby-goes.com, my little haven in this big internet world to share my thoughts and adventures... 

I am a 25 year old foodie, hungry for what the world has to offer. As a true Londoner living the city life, I packed my bags and left the rat race to live the life I had only dreamt of as an "Island girl" in the Caribbean. So please join me as I learn and experience more and more about this beautiful world and find out the best things to do and places to go! 

"Take the risk, or lose the chance". I am a firm believer in taking risks, and just going for it! And having never lived anywhere for more than 3 years, I would say I'm a dab hand at adapting to new cultures, surroundings, lifestyles and making new friends, enjoying the risks as it were! So I hope to offer some useful tips and advice for any of you going through some changes, a new job, new year at school, moving, relocating, whatever it may be.

Caribbean Sea view

Here you will find my weekly posts on this blog and updates over on my Instagram all about my life in the Caribbean, living amongst the lemurs and flamingos, learning all the watersports I can and settling into the BVI community. (Yes, Island time is a real thing!)

"Happiness is not a goal... it's a by-product of a life well lived" (Eleanor Roosevelt). I try my hardest to live by this and if you take anything away from my blog, I hope its that. 

Big love,
Gabby xx


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