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South America
I’ve historically never been great at packing light. My last trip to South East Asia was three weeks long, but I inexplicably thought it would be a good
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Blog
I stared at the screen, looking at the price of the flights, daring myself to click “purchase”. “You do this, and it’s all over”, I said to
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Travel Tips
Headache, vomiting, dizziness….altitude sickness can put a damper on any good party. As a previous resident of La Paz, Bolivia – one of the highest cities in the
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Blog
I assume that if you’re on my blog and reading this, you’re either a member of the family, a Facebook friend, or a person who is just
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Asia
Langkawhat? Langkawho? Langkawhich? Etc. I’d never heard of Langkawi prior to two months ago, when I was looking at a quick and affordable way to escape the Beijing
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Asia
Or “When timing goes terribly, terribly wrong”. Please, for the love of God, leave early. Taal Volcano is nestled in a lake, on an island in the
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Blogging
Yep. It’s another of those year in review things. At the risk of blabbing on about how “2015 was incredible, but 2016 will be even better!”, I’ll
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Asia
It really is though. Temples From the beautiful Kinkaku-Ji in Kyoto, to the Ninja Temple in Kanazawa which is full of secret passageways and traps, to the
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Asia
I’ve been living in Beijing for just under a year now, but have had a fair few visitors so I’m something of a reluctant expert on how to
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Asia
Kanazawa seemed like a bit of a mystery to me. The tourists I met up until then hadn’t heard of it, but it was raved about it Japan
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