This week saw me arrive in Sri Lanka for the first time. It has been a very busy week travel wise, one of the highlights of which was going whale watching in Mirissa on Sri Lanka’s south coast. Shy and unknown, Mirissa doesn’t even make my map of this magical island, yet somehow it’s a Read more about Whale Watching in Mirissa, Sri Lanka[…]
Apparently “everyone who has ever been to Queenstown, (the New Zealand one) has had a Fergburger”, so it’s one of those stupid “when in Rome” type of analogies, which generally I hate, but this particular one couldn’t pass. I tried a New Zealand fergburger, which is today’s Friday’s Featured Food! I had heard of Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: New Zealand Fergburger![…]
Buenos Aires will never be my favourite city on the planet, but I actually really enjoyed my big night out there so today’s Thirsty Thursdays takes us to the party zone of the Argentinian capital city. A pub crawl of the highest standard with a range of nationalities, languages, drinks, food and pubs. Plus I Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Buenos Aires Pub Crawl, Argentina[…]
“Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?” – Freddie Mercury. You’ll probably have heard the words Shangri La before, as I had done. But maybe you wonder what they mean, or indeed where it is or what it is! The truth is that the town of Shangri La featured in a book called Read more about Visiting Shangri La, Yunnan Province, China: Is This Just Fantasy?[…]
Selling ice cream goes down as one of my favourite jobs. I spent 4 summers doing this as one of my jobs. It did seem at one point I would actually prolong my stay in the English seaside town of Bournemouth as I was constantly working and enjoying life there. But one day it all Read more about Working Wednesdays: Selling Ice Cream in Bournemouth[…]
Debrecen is Hungary’s second biggest city but you wouldn’t quite know it – it’s hardly colossal, nor is it instantly mind blowing. It’s shy and peaceful and Hungarian to the core. However, I liked it. Why life ever took me to Debrecen I’ll never know. Most tourists that visit Hungary do Budapest and Balaton and Read more about Backpacking in Hungary: Top 5 Sights in Debrecen[…]
Today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials concentrates on sun cream. Yes I call it “sun cream” but you might also know it as any one of the following: – sunscreen – sun lotion – sun block – sun tan lotion – sun oil Call it what you want, it’s pretty essential for us as we jaunt around Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Sun Cream[…]
In this regular feature called Monday’s Money Saving Tips I use my experiences from my travels to give some essential money saving advice as you nomadate (a new word) yourself around the globe. Today I concentrate on why it’s a good money saving tip to walk around cities. There are companies that run FREE Walking Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: FREE Walking Tours of Cities[…]