I admit I don’t always like writing about my future travel plans as things always change. In fact in the last few months, I’ve visited Turkey, UAE and Iran. None of those countries were on my list when the year began, or even when I planned to do the Middle East! So here are ten…
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On my travels, I’ve ended up in a load of random places due to flight connections, cheap routes etc. and the whole ridiculous (but nice) fact that it’s often cheaper to take a stop over than it is to fly direct. Such was the case on my first trip to Qatar back in 2011. I’ve…
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In my latest World Travellers, we meet Christina who travels the world, dances and runs a cool site called Fleeting Life. Who are you? My name is Christina Gmyr, author and chief goofball at FleetingLife.com. I’m in my mid-twenties and I’m currently writing and dancing my way around the world. Where are you from? I…
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As the year comes to a close (in my calendar at least), I take a look at my top twelve travel moments from 2013. This has been an action packed year of travel for me, so it’s been hard to choose these top moments. This year has seen me visit a total of 24 countries…
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As a global nomad, I find myself far too often looking up some of my dream destinations. I’m not talking backpacking and sightseeing holidays with these though. If you have read my previous Aruba and Maldives posts, you will know that I want to visit some of the famous beach resorts to chill out as…
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Humus, humous, hummus, whatever way you want to spell it – it’s somewhat a speciality in Israel and the Middle East. Many restaurants will claim to have the best hummus in the Middle East. Not many live up to that claim. So we decided to head to the famous Hummus Said restaurant in the old…
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“I want to stand with you on a mountain; I want to bathe with you in the sea” – Savage Garden. While a load of young backpackers head to the Dead Sea early on, it took me until 2013 to finally visit the lowest point on earth. I had a few choices to see the…
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Bethlehem is a town you’ll have heard of. I’m sure of it. Yet you might not know that Bethlehem is in Palestine. Yes, there are no Jewish people here, it’s not in Israel and Israelis are not officially allowed into the Little town of Bethlehem. So I got my backpack on, boarded a bus across…
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As the usual clichés go, you have to do Bagan at both sunrise and sunset. And yes, I jumped on the bandwagon and did them both. It was one of those nights – I was pretty damn tired… The sunrise journey began at 4am. We sorted a bed for the night on arrival in Bagan…
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Dogubayazit is a bizarre place. You have two options when you’re in and around it – either pass through it and change buses on route to Iran, or stay over there and do the sights. We had done 3 night buses in 3 nights that week, so decided to head to a hotel for a…
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