On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
You’ll hear a lot more about Chongqing. Often dubbed (rightly or wrongly is anyone’s guess) the biggest city in the world, this colossal place was somewhere I had longed to visit and was anticipating it for a long time. Chongqing is a fantastic city and it lived up to all expectations. Completely! After getting the Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking with 70 Year Old Chinese Guys in Chongqing[…]
Through my years of working and backpacking around the globe I’ve built up a wide and varied range of work experience. I’ve managed to find a job everywhere I’ve wanted one and this is mainly through hard work, a bit of charm and experience in the types of job that are easy to find as Read more about Working Wednesdays: The Easiest 5 Jobs to Travel The World With[…]
Today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials combines a few of the things I have written about before. You might have read my posts about Anti Malaria tablets and Insect Repellent before BUT I cannot stress enough how essential it is to be safe on your travels health wise. Here’s my top 5 tips on avoiding insect Bites! 1. Carry Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Avoiding Insect Bites![…]
I’ll be honest and say that my girlfriend and I often disagree with whether to book things late or early. I’m very much a “book last minute” type of guy. I’m a lot more spontaneous. For example my upcoming trip to Africa in 2 weeks, I have booked a flight there (to Tanzania) so far Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Booking Last Minute Deals[…]
I’m on a roll with Moscow and Russia reminiscing this week. I literally make a list of all the posts I want to write and bomb through them. Having talked about things to do in Moscow yesterday, today I reminisce on my first meal in Moscow in Russia. Basically a starter, a main course and Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: A Russian Feast (Kind of) in Moscow, Russia[…]
I’ve spent my birthdays in a load of random places over the last 10 years or so including in Poland drinking with international footballers, working on a farm in Tasmania and hiking in the Blue Mountains. However this year, turning 33 I found myself in Kota Kinabalu on the Malaysian part of Borneo. Thirsty Thursdays Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Smoking Shisha in Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, Borneo on my Birthday[…]
It’s my pleasure today on World Travellers to interview one of the top travel bloggers and worldwide wanderers out there. If you thought my travels were crazy and inspiring, you need to read on as Earl Baron shows just how a lifestyle of travel is a complete reality for a prolonged period. He’s been on Read more about World Travellers: Earl Baron AKA Wandering Earl[…]
As my travel blog has built momentum over the years and more and more people read my stories, inevitably opportunities have fallen my way. I’m really excited about some of my latest side projects and no qualms with sharing them here on my Working Wednesdays feature. It was always my dream to earn a Read more about Working Wednesdays: Travel Expert for Think Places[…]
I almost didn’t want to write about this travel mishap, but I said recently it’s a “no holds barred” on here so all the crazy “The Day I…” stories are going up!! It happened and I’m embarrassed by it, but looking back it was about a year ago now and I’m not angry anymore. I Read more about The Day I…Threw $1000 US Dollars into the Nam Song River in Laos[…]
Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials a return to sensible and a return to complete obvious. One of the GREATEST INVENTIONS of all time. A pen! I personally couldn’t travel the world without having a pen or access to a pen. Here’s a few travel related things that I use a pen for: 1. To write Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Pen[…]