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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Random and Quirky Items To Put In Your Backpack

As I become more and more experienced as a traveller, I also learn what things to pack and what not to pack – what to leave behind. Down the years I made many mistakes when it comes to preparation, equipment, packing etc. It’s all a learning process, a trial and error. You learn from your Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Random and Quirky Items To Put In Your Backpack[…]

Travel Essentials: My New Wallet from Allett Wallets

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Wallet from Allett Wallets

After losing my wallet in horrendous fashion in 2012 while tubing in Laos, I had to really look after my possessions a lot. Yet down the years, I have managed to lose phones, wallets, cameras and hats – sadly my famous blue hat was also lost in Laos in 2012. Since the Laos disaster, I Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Wallet from Allett Wallets[…]

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Backpack – The BackLight®18L From Mindshift Gear

If you have followed my stories since this blog’s inception in 2007, then you will probably have seen my varying array of backpacks. I can’t even remember half of the brands I used, from Hello Lulu to a £6 ASDA job to Adidas to the ones that got slashed on a night bus in Colombia, Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Backpack – The BackLight®18L From Mindshift Gear[…]

Using Chipolo: A Clever Device That Connects Your Belongings Making Sure You Won't Lose Them!

Using Chipolo: A Clever Device That Connects Your Belongings Making Sure You Won’t Lose Them!

As technology advances and I find myself trying desperately to have the newest laptop, a phone that works, a hard drive that doesn’t break and just any device that helps me work faster and easier. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas to try, even though I admit I am usually one of the Read more about Using Chipolo: A Clever Device That Connects Your Belongings Making Sure You Won’t Lose Them![…]

Using Fotor to Edit Your Travel Photos

I checked my hard drive recently, and tried my best to compile all my photos and videos from my journeys into albums on there, it takes a lot of organisation. I will never be able to count, but I’ve probably taken 1,000,000 travel photos in my life. But my expertise is in writing, not in Read more about Using Fotor to Edit Your Travel Photos[…]

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Testing the Pepo App

Recently I came across a new app called Pepo. After testing it for a while, I would like to introduce it to you today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials. I found the Pepo app through its official website – Pepo.com and when I found out that some of my travel friends have been using it for Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Testing the Pepo App[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Using Lonely Planet Guides on Your Travels

If you have followed my journey the last 10 years on here, you will know that I love to be the tourist, every day of my life. I am a very spontaneous tourist who ventures anywhere and everywhere I can. “If it exists as a place, I’ll go there” – Jonny Blair. I am a Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Using Lonely Planet Guides on Your Travels[…]

Tuesday's Travel Essentials: Taking The #CB12testdays Challenge with my New Mouthwash - CB12!

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Taking The #CB12testdays Challenge with my New Mouthwash – CB12!

You might have read that around 2 years ago, I visited a dentist in Hong Kong and had a few problems with my teeth. Well this month was dentist time again for me as I visited the dentist twice in the space of a week in my hometown of Bangor, Northern Ireland. I went to the Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Taking The #CB12testdays Challenge with my New Mouthwash – CB12![…]