In Defence of NOT Quitting Your Job to Travel the World The internet is awash with articles and blog posts filled with inspirational, romantic stories about quitting your 9-5 and taking off to travel the world, mostly written by eager twentysomethings. Not that there’s anything wrong with being 22 and[…]
I took my first ever solo trip this year, at the grand old age of 30. It’s something I would never have considered in my early twenties, my mid twenties, three years ago or even a year ago, writing it off as something that only confident people did – that certainly[…]
How to Save Money to Travel the World Daunted by how to save money for your round the world trip, extended long break or just a weekend away? It can seem like a mammoth task to build up your savings but I’ve put together a collection of 20 tips and ideas[…]
Heading to Venice, or thinking about it? Read on for my Venice travel tips from my 48 hours in Venice earlier this year. Do whatever you need to do to enable mobile data on your smartphone without bankrupting yourself, because Google Maps is invaluable in Venice. Those twisting, turning, cute[…]
I visited Bosnia and Herzegovina while spending a week in Dubrovnik. My only real knowledge of the country was that it had recently been at war (the war ended in 1995) and I was curious to see how it had affected the country. I took a Viator tour and after a[…]
While staying in Dubrovnik, I took a Viator day trip to the beautiful country of Montenegro. After a two and a half hour drive along the scenic coastline and a ferry ride across the Bay of Kotor, we arrived in the town of Budva and ate lunch on a pier[…]