It’s easy to see why so many backpackers in Bali fall in love with Canggu. Consisting of just three main roads and surrounded by rice paddies, Canggu is a little hippie oasis nestled on the coast in Bali. It’s filled with chilled beach bars and a seemingly endless choice of holistic style cafes and restaurants, each equally as good as the last. After being in … Continue reading 5 Of My Favourite Spots In Canggu
Travelling in Australia needn’t be expensive. Before I got here, I was lead to believe that travelling in Australia was going to bankrupt me but that’s just not the case. Granted, it doesn’t match the ridiculously cheap prices of other popular backpacking areas such as South East Asia, however, with a few top tips, a trip down under doesn’t have to cost the earth either. Here’s how … Continue reading How To Travel In Australia For Cheap
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Chiang Mai is a popular base for activities in Northern Thailand amongst backpackers. With everything from zip lining, cooking classes, bamboo rafting and visiting elephants to choose from, me and my limited time frame were completely overwhelmed. In the end I opted for one of the lesser known things to do in Chiang Mai and in my opinion, one of the most interesting: a Thai monk … Continue reading 10 things I learnt from a Thai monk
Pros and cons of Firefly overnight bus from Sydney to Melbourne, Australia. I decided to travel from Sydney to Melbourne by Firefly bus for a number of reasons. Firstly I wanted to save the hassle of flying. Although flight prices between the two cities cost roughly the same, I figured that once I’d calculated in baggage cost and getting to and from both airports, the … Continue reading Firefly Sydney to Melbourne Bus Review
Sadly the person in the photo of this blog post is not me. It is my photo however; It turns out standing on the sand pretending to take photos of my friend is the best way to avoid eager Australian surfing instructors, ‘Why are you not in the water mate?’ questions. Continue reading 1770: Where I discovered surfing is not my hidden talent
My two months travelling down Australia’s East coast have been fantastic. We’ve seen: National parks, gorgeous beaches, wildlife (and a few wild nights out) however one place that really sticks in my mind is Magnetic Island. Magnetic what? Before I came to Australia, I’d never even heard of Magnetic island, a small island located a ferry ride away from Townsville on the mainland. Me and … Continue reading A 20 Something’s Travel Guide to Magnetic Island
Wicked camper van review Australia: Cheap, budget camper vans Doing a road trip in a camper van in Australia has been something that’s been on my bucket list for ages so when me and two friends decided to do that for a four day, three night road trip from Cairns to Cape Tribulation and back, I was beyond excited. There are a lot of camper van rental … Continue reading Wicked Campers Australia: Review and all you need to know
So you’ve arrived in Australia: Jet lagged, pale, working holiday visa sorted and with no plan what to do next. Every year thousand of us flood to this country at the other side of the world, prompted by visions of road trips, beaches, kangaroos and the outback in our mind: But what do you actually do when you get there? With so many options and … Continue reading Australia Working Holiday: What To Do When You Arrive
Caye Caulker: A tiny island, just five kilometres in length with no roads that’s situated just off the mainland in Belize, Central America, wasn’t a place that I expected to find a good coffee shop, yet Ice N Beans was just that. Despite its undeniably Caribbean culture I was pleasantly surprised to see that when it came to eating, it wasn’t all jerk chicken and there … Continue reading Ice N Beans cafe Review, Caye Caulker, Belize
‘Shall I get the bus or fly from Atlanta to New York?’ That was the question I asked my friends in Costa Rica as I tried to arrange all the logistics from timings to my ESTA visa for a last-minute detour to the US, before flying back home from my backpacking trip. The verdict was unanimous, fly of course. Why would you voluntarily decide to take … Continue reading Atlanta To New York City EastWest Bus: All You Need To Know
