In April 2014 some friends and I took a trip to Valais, in Switzerland, where we stayed in a Chalet which was situated on top of a mountain. Five of us went from The Netherlands to Switzerland in my car, which took us around eight hours – and a sixth friend; Olivia, flew down from Dusseldorf and met us in the nearby town of Sion – cue feverishly trying to exchange directions via WhatsApp and me …
Where in the world would you expect to watch a man take the shoes off your feet, produce a manky old toothbrush, dip it in some soapy water and then scrub the mildly dirty rubber on your footwear for less than two minutes, all before looking you dead in the eye and demanding twenty-five of America’s finest dollars for his time? Well that, dear readers, would be Vietnam. Ah Vietnam, my favourite country in South …
I WAS BORN WITH AN EXTREMELY RARE genetic disability that affects every joint in my body from head to toe. At birth, I was one of only four individuals to suffer from my particular syndrome in the whole of the UK. The way in which my disability impacts my day-to-day life includes such things as being unable to straighten my legs past a 90-degree angle and having extremely limited neck movement. At the age of …
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Te Papa National Museum is the No.1 tourist attraction throughout the whole of New Zealand, with in excess of 1.5 million visitors passing through the doors on an annual basis – an impressive number indeed when considering that the population of New Zealand stands at a modest 4.5 million. As you make your way through more than 45 fascinating exhibitions, it’s easy to see why this fantastic museum continues to draw tourists and locals alike, …
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I hope you enjoy reading about my previous misfortunes when it comes to dealing with visa’s. I really ought to have learnt my lesson by now! I have a real problem with visa’s. Call me lackadaisical, call me forgetful, call me whatever you want, but the fact of the matter is, I consistently fail to stay on top of my visa’s stipulations. I messed up in Vietnam and it cost me over $200 and now …
It was fairly late at night, just 24hrs after from arriving in Taiwan. I was about to begin a six month stint living in Taiwan’s old capital; Tainan, but for now – it was all about exploring Taipei. At this particular moment my friend and I were heading back to our hotel, riding the MRT, when we decided our stomachs had other ideas and we suddenly had an urge to find the nearest night market …
It’s been around six weeks since I started my internship with WWF – New Zealand and so far it’s been nothing but smiles and incredible experiences. From day one I was thrown in the deep end and handed an amazing task which staff at the Wellington based offices had been intending to pursue for some time. I was asked to spearhead a brand new Peer-to-Peer fundraising campaign whereby we’d encourage as many people throughout New …
HALLELJUAH! It is time to finally sit my weary ass down and answer the questions posed to me by the lovely @katistravelling (click her name to go to her profile), one of the many travel buddies I have connected with over Twitter, who put these suggested topics to me via a nomination for the Liebster Award which is a truly fantastic way for bloggers to interact and get to know each other a whole lot more. …
The summer is officially over here in New Zealand, and with that, my unexpectedly long summer (one whole year of hopping from country to country, always catching the sun) is slowly coming to an end. Thankfully we’re currently experiencing an unusually awesome trend of cold mid-week days, followed by roasting hot weekends! This weekend I finally got a chance to visit Zealandia – which is a 225 hectare expanse of dense forest, rare birds, majestic …
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During the Christmas break in 2014 my friend and I decided to take a trip around Berlin and also into Poland to spend Christmas Day in Krakow. The tour of Berlin was subsequently split into two halves, with a couple of nights there before Poland and a couple of nights spent thereafter. On the return leg of Berlin we didn’t have a place to stay and like most nights, we searched for a place online …