A Passion for Travel
My go-to tips, tricks and tools for planning and enjoying overseas adventures. From surviving long-haul travel and packing for a trip, to the kind of camera I use, it’s all here.
So, you’ve budgeted and saved your money; planned your trip; and booked all your flights, accommodation, and transport options. You are ready to hit the road! Just one thing left to do…. PACK. Love it or loathe it, packing is generally the final step in planning for your adventures. It doesn’t have to be a
No-one really likes to talk about money, budgeting and saving; but unfortunately it is a necessary evil when it comes to planning your travel adventures. You need money to pay for flights, transport, accommodation, activities, food, and most importantly—coffee! Unless you come into an inheritance, win lotto, have super generous friends and family, or have
So, you’ve decided you want to travel. You’ve bookmarked your favourite travel websites, and you’re ready to get stuck in to that planning your next trip. As I have already mentioned, planning a holiday is not easy. However, it is fun and it’s so rewarding to do it all yourself. But, if you’ve never planned
The internet is huge. Full of hundreds and thousands of travel websites. And while it is relatively easy to find information about anything you could possibly want EVER, it can be extremely difficult to get a simple answer to your question, or to figure out what is going to work for you. Not all sites
Long haul travel: regardless of where you live in the world, or where you plan to travel to; at some point in your life you’re bound to be staring down the barrel of it. Whether a long haul flight, an overnight train ride, or a day-long bus trip… It happens. It’s real life. And sometimes
During a 5-week trip to Canada and the United States, we experienced late night snow-shoeing, glorious snow-capped mountains, and hours spent snowboarding down the best runs of our lives. However, as fabulous as all that was, NONE of it compares to our chance encounter with a kind and generous stranger. Three weeks into our trip…
Although travelling is one of my favourite things to do, there are definitely times on the road where my energy is low, I’m in a crabby mood, or I just miss the comforts of home. We’ve all been there, right? It happens to the best of us. BUT, a bad mood, delayed flight, or bout