Am I crazy for wanting to travel long term?

  In exactly one month I will be boarding a plane to Dubai. Leaving everything that I have worked for for a year. My life will change dramatically. For every person that has wished me luck and remarked about what an amazing time I will have, another person has said ‘travel? Alone? For a year?…

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2013 is here, and It will be the best year of my life!

I hope that you have all had an amazing Christmas 2012 and I wish you all the best for 2013. May your year be full of travel and exciting experiences! This was the last Christmas that I will be spending at home before my sabbatical. Hopefully next Christmas will be spent on Bondi beach or…

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Coincidence or fate…

I have had so much news over the past 48 hours that will affect my travel plans significantly. Then I looked at the cover of my new issue of Wanderlust magazine. I saw that it featured articles about solo travel, the Great Barrier Reef and Darjeeling. Three things that relate to me because of my…

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Two months until my round the world trip commences!

I first started thinking about my trip in April 2011, since then I have done a lot of work trying to save up for the trip, organise my itinerary, get granted my sabbatical and researching safety, what to do and what to bring! I hve been thinking about this trio for so long yet it is…

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