Before my big trip I always had such a romantic view of Malaysia, the name itself conjured up images of an exotic country, the pearl of Asia and one where I would feel like I was a million miles away from the Western world. I couldn’t have been more wrong if I tried…. As…
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Ooh, I was nominated for the Leibster blog award for the second year running by Char Williams from LovefromCornwall.com. So here are the answers to the 11 questions asked by Char! 1) What motivates you to blog? I enjoy writing and imparting my knowledge to others. When I was planning my big trip I absorbed…
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As I write this i’m sat in a library in New Brighton near Christchurch in New Zealand. As I look outside the window I can see waves crashing on a beautiful pristine beach and see the sunlight reflecting off the azure water. It’s hard to believe that nearly ten months has passed since I started…
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I was always a little skeptical of reverse culture shock. I experienced slight culture shock when I arrived in Sri Lanka, a crazy country for my first visit to Asia but I never thought that I would experience culture shock when going to a Western country like Australia! Why was I feeling like this? I…
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I’ve been travelling for seven months so far and I’ve learn’t an awful lot about how to stay safe in Asia. Even though South East Asia is a very safe destination it’s always sensible to take precautions, especially when travelling alone as a woman. I’m proud to announce that I have had an article published…
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I have been in Thailand for nearly two months now. So far I have been to Bangkok, Koh Chang (Where I contracted the dreaded Dengue!), beautiful Chiang Mai and I am now at a kind of ‘hippie’ place, I feel like I stand out a bit with my vintage look so have been wearing my…
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A lot of people ask me various questions about my travels on Facebook and Twitter so I thought that answering the questions publicly would be a good way to help other people. After all if one person is thinking it surely someone else is! So here it goes! You can ask me any question you…
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Being a relatively new traveller (6 weeks in to my big trip!) I don’t really have many regrets at this point. I try not to have regrets because I think that things happen for a reason and that even bad situations can turn in to good situations in the future! George from George on the…
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Whenever I mentioned that I was going to Dubai to people who have been before, they all said that there was one experience that I should not miss out on- The Desert safari! To be honest I was a little confused at first. I always thought that the desert was a barren place with limited…
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I can’t believe that I have been travelling for one whole month! At times it has been hard but for the majority of the time it has felt like one big holiday! I was waving my old life goodbye one month ago, leaving everything for the unknown. Parts of my trip have felt like…
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