Imagine waiting for months to find out where you will be living. To give up your job and home and have no idea where you will live in the next month. That just happened to me and it was the most anxiety inducing time of my whole life! I am very spontaneous but I do…
I get many emails from readers asking advice about where to stay and what to do in destinations that I’ve visited. Just email me at stephanie@pearlsandpassports.com if you have a question and I will answer it. My question today was recieved from Caroline, a grad student who will be working in Singapore for the…
If you follow me on Facebook you will already know this exciting news. I originally intended to travel to somewhere in Eastern Europe after being captivated by Poland’s culture, history and friendly people. When searching on the Ryanair website I suddenly had an urge to go to Italy. Visions of an Eat, Pray Love kind of…
Today I attended Songkran celebrations at a local Buddhist temple. The experience was very different to when I experienced Songkran in crazy Bangkok with fellow travel blogger George on the go! In Thailand Songkran is a crazy celebration. People of all ages take the streets by storm and cause havoc soaking passers by with super…
If you follow me on my Facebook page you will know that I will be heading to Egypt next week! I’ve only recently come back from Krakow, a place where I spent a very reflective 6 days drinking Polish beer and vodka and learning about the very dark history of Krakow from Medieval times…
On Wednesday I celebrated my two month anniversary. It’s been two months since I got back from my amazing 10 month trip to the other side of the world and back. The beautiful Old Town square in Krakow Although I’ve enjoyed being back home It’s been hard adjusting to ‘normal’ life again. A life where I…
When I arrived in Singapore I was a little bit burnt out from travelling around Sri Lanka. Although I loved the country it was not an easy country to travel in as a newbie traveller and I was frequently overwhelmed by the sighs, sounds and different cultural practices. I breathed a sigh of relief as…
My third month of travel has been filled with many ups and downs. The major downer on the month was when I contracted Dengue fever in Koh Chang. It was the hardest time so far in my travelling and I was so ill that I was going to go home ASAP! Something made me want…
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…
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…