Tag: travel

Idolising The Backpack

Idolising The Backpack

| May 8, 2013 | Reply

We’ve had our latest SE Asia trip booked for a little over 8 weeks. We’ve ummed and ahhed over what to do about our luggage situation. We’ve argued and debated. We’ve researched and we’ve changed our minds 100 times. You see, we’re past the 20-something gap-year age group. We over the pre-marriage ‘can we survive [...]

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Best Free Travel Apps

Best Free Travel Apps

| November 13, 2012 | 2 Replies

With so many travel apps available now (both good & terribly, terribly disappointing) I decided to sift through the ordinary and tell you about the extraordinary, designed to make your travelling life easier. #1  KAYAK *Feet Top Pick* Why I love it: Easy to use interface Book hotels, flights, cars all from the home page [...]

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Bangkok – An Intro to Thai City Life

Bangkok – An Intro to Thai City Life

| July 22, 2012 | 4 Replies

We landed right in the thick of it. The city that has crammed in around 12 million people, or half of the Australian population, somehow felt like most of them had decided to spill out onto the streets of Banglamphu district effectively blocking our taxi’s arrival. They had also told us that Banglamphu was a [...]

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See – Stay – Do: Southern Thailand

See – Stay – Do: Southern Thailand

| July 14, 2012 | Reply

Can’t decide on where to stay or what to do in southern Thailand? Here are our top budget picks. PHUKET – See Get out in a tuk tuk, negiotiate the price and explore the neighbouring beaches and bays. Check out the food markets and back-street casual bars in Patong behind Jungceylon shopping mall. There are [...]

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The Best of Southern Thailand Part 1: Phuket

The Best of Southern Thailand Part 1: Phuket

| July 9, 2012 | Reply

‘Taxi!’ ‘Taxiii!’ ‘Tuk Tuk!’ ‘Taxi-cab! Taxi-cab!’ ‘Taxi, Madam!’ ‘Sir, Sir! Taxi-cab!’ A crowd of transportation merchants began hurling their offers as bleary-eyed passengers fresh off the plane from snow-covered countries, as soon as they commenced their exit of the arrivals hall of Phuket International Airport, juggling roller-cases and a multitude of duty-free shopping bags.   [...]

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The Tacky, The Whacky & The Impulsive – The 3 Types of Souvenirs

The Tacky, The Whacky & The Impulsive – The 3 Types of Souvenirs

| June 23, 2012 | Reply

I have severe goldfish brain. I am not the kind of person who can recall things easily. My travel tales fall flat at dinner with friends and family when I desperately search my head for those fleeting memories of my latest overseas adventure. Remembering the name of a district or hotel that we stayed at, [...]

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Our Travel Goals (not quite a bucket list)

Our Travel Goals (not quite a bucket list)

| June 3, 2012 | Reply

It only takes a wine or two and we always end up talking about the same thing – TRAVEL. We yap on in depth about our upcoming travel plans, what we want to achieve in the next few years. There is just so much to see and do that it feels overwhelming at times. Therefore, [...]

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Long Distance Relationships & The Immigration Challenge

Long Distance Relationships & The Immigration Challenge

| May 27, 2012 | 2 Replies

Part 1 Falling in love and maintaining a successful relationship can be tricky business in any language.  But in my 20s I found myself travelling solo on the other side of the world (what feels like) a million miles away from everything I’d ever known and then… I fell in love. It tore my heart [...]

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Bringing Out Your Creative Side on the Gold Coast

Bringing Out Your Creative Side on the Gold Coast

| May 20, 2012 | Reply

At first glance the Gold Coast can appear as the tackiest tourist trap on the east coast of Australia.  The overbearing hotel high-rise buildings and the cheesy second-rate amusement parks can leave the anyone asking – why bother?

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