Fancy a free trip to Antarctica on a cruise ship that lasts for thirty days and takes you from New Zealand to South America? I was approached by Matt from Oceanwide Expeditions to do a post about this amazing opportunity. Let’s be clear about it, this is the sort of tour I would never be …
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First Taste – Lahore, Pakistan
Okay. Pakistan is probably not first, second or third on your list of places to go, but it is worth considering these days I’d say even if you just fancy a quick look there to see what it’s like. If you do that, you’re city of choice is likely to be the one that was …
Seven on Sunday – Ways to Budget for your Backpacker Dream! (Part One)
So. You want to go on amazing ‘trip of a lifetime’ (I discovered quickly that you can have more than one 😉 ) and the biggest question is – how to budget for the darned thing? Today I present Seven Ways to Budget for Your Backpacker Dream! Sorry to split it into two parts again …
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World Journeys Podcast – Colombia and Ecuador with Elli Dean (Series 2 Ep 8)
This week we continue our chat with Elli Dean about her amazing time in South America. This time we chat about her experiences in Colombia and Ecuador, and of course Elli takes the World Journeys Capital City Challenge. However, she turns the table on the host when she asks Andrew to do it as well. …
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Travel Itineraries – Vietnam
Vietnam, like a few South East Asian countries, is a rather long country but not very wide. In fact it gets pretty thin in the middle, but is such a long country from Ho Chi Minh City in the South to Hanoi in the north is over 1200, and that’s not the extremities of the …
Wednesday Review – Qantas Frequent Flyer Booking
I know I said no more Wednesday Reviews, but I have been planning my South American adventure and trying to book seats through Qantas Frequent Flyer and I feel I really need to share my experiences because I have nearly pulled out all my hair in the last week and a half trying to make …
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Scammed! In India!
Hi folks! I have been keeping away from Tuesday postings of late, bar last week. This week I thought that I would share some posts from last year that proved really popular. In fact, the Jaipur post has proven to be my second most popular post of all time, so it must be, you know, …
First Taste – Accra, Ghana, West Africa
Ahhh Accra. Like a pie in the face, it hits you with some serious humidity not dissimilar to Bangkok. I challenged myself to go to West Africa, and despite reservations (mostly revolving around diet) I ended up getting there for the first time in 2006. I’ve been back to the region twice since and back …
Seven on Sunday – Reasons to Visit China in 2016
Well, despite economic issues that are sending rumbles through the world in the first month of 2016, it is probably the best time ever to visit the amazing country of China. With well over a billion souls, history to rival and dwarf most others, natural beauty and more, China is simply a country with it …
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World Journeys Podcast Series 2 Ep 7 – Peru and Bolivia with Elli Dean
This week I interview Elli Dean and speak to her about her recent trip to South America. In the first part of a two part interview Elli talks about her experiences in Bolivia and Peru, as well as airlines and more! Plenty of great travel tales are in store! Next Saturday the conversation continues …
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