Well, it's been a tough 2020 for all. How have you been? Today I chat about working on my blog and finally getting monetized, thinking about self hosting and where we're at in Melbourne with this whole pandemic thing!
Category: travel
Travel With a Pen – Interview with Brilliant Nigerian Travel Blogger Amarachi!
This week I've interviewed a brilliant travel blogger from Nigeria, Amarachi, who runs the blog 'Travel With a Pen'. Her blog is vibrant and exciting, and has a mix of local (Nigerian) travel options as well as international travel as well. Right now Amarachi has JUST moved to Nairobi, where she was able to answer my questions.
Drew Binsky – One of the World’s Most Successful Travel Vloggers
Drew is a 29 year old American travel blogger, who set off a few years back now with his goal to visit every country in the world. He announced earlier this year he was around five or six countries short of reaching his goal, they included Venezuela and Jamaica amongst a few others, and he was set to reach his goal this year. Then the pandemic struck and he has been sidelined for most of the year. Recently he headed to Mexico, where he'd already been, but he's yet to take to his final few countries.
What am I Going to do with these points?
Should I be saving points and still activity trying to gather them? How has the pandemic impacted frequent flyer programs and when will be able to start spending them on flights again? Should I just bite the bullet and spend my points on whatever product offers the airlines have for me?
A Tour of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia – The Full Lowdown!
Destination Bolivia is full of interesting landscapes, colour, mountains, winding roads and more. One of the most popular places to visit, usually on a tour from the town of Uyuni, are the incredible Salt Plains – Salar de Uyuni. I’ve been to plenty of different places in my life, from the fire pit that is the Darvaza Crater in Turkmenistan, to the Sahara Desert in the middle of Niger, but I don’t think I’ve been to a place that gave you the feeling you were on another planet quite like the Salar de Uyuni.
Qantas Flies Me Home to Melbourne…
My last flight was last December on Qantas from Singapore to Melbourne. Qantas has a reputation of being reliable, but nothing special at the same time. See if my last flight confirmed this or not!
Karakol, Kyrgyzstan – the ‘Switzerland’ of Central Asia
Central Asia is a place that leads people to imagine endless steppe, deserts, horses, excessively grotesque buildings in the capital cities, but one thing people probably don't imagine is Europe-like forests on mountains. But that's exactly what you find in eastern Kyrgyzstan!
Touts, Hassle and Hustlers – Dealing with travel’s ‘Sticky Moments’
We all know that travel comes with some challenges sometimes, sometimes things just don’t run smoothly, you forget things, you miss a connection, you get sick at the wrong time. All of these are hassles, but two hassles that you KNOW you will encounter when you go to certain places – for example Morocco, India, Egypt, parts of SE Asia for example, are touts and hustlers. How do you spot one before it's too late, and how should you deal with the situation? I examine these two questions.
‘From LA to France!’ Travel Blogger Interview – Rebecca from ‘Rebecca Goes Rendevous’
Yes folks, another ace interview from a most excellent travel blogger.Rebecca hails from Los Angeles, spent a couple of years living in Normandy and has a great travel blog you must check out called 'Rebecca Goes Rendezvous'.
Scary Flights
Sometimes flights don't go all that smoothly, and today I have two videos from him about times flying was not as 'chilled as it might have been. Check out two flights Sam Chui encounters some serious issues!
Andy's World Journeys 