Well today’s post to start the week is going to be a bit of an introspective look on the world, blogging, dreaming of travel and anything else that comes to mind! Wherever you are in the world I hope you’re doing your best to struggle through 2020, it’s not exactly racing through fast, and it’s …
Continue reading Theme Change, Corona Latest, and Dreaming of the Ultimate Itinerary!
Hi all. Well, as I write this it is Australia Day here (January 26th), a controversial day these days. It's our 'national' day, and the date was chosen as it's the day that white man arrived on the east coast of Australia. That's where the controversy lies really, it marks the day everything changed for …
Continue reading For Australia Day – Some posts about Australia
Okay, so I am writing this post a week early, but all things being equal, this should be appearing the day I fly out on my latest seven-week adventure. So, I wanted to do a quick post about what to expect from the ol’ blog-aroony over the next seven weeks. In the past, I have …
Bringing things back to Melbourne for today’s post! I want to start by saying that I am not a major fan of museums per se. I have visited an awful lot of them I admit, and the quirky and different museums tend to be far more enjoyable to me than the stock standard ones. You …
Howdy folks, it’s been a while since I wrote a reflective piece, so I thought I’d actually reflect a little on the process of travel blogging and my experiences over the years with it. The experience has certainly changed a lot. For those who don’t know my history, I began travel blogging back in 2006 …
‘Write a travel blog’ they said! ‘Share your experiences with loads of people’ they said. Actually, I started travel blogging back in 2005, right at the very end of the year before I left in early 2006 on my trip. Actually, nobody told me to, I just thought it would be a way to keep …
I thought I would do a regular, short Friday spot where I would present one photo and let people comment. 2007, I went trekking at the Dogon Escarpment in Mali. Stunning place, where the Earth shifted at some point dramatically and there is a giant cliff in the middle of nowhere. Villages on top and …
Yes, I am going to cheat here and instead of specifying a country, I am going to lump ‘Central Asia’ together in my top ten. Technically I already cheated when I included the UK, right? But for me, Central Asia was the ultimate in ‘different’. I visited Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan over six weeks back …
Continue reading Top Ten Country Countdown, Number 5- Central Asia
Well I wouldn’t still be living here if I didn’t like the place, would I? My visit to Japan was in 2011, in April not so long after the March 11th tsunami and earthquake which had caused so much devastation. However, this first time I didn’t head north of Tokyo. I flew into Kansai Airport …
Continue reading Top Ten Countries Countdown. Number 6 – Japan [Part One]
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget
exposing the inner-world of my brain
My second blog page
Put pictures on your travel dreams
The beautiful picture of angels makes you happy.
inspiring journeys and friendly advice
Andy's World Journeys 