Travel
Shit Burger: The Great Food Safari – Weird and Strange food from around the world
Have you ever had a huhu? It’s a traditional Maori grub that supposedly tastes like buttery chicken. Or how about tasty lizards from the food stalls of the Philippines? Trying new and unique foods from all over the world is perhaps one of the most exciting experiences about travelling to new places. There’s nothing quite [...]
14May2012 | Wai Chim | 34 comments | Continued
Tips for Traveling with Pets
Tips for Traveling with Two- and Four-Legged Companions Between the daily 9-to-5, rushing two kids to and from football and ballet practices, homework, and an ever-growing pile of laundry, the weekly Monday-through-Friday chaos can become a little too much to take for my family and me. That’s why every once in awhile a little weekend [...]
18Dec2011 | Michelle Payne | 0 comments | Continued
The top 10 most stressful aspects of travelling and how best to deal with them
Whilst being immensely rewarding, travelling is also incredibly stressful. You can’t avoid all the stress, but learning to deal with it will get you half way there. 1. Saying goodbye to family and friends It’s hard when you leave home, particularly if it’s the first time or if you know you won’t be back for [...]
2Oct2011 | Robyn Vinter | 4 comments | Continued
Top Tips For Hostel Travel
One of the most important things I’ve learned on my extensive travels is to make sure that you like the hostel that you’re staying at. I say ‘hostel’ because I know I’m cheap, and you probably are, too. Plus, hostels are a great way to meet new, interesting and occasionally strange people. I’ve stayed at [...]
28Sep2011 | Alex | 0 comments | Continued
Where have I been to? Countries & Cities
For no particular reason other than this arising in conversation the other day in the pub, I thought that I would start a list of all the countries and places I have visited (apart from home), so that one day I can look back and say wow… and get told by my grand children that [...]
12Jan2009 | Alex | 22 comments | ContinuedThe end of 2008 – And another year of travelling
Well the end of 2007 was interesting but I knew that I was in for an excellent 2008. On one side it could be seen as terrible but to me it’s been one of the best years ever. I’m sat here typing with a broken scaphiod in my right hand with my arm in cast [...]
9Jan2009 | Alex | 0 comments | ContinuedOur Christmas Road trip from Amsterdam to Tychy
View Larger Map On Friday 19th December I took my EasyJet flight to Schiphol (AMS) airport in Amsterdam to meet Dorota. We would have a nights rest before we set off on our 2,746km roadtrip to Poland and back. We got to Tychy in Poland around 2100 after 1,157km and an 11 hour drive. The [...]
8Jan2009 | Alex and Dorota | 0 comments | Continued
Charity Challenge 2009?
Well it is coming up to the end of the year and I am thinking of what I can do for my next upcoming charity challenge. Unfortutely it can’t be too active, well by that I mean I can’t do any repetitive knee movements (well not for the next 6 months). I injured my knee [...]
3Dec2008 | Alex | 6 comments | Continued
Canon HF10 High Definition (HD) Camcorder Review
Well this is just a quick post which hopefully I will get round to edit a bit later I’ve just ordered a Canon HF10 HD camera to what is planned to be able to make some shorts of my travelling adventures. I’m not too sure how well they will go, but lets wait and see. [...]
2Dec2008 | Alex | 6 comments | ContinuedSuspended debit/credit card whilst travelling abroad?
Well firstly I can’t believe it has so very almost happened to me again. But this time good on Barclays to only suspend my card when I returned to the UK rather than when I would be in Brussels tomorrow! I received a phone call today from Barclays fraud department explaining that my card had [...]
16Oct2008 | Alex | 6 comments | Continued