Cooking essentials for long term travel
It won't come as a surprise to hear that a good third of your travel budget (at least half if you like fine dining) will be consumed by food. Heck,…
Travel Linen?
Might seem like an odd post but you'd be surprised what I've discovered over the years about linen and travelling. If you are the type of traveller who is 5…
Cash or Card
You've got two days before you leave the country when someone innocently asks you, "how do you plan to pay for stuff when you're overseas?" You flippantly reply, "with my…
Time to ditch the SLR
Photography and travel are synonymous. Photographs are those almost free souvenirs that help us to remember where and what we were doing. They're our go-to memory joggers and for many…
Organised Tours vs DIY Travel
So you've decided to take that long awaited trip and now need to decide.. Are you going to go on some sort of organised tour or are you going to…
Travel Agent vs DIY Travel Booking
Are travel agents useful or have they gone the way of the Dodo? If I had've written this post ten years ago about whether travel agents would still exist in…
Suitcase vs Backpack- Which side are you on?
You've decided that its time to travel and you need to get yourself something to put your clothing in... Should you buy a backpack or a suitcase? Its a tough…
Packing Organisation
To organise or to just throw it all in your bag? That is a debate that I've had with many of my fellow travellers on many occasions. My co-contributor Si…
Packing essentials you might not have thought of!
Over the years, I think I've had just about everyone I know ask me at some point what do I pack when I travel. Packing for travel is a pretty…
Long Term Travel
Long Term travel isn't something to take on easily but really opens up your eyes to how you can live with a free-er spirit! When I first decided to take…