…igner that I’ve been talking too for awhile now is the lovely Heather from www.theresnoplacelikeoz.com. She’s all set to land in OZ on the 23rd of May and I can’t wait to read about her stay in my home country. She too took the plunge into travel like I did leaving her job behind. While I knew what to expect looking to get a visa for the UK I did […]
…ordinary people. It’s waiters, gas station attendants, and housekeepers becoming the most interesting people in the world. It’s churches that are compelling enough to enter. It’s McDonald’s being a luxury. It’s the realization that you may have been born in the wrong country. Travel is a smile that leads to a conversation in broken English. It’s the epiphany that pretty girls smile the same way all over the world. Travel […]
…ge of 46 euros a day which after you exclude the ferry ticket to Tallinn becomes a very cheap stop off. To compare the costs to today’s exchange rate, leaving Australia now (November 2014) it would cost you $132.14 AUD. It’s really not much considering I spent 2 nights and the best part of 3 days looking around Helsinki. A combination of couchsurfing and luck really made my short stay […]
…ts on my life from school time to now and it got me thinking. This isn’t a new epiphany however, I’ve gone on before about how my solo travel experience pushed my boundaries and grew me into a better happier person. It’s why I think it should be undertaken by all young people. Getting out there and experiencing the world is in my mind the BEST experience for tackling a […]
…s in bad. The place was clean, it had massive showers (locker room style), free computers to use the internet or free wifi for your own, a great big flat screen TV and not to forget a nice little kitchen with all the cooking utensils you’ll ever need. It was by far the best hostel I had stayed at to date for facilities vs cost vs everything and by the […]
…w how you go. What things are the hardest to part with? I’m a big IT nerd so all of my IT goods are by far the hardest to let go. http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/ / CC BY-SA 2.0…
