This summer I’ve been lucky to get out and about with my new travel buddy, Mabel the Motorhome. Mabel and I have been exploring England since June, and I have certainly learned a thing or two I didn’t expect after living in a campervan full time. If you are thinking of buying a campervan I […]
When I travel, I almost always stay in hostels. This is partly to save money, and partly to save my sanity. I usually travel alone, so if I stayed in a hotel I would just stay in my room and keep myself to myself – I can go for days without talking to anyone. While […]
Why visit India? India is a place that has fascinated me for years, but I haven’t had the chance to go yet. It does seem to split opinion, and people who have been to India either love it or hate it. However you feel, there is no denying that a trip to India is something […]
Maybe it’s me. Maybe I have spectacularly bad taste in men. Or maybe it’s because I travel. Apparently, finding love as a solo female traveller is pretty damn hard. All my friends back home are married with kids, or at least settled down with a cat or two, and I’ve been single for the past […]
England feels very different to Mexico. Different to anywhere in Latin America in fact! Everything in England is calmer and quieter, but less colourful, and less fun. A grey afternoon in November wasn’t the best welcome back to my native country, that’s for sure! Many people find that reverse culture shock is worse than the […]
I’ve been travelling in Latin America for about two years now; ten months in South America, and 13 months in Cuba, Mexico and Central America. I am still no expert, but I have definitely learned a few things along the way! I wrote a similar post about what I had learned after one month of […]
In my years of travelling, and working in hotels, and having so many frustrating moments of ‘oh crap why did I do that??’ I have learned a few tricks along the way that help make your stressful journey just a little more enjoyable. Some may be obvious, some maybe not, but these have become my […]