Over the years I’ve done a number of voluntary placements in different countries around the world. Some have been organised in advance, such as working…
There’s nothing worse than being ill on the road. No matter how old you are when sickness strikes the first thing you want to do…
When you move away from a place there is always going to be stuff you miss. Mostly it’s your friends and family, occasionally it’s your…
When I arrived at university at the age of 19 I was quickly given the nickname Sandra Dee by my new friends. Unfortunately it had…
One of the things I’ve noticed a lot on Twitter lately is people saying that they “don’t have enough time” or they’re “too busy”. Not…
So far in the If We Can Do it series I have featured travellers who are currently on their grown up gap year or have…
My attendance at a geisha tea ceremony wasn’t something I really planned. During my visit to Japan I serendipitously happened to be in Kyoto during…
I remember when I first got back from my 30b430 trip. I was so used to looking at things through the eyes of tourist that…
It had already been a stressful day. We were in the south of Laos, sitting in the boiling heat at the side of the road…
As I mentioned in a previous post one of the big differences I noticed about travelling on my 30b430 trip, compared to the ‘traditional’ gap…