I felt compelled to write this post after chatting with someone on Twitter who was really struggling to get back into work after returning from…
You know those never-ending journeys when you were kids? The ones that went on and on and were only punctuated by the eternal question: “Are…
It’s Friday and time for another edition of It Could Only Happen To Me – the weekly series where I feature those travel mishaps which…
I got thinking about this post after reading something a fellow traveller had written on Facebook about being laughed at by locals. Although this is…
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…
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…
Setting a budget for my trip It’s all very well getting super-organised about your saving but how should you go about setting a budget for…
As a journalist I’m used to being the one asking the questions and staying out of the limelight. So it came as a bit of…
There are few times over the last year when I’ve questioned what I’m doing. Travelling has always been the big love in my life so,…
There are countless reasons why 2012 was such a great year for me. Here’s 30 of them: You can find out more about my 30b430…