You get a lot of time to think about things while you're travelling. One of those things I thought about was the generational divide in my home country - so I have written something that attempts to share my opinion.
Peru in pictures: my favourites
Peru is one of the most colourful countries I've visited and it was a joy to photograph. This post is a selection of my ten favourite photos.
Seven *actual* reasons to go travelling
Sure, travelling can help you find yourself and what not - I've written posts about that. This is not one of those posts. With this one I list seven actual things that will want to make any 'adult' want to throw in the towel and start travelling.
An ode to the Bangkok tuk-tuk driver
Tuk-tuks in Bangkok are one of a kind. The only way I could think of expressing my opinion on them was to write a little poem, even though I know zero about poetry.
How I’ve learned to (almost) stop being a judgmental fuckwit
I'm pretty quick to judge. It's just my nature and it's something I have had to learn to control while travelling. This is a quick one about exactly what I've learnt.
Making the decision to take a year-long career break and travel the world
This is my experience of taking a career break to travel, as a woman and someone stereotypically older than a gap year backpacker. I relive the doubts, the choices and the results.
Toast, noodles, rice: eating in Malaysia
I've looked forward to Asia because I love all Asian cuisines, but when it came to Malaysia I was a little disappointed. This is just a short rant about the lack of fruit and veg available. Not that interesting.
Travel-life admin: the worst chore in the world
Everyone hates life admin and it gets worse when you're travelling. This is just a little rant about how shit it is to do life admin when you're in a different country. I know, woe is me.
Why party places can be the best chill spaces
I'm going to share a secret with you: being in a party place is the best place to relax. It doesn't mean you have to spend loads of money or forgo sleep. It can mean quite the opposite.
11 things hostels get utterly wrong and should change immediately
Even good hostels get little things wrong. I've written a lot of posts recently about personal things I have learned while travelling, this is one for the hostel goers! With a little side note about Seminyak, Bali.
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