Two things that are underrated: coaches, and staycations. Staycations because when you live somewhere as small and as ordinarily rainy as the UK, going elsewhere in the same country never seems as exciting or adventurous as going abroad. And coaches, because normal buses are rubbish and coaches are just like buses, aren't they? Well, sort … Continue reading A Coach Trip to Cambridge
Travel apps are great. They turn a lot of the tricky parts of international travel into distant memories, things like attempting to translate menu items and finding your way around winding side alleys in big cities. But there are so. many. of. them. Pretty much every company or service you can think of, someone in … Continue reading Travel apps you shouldn't set off without
Voluntourism noun a form of tourism in which travellers participate in voluntary work, typically for a charity. "at the core of voluntourism is the desire to help others" Voluntourism is a bit of a dirty word. The act of partaking in voluntourism is founded in good feeling – I want to see the world, I … Continue reading How to do meaningful international volunteering on limited time
I'm not clickbait, YOU'RE clickbait. Seriously though, long-haul flights can really, really suck, and they only get worse if you're not prepared. It's not so bad when you're on the way to your next adventure, but the coming-home-comedown definitely isn't helped by jet lag, neck ache and a flat phone battery. Whether you're jetting off … Continue reading 6 Life-saving long-haul flight hacks
Let's talk UK & Eire some more. If there's one thing pub quizzes have made me realise, it's that I'm much more familiar with places on the other side of the world than I am with the country I actually live in. I can tell you ten ways to have fun in Da Nang, Vietnam, … Continue reading 7 Weird and Wonderful Places for a UK Getaway
Aside from my gigantic post about the many vegan dining options in Norwich, I haven't really written about the place I actually live. This is partly because when I first started this blog a couple of years ago, it was mostly just read by my friends and family - many of whom live in, or … Continue reading Summer Days on the Norfolk Broads