Okay, so I’m going off to South Americato no way at all to check out the Brazilian beauties on the beach (can you tell I’m lying?). But in order for that to succeed, I got to make sure my bank affairs are in order before leaving the country. Armed with the horrendous stories of...

So you’re back home! And you have nothing to show for in your pockets and you will have to miss your beloved international bank used so frequentiy and lovingly drew money out throughout your travels. This situation you find yourself in, you thought to yourself wouldn’t come to this when...

  Keeping in contact with friends and family back home whilst on your travels have become massively easier thanks to making phone calls from your computer.   Whereas it’s Skype, Facebook Video Chat or many others, you can even have video phone conversations for free on computer....

    There. I was dreading this. Not being Back Home mind, I really enjoyed seeing my family and friends again. Hooray, they claimed, and always interested to know what you’ve been up to. For 5 mins. Nothing struck more at home for me when I accompanied my mum to visit my aunties....

As much as we backpackers pain to say it, we need money to travel. How else will we get to the joys of Australia and New Zealand or perhaps even party our way through South East Asia? Things add up. Flights, transport, food, drinks, accommodation and even foreign exchange. So the best thing...

After 5 months of enjoying the cultural sensations of SE Asia and now the changing environments of Australia, what are the top 5 travel essentials that I really needed in my backpack and why? ; 1) Travel Money   ; Number one of travelling in Australia! You need your travel money!...

Ko Tao is an island in the Gulf of Thailand that you must ABSOLUTELY must go. Famed for its diving and scuba diving credentials along with sitting on the edge of a coral reef, this ‘turtle island’ will have to be factored into your thailand trip. But I’m sure you will be...

Seeing as I made a list of things I couldn’t live without travelling with, what items didn’t I need in Thailand? (as I thought whilst drinking coconut water)   1) Jumper – its never been outside of my bag at all and have remained in the dark and dank bottomless pit ever...

So, after 2 weeks of travel in Bangkok and Ko Tao, I began to think of the stuff I was carrying around with me. What could I have not survived without?   1) Headlamp – as predicted, this came in very useful for interrupting ‘private‘ moments on the beach. Actually, it...

Oh British Airways, how much you build up everyone’s expectations? With your snazzy new advert showing the history of the company in glossy detail, you really do raise these expectations. Expecting a friendly face at the booking desk, I was faced with a robot. Literally, a robot. I.e....