When I am travelling for long periods of time, I make sure that I give myself a ‘rest’ day or evening, a couple of times a week. You may wonder why? When I am off gallivanting around the world having the time of my life? Well, gallivanting can be exhausting …
Sidmouth Community Theatre is the New Pub Crawl
Finding something to do in the evenings while you are travelling can be a challenge. Especially if you are travelling on a budget – you don’t always want to eat out or head on an expensive pub crawl. Nor do you want to sit in your hostel and be bored …
Healthy Chicken Fajitas with Lettuce Cups
These healthy chicken fajitas in lettuce cups are an easy and cheap recipe to share with your fellow travel friends. Finding different and healthy ways to cook up a feast for a few travel friends without resorting to spaghetti bolognese can be a challenge at times (don’t get me wrong, …
Should I stay in a hostel?
Why should you stay in a hostel – I thought the reasons on why you should were self-explanatory but apparently, they aren’t. So let me give you some fantastic reasons to stay in a hostel. Now, I know some of you are saying – “Seriously why would you want to …
Tuna Pate Recipe – a memory indulgence!
This tuna pate recipe is a favourite for giving me flashbacks to crystal clear water, sunshine and terracotta-coloured roofs! We all know that our senses are strongly linked to our memory – we have all had that moment when walking through a shopping centre and a whiff of someone’s cologne …
Review: Dink’s Place, Hvar – a family run affair
Good hostels are few and far between… great hostels are what legends are made of! Everyone has stayed at one great hostel which the will rave about and recommend the world over – maybe it was the people they met there, the staff or the location, or all of the …
Croatia Island Hopping on a Budget
Croatia is the new “it” place you have to see. Thanks to Game of Thrones it is now on everyone’s Europe itinerary when they head off to Europe. With so many people flocking to these stunning islands, people start to wonder if you can travel Croatia on a budget? Also, …
25 Backpacker Tips for South East Asia
Heading for a trip to South East Asia and not sure what to expect? Trying to get your head around all the stories (good and bad) to work out what to do? You know to eat from the street stalls, and to always haggle but what about the little things, …
23 things to do in San Francisco on a budget
Need some help narrowing things to do in San Francisco on a budget – there is SO MUCH to do there! From walking the hunted halls of Alcatraz to strolling the colourful streets of Mission district. And you can find good food pretty much anywhere. What’s not to love?! I spent …
What I Learnt Hiking in Yosemite – Green Tortoise
A great way to stay fit when you are travelling is to find tours and activities that encompass exercise. One of the best adventure fitness activities I have ever was to hike Yosemite. Many backpackers miss this natural beauty due to cost restraints – but there is a cheap backpacking …