Caz and Craig have been traveling and living around the world since 1997.
I’ve been travelling too long. So long that I have become very lackadaisical in my approach to it. I’m used to travelling on a whim. I’m used to “Everything always works out in the end.” via Giancarlo I’ve gone from being organized weeks, even months, in advance (all those years ago) with checklists and bags packed to now throwing my bags together the night before, organizing travel insurance hours before,
The headline distressed me. “22 year old Australian man dies on flying fox in Laos” I didn’t have to read any more of the article to know what had happened. Copious amounts of alcohol in Vang Vieng and common sense lost. Yep. Confirmed, and I was also shocked to read that 22 people died on this famous river tube pub crawl last year. This should not happen. Travel should not
Last weekend, I completed a freelance travel writing course with the Sydney Writers Centre. It was a two day intensive course where I learned the tricks to freelance writing and was armed with many tools and strategies to help me start pitching to print publications to sell my travel stories. Why not? You can listen to the video below where I tell you why I really loved the course and
Have you ever wanted to reach out a foot and scrape it along the ground so you can stop the world and jump off it? Trapped in a vortex, you cannot see clearly enough what it is you are doing and why. Forget even trying to think about what you should do next, the vertigo grips and squeezes all rational thought or ambition out of you. I recently wrote a
It’s been hard. Really hard. We returned to Australia 18 months ago after two years in the States. Before this we had 18 months back in Oz and fled after not coping. We didn’t cope because 5 years previous to that we had been honeymooning around the world. You know how you feel after returning from a 2 week vacation? Imagine then how we felt. Reverse culture shock is something
Let’s face it. We are addicted to travel. I couldn’t ever possibly imagine my life without it and I could pick up my suitcase tomorrow, jump on a plane and head for a year long round the world trip without a second thought. In fact, we have big travel plans for this year we are currently finalizing. I am a big advocate of travel with children, as I have seen
The group of four beside me erupt into laughter as they dramatically retell stories of last night, slapping each other’s backs and thighs as they do. Beyond the fountain, that looked like dandelion spores sprouting water, the market sellers set up their stalls of flowered dresses, organic coffee, buckets of pink tiger lilies, white roses and retro eighties fashion under blue tarpaulins. The flower vendor hands two pretty ladies a
One thing I love about travel is talking to the local people. These are some of the warmest, friendliest exchanges you can possibly have and it helps to give you a deeper understanding of the cultures and local customs. This is important as it helps to build tolerance, compassion and acceptance. It also helps you to see that despite the obvious differences in skin color and language we are really very similar.
The warmth envelopes me like a fluffy blanket on a winters night. I breathe in deeply the humid, polluted air – strange that breathing this air brings me joy – but it instantly alerts me to the reality that I have stepped back onto Asian soil. I want to kiss the steaming tarmac, but hold back through fear of really strange looks from my fellow passengers and maybe even arrest
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