This is the question I’ve been asking myself the last week. When the email arrived in my inbox with the itinerary and the choice to skydive, I felt sick. I didn’t want to tell Craig as I knew he’d look at me with that grin, “You’re skydiving.” He skydived last year in New Zealand and [...]

This is a guest post by Dani and Jess from Globetrttergirls Our House-sitting journey all started back on a cold and dreary winter Sunday in London back in January of 2010. I was clicking through the travel section in the Guardian, dreaming of sunnier climates. Dani was huddled up under a blanket drinking green tea [...]

If you are travelling to Thailand with a baby you are going to get a lot of attention. If your baby has blond hair and blue eyes, and to the local Asian population, looks like an angel, you will be swamped. I say Asians, and not just Thai, as Japanese, Chinese and Koreans also took [...]

This guest post about holiday home exchange is written by Kathy from Yin Yang Mother If a change is as good as a holiday (or maybe we don’t subscribe to that theory on a travel blog!) then a year spent living overseas on ‘exchange’ is even better. Home exchange experience and lessons This time last year [...]

I’ve been asked often about cruise holidays and if we’d recommend them. I understand why many people turn their noses up at cruises. I thought I would hate them and being stuck on a cruise boat would be an imprisonment of my soul’s innate desire to explore. In a way it is. You aren’t going to get [...]

The life of a pro surfer: lessons and life experiences shared by Mitch Crews, Brett Simpson and Felicity Palmateer at the Australian Open of Surfing

When I started traveling in 97 I would take time out every week to lie on the beach or in a hammock and write postcards. Wads of them. I would squish an entire months of adventures in and hope my family and friends could connect to the fun I was having through my words and [...]

There’s a little drunk person in all of us that loves to swirl wine, admire the ruby red legs, sniff the unusual scents, and pretend that we know what we’re talking about. Yes, I’m talking about wine tasting… every adults secret pleasure. So grab a glass of wine and prepare to be inspired for your [...]

This is a sponsored post by Peregrine Adventures Most of our travel has been done independently. We enjoy the freedom and thrill that comes with forging your own path and having the flexibility to change it whenever you feel it fits. We do, however, feel that guided tours are sometimes a beneficial and rewarding way [...]

I heard the name Carnival Cruise Lines many times during my four years living in the States. But up until last week, I had never been on a cruise in my whole life. At first it was hard to get used to the rolling. It wasn’t really rocky, but it did make you feel, and [...]