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Are you a budget backpacker?

I’ve been travelling for a while now and I have gotten pretty good at spotting the signs – tattered trousers, expert haggling skills and the ability to walk pretty much anywhere – a budget backpacker...

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Taking A Break To Save The World

Summer is approaching. Classes are ending, the final semester beckons. Have you given thought about what the heck your going to do with yourself during a three month break? No doubt some of you will...

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Why do I travel?

Yesterday a good friend of mine said something to me which got me thinking… ‘I get what you do and I respect it but why do you travel, what’s the actual reason that keeps you on the road with no desire...

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10 Reasons Everybody Should Travel

Everybody should travel. You, your friends, your family, your colleagues, your grandmother – it is never too late to hit the road on a life-changing adventure. Many people are scared that they are not...

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How Volunteering Abroad Changed My Life

I was 19. Fresh out of school, not really sure what to do with myself. I wanted to join the Marines, It was my life’s ambition. I figured I would take a year out, travel the world, have a gap year...

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How to Become a Blogger (and why I love my job!)

Every week, I get dozens of emails from friends, acquaintances, stalkers and newbie travel writers…. “Your job looks awesome, how the hell did you become a professional travel blogger?” It’s an easy...

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A New Adventure: UK to PNG

Papua New Guinea…. A land of head-hunting tribes, WWII battlefields, stunning islands, steaming jungles and mysterious peaks. This is one of the most remote countries in the world. I have wanted to go...

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Hitting The Road Alone…

The year is hurtling to an end, Christmas beckons with outstretched hands, and I shall be found, once again, in foreign lands as the first frost of Winter creeps across England. It has been one hell of...

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Love, Loss and Change on the Road

She came at me again, yelling and screaming and spitting like a wild animal. I grabbed at her wrists, intent on stopping her before she could lash out. All of this, over a packet of cigarettes? She...

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Top Adventurers to Follow in 2016

The year has hurtled to an end, bumping and grinding, spinning and whirling, spitting me out, dazed and excited, upon the flip-side of 2015. When I look back upon the year just gone, it has been a...

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7 Things Nobody Tells You About Backpacking

I bought my first plane ticket for a solo trip to Africa when I was 18. I had decided to climb Kilimanjaro, pretty much on a whim and with the vague hope of impressing girls, and was looking forward to...

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The Power of Positivity

I lurched up the stairs, the floor rushing to meet me with reckless abandon. It occurred to me that I may be a tad intoxicated. I span on one foot, dancing to a tune only I could hear, a madman...

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Is It Still Worth Volunteering Abroad?

Recorded voluntourism dates back to the christian missionaries and Saints who were driven by a spiritual calling to venture out into the (often very hostile) world to feed and wash the poor. But is it...

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Kick Ass Female Adventure Bloggers to Follow in 2016!

It’s a man’s world right? Well no, not quite… Marco Polo, Michael Palin and Will Hatton (!!) are all globetrotting vagabonds whose world straddling escapades have rightly passed into legend.  But what...

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Top Twelve Snapchat Stars On The Rise…

Snapchat stars are on the rise, ah how the times have changed… When I first installed Snapchat onto my phone two or so years ago, it’s uses were limited to exchanging naked pictures with girls I was...

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many countries have you been to? Aw man, to be honest, I’ve kind of lost count – I’ve been to 70 plus countries I think and have plans to visit many more. Saying that, I’m not into chasing passport...

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Travel Bibles in A Digital Age

Exploring the world is a fantastically fun, dizzying and intoxicating experience. When you hit the road you encounter mystery, wonder and awe at each turn. Much of the joy of travelling is the chance...

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Top Snapchat Tips from Snapchat Gurus

Snapchat is changing social media forever. Snapchat has matured from a simple sexting app into the world’s leading vertical video platform and there are now plenty of weird and wonderful people making...

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Hitting The Road Alone…

The year is hurtling to an end, Christmas beckons with outstretched hands, and I shall be found, once again, in foreign lands as the first frost of Winter creeps across England. It has been one hell of...

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The 10 Cheapest Places to go Backpacking…

Did you know it’s possible to travel on as little as $10 a day in some parts of the world? Well, if you get creative with your travel destinations, it most certainly is. Most people know that India and...

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