Category: travel tips
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Plastic Free Travel Tips: 5 Easy Swaps You Should Have Already Made
The Attenborough effect is something of a phenomenon at the moment. After Blue Planet 2, where Sir David Attenborough showed us so explicitly just how much harm plastic does to our environment, people seem to be picking up that it really is time to break away from ease and normality, instead opting for more sustainable…
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Solo Female Travel in India: It’s not as scary as you think
When I told people I was going to India by myself, I was met with one of two reactions: either, they were completely in awe of me, saying something like ‘I could never do that’, or they feared for my safety, telling me horror stories they had heard of drugs, violence and theft. The concept…
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The perfect gifts for someone who loves to travel
In a couple of weeks I’ll be turning 25! This is the first year in a long time that I don’t have anything planned for my birthday at all; I imagine I’ll organise something last-minute, as has become the norm for all of my plans lately. Last year, James and I went to New Plymouth in New…
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That time we fell for a scam in India
So here’s something I’ve never told you: most of our trip to India was a scam. James and I spent a month in India in early 2015; a wonderful month in which we saw beautiful places, met local people, overcame an inevitable bout of culture shock, and realised we could probably live on a diet of pancakes…
Spin the Windrose 