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Spending Christmas Overseas – it’s tough but it’s my choice

2012 is just around the corner, and it’s Christmas again, this year I’m sitting in Kuala Lumpur airport waiting for my flight to South Korea. Thanks to the lifestyle I’ve chosen to live I’ve only spent one Christmas at home [...]

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How to Visit Uluru & Should You Climb it?

Uluru (Ayer’s Rock) is one of the main draws of any backpacking stint in Australia. However, you have to earn your stripes with this one as it’s in the middle of bloody nowhere. Although everyone visiting Oz seemingly wants to [...]

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Tubing in Vang Vieng, Laos

South East Asia is a backpacking hub, no doubt about it. Booze flows, full-moon parties rave and sometimes, just sometimes, you get to float down the Mekong river in an inner tube, getting pulled into wooden shacks as you go [...]

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Backpacking in Sri Lanka – Colombo

Sri Lanka is a great way to escape the madness of India during your sub-continent backpacking trip, although it can still be pretty manic itself. It’s a slightly cleaner, less chaotic version of it’s Indian big brother but it still [...]

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Backpacking in Kanchanaburi

So I finally made it to Kanchanaburi, and what a place it is. It’s about 2 hours from Bangkok and has become quite a traveler hangout. Laid back atmosphere, plenty of stuff to see and do, dirt cheap accommodation and [...]

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Backpacking in Pai, Northern Thailand’s travelers retreat

I’ve just spent the last few days in Pai, Northern Thailand. A place I’ve never been to before despite living 100km away in Chiang Mai for over a year, criminal I know. Anyway, I had clearly been missing out – [...]

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10 Reasons Why You Should Never Travel

You’ve thought about it, hitting the road for an indefinite amount of time, ‘living the dream’, you want people to live vicariously through you for a change – but you’re scared, is it the right thing to do? It’s a [...]

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Fear of Commitment or Travel – the Chicken or the Egg?

Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This has been on my mind a lot recently, the cause and effect theory of commitment fears and (long term) travel. I’ve just taken a lease out on a condo on Bangkok [...]

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A Quick Guide to Backpacking in Paris

Paris oozes culture, sophistication and style which is why it is so often the highlight of a trip around Europe. With so many monuments, museums and old architecture to feast your eyes on, you’ll find it difficult to leave (until [...]

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A Quick Guide to the Australian States

One look at a map and you’ll see that Australia is massive  Flying from Sydney at one side to Perth at the other side takes a full 5 hours.  When I lived in Sydney last year I visited Cairns, Darwin, [...]

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