Destinations, Stories, Tanzania

Volunteering in Tanzania: A flashback of my time teaching in Moshi, Kilimanjaro

He looked up at me like I was an alien. He’d probably never seen a pasty, shabby haired oriental specimen like me. If I were in his shoes, I’d probably have turned and run, but he just smiled up at me with a fearless curiosity. It’s funny how kids are like that. His name was …

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Destinations, The Philippines

My Open Letter To The Philippines

So…around three months ago Anton from Our Awesome Planet asked me to write a guest post for him. Excited about being featured on one of the biggest blogs in the Philippines I said “Sure! About what?” He said, “If you were to write an open letter to Filipinos about the things they don’t appreciate and the things …

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Book reviews

Book review: Frequent Flyer Master by Chris Guillebeau

When you can travel for nearly free, you have a lot more freedom than when you’re stuck at home. Even if there’s just one place in the world that you’d like to visit, travel hacking with Frequent Flyer miles can get you there within a year.

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Female travel series, Travel Tips

Solo Female Travel: Finding your GRRR for travel with Christine Ka’aloa

It’s been a few weeks but I’m finally back with another entry in my Solo Female Travel series. The idea behind this series was to bring a female travel perspective to my blog, but with each interview I’m finding that I learn quite a few travel tips myself. So, for the guys, I definitely encourage …

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Musings

Why Every Person Needs To Travel The World

After talking to some of my friends back home I’ve realised how much my view of the world has changed since I left New Zealand 3 years ago. As I continue to experience different cultures the way I see the world continues to evolve, for better or worse, and each encounter seems to add different …

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