Destinations, New Zealand, Stories

I Found New Zealand In Ahipara

I still remember my first surf class. I wriggled into a wetsuit, lathered my face up with super thick sunscreen and walked down to the beach feeling like Aquaman in my spongy suit with a rocket ship tied to my leg. They say Kiwis love to surf, but at 28 I’d never touched a surfboard …

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Self improvement

Four Things I’m Doing Each Day To Become More Awesome

“We get a little better or a we get a little worse every day. Let’s get a little better today.” – Jason Street I push self-improvement a lot on this site, and travel is often a vehicle to reach those goals, rather than the goal itself. Last year I wrote about the joy of learning …

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Travel Tips

The Life Of A Backpacker In Gifs

They say a picture paints a thousand words but a gif can paint a million. Here’s 43 of them showing the best (and worst) of backpacker life.

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Site updates

My New Book Is Out!

So I’ve got some cool news. Can you guess what it is? Well yeah, duh. Of course you can, it’s in the title. Up there. ^^^ But instead of doing one of those press release style announcement posts, I thought I’d release this by giving you a little look behind the scenes. Because obviously my …

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