Female travel series, Travel Tips

Solo Female Travel: Capturing a fleeting life with Christina Gmyr

We’re back! This series was sparked by a question from a female reader of mine and it’s suddenly taken off – I’m losing track of the interviews in the pipeline and I’m even receiving emails from bloggers requesting to be featured. I’m very happy about this – it makes my life a whole lot easier …

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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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Travel Tips

How To Make Friends While Travelling Solo

It’s one of the big fears of every solo traveller – how will I meet people? Don’t worry. I also have this fear every single time I travel. Will it ever go away? Probably not. But I never let it stop me from getting on the plane. After all, that’s part of the beauty of …

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Destinations, Indonesia, Travel Tips

How To Get An Extra 7 Months In Bali (And Save Money While Doing It)

While I was reading the newspaper today I came across this article, called Travel Deals of the week. Here’s what it says: “We bring you some of the best travel deals going – both in New Zealand and abroad. Bookmark this new page and check back each week for all the latest specials.” Of course, …

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Musings, Travel Tips

Why Travelling Alone Will Change You Forever

It’s simple. To me, travel is a personal experience. It’s a chance to learn about yourself; who you are and what you want from life. It allows you to see how different the world is and to put your life in perspective. When you remove yourself from your life back home, you’re able to take that time to reflect and see things in your life a little differently.

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Female travel series, Travel Tips

Solo Female Travel: Ashley Fleckenstein Shares Her Travel Wisdom

I’ve had a lot (well, around 4) questions from girls about the intricacies of travelling alone as a female. Naturally, I’m not very well placed to answer these so I went looking for someone who was. Hopefully a lot of your questions were answered last week in the first interview of my Solo Female Travel …

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Female travel series, Travel Tips

Solo Female Travel: Anna Zalazar Talks Life On The Road

So often I meet girls on the road who say things like, “Gosh I wish I was a guy so I could travel alone too” or “How do you travel by yourself? I guess it’s different for you, you’re a guy.” It upsets me, because I’ve met many female travellers who, with a little street …

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Destinations, Travel Tips

17 Tips For First Timers In Africa

Travelling to Africa for the first time can freak people out. All we seem to know about the place is that it’s a land full of war, disease, poverty and starving children. But that’s not really true. Africa is a beautiful continent, full of fast developing nations and incredibly rich in culture and diversity. If …

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