Tags archives: personal-experiences

Travel-Songs: My personal Top 10

Travel-Songs: My personal Top 10

07/13/2010
Inspiration, Travel Prep
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What is a legendary road trip without the right music? Flicking through my I-Pod, there are heaps of songs that remind me of great moments and great places. Below, find my top 10 of favourite travel songs: 1. Moby - Porcelain ...Driving alone with my 4WD at the endless Cable Beach in Broome, Australia (God, I miss that car!!!) 2. KT Tunstall[...]
When the drugs don't work

When the drugs don't work

07/08/2010
Personal Stories, Thailand, Travel Tips
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Picture this: You’re backpacking alone in a tropical exotic country, far far away from home with all its comforts, amidst language barriers that are amusingly out in full force, travelling with companions randomly met on your journey… then you wake up at 2am throwing up last nights stir-fried chicken and vegetables with a fever and feeling like you’ve [...]
Wheeling around Chiang Mai, Thailand

Wheeling around Chiang Mai, Thailand

05/21/2010
Chiang Mai, Cities
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Exploring a new place epitomizes all the excitement of traveling: discovering tiny corners and allies which reveal hidden treasures of cafes/stalls/wall art, places you would never have discovered until you got away from tours and strike out alone. However, it can also be tres boring if your trapped in the midday sun, traipsing around with a map that you dis[...]
Volunteering in India: feedback letter by Sigrid from Norway

Volunteering in India: feedback letter by Sigrid from Norway

03/30/2010
Inspiration, Personal Stories
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Last week we published an article on volunteering abroad, filling you in on your options on how to take part in a volunteer program without spending horrendous amounts of money. In reply to the article reached us an email by a girl from Norway called Sigrid Bjorbekkmo who told us about her experience with a program offering volunteering in India for money. [...]
‘Dear Diary… today I saw the world’

‘Dear Diary… today I saw the world’

03/10/2010
Inspiration
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Yeah, I’ve been pretty lax with keeping up with sharing my travelling tales so for that, please accept my sincerest apologies. However, since my last post I have had the most amazing time in Thailand, which truly is ‘the land of smiles’. I’ve passed through Malaysia, dipped into Singapore before jetting down to New Zealand to meander my way up to Aus[...]
Travelettes – the survey: The catastrophe day

Travelettes – the survey: The catastrophe day

03/01/2010
Inspiration, Personal Stories
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A while ago, the travelettes asked you to answer some of our most burning questions in a survey. We wondered about your best and worst travel experiences, about failures and mishaps as well as the time when you laughed and loved on the road. Many of you told us about wonderful travel experiences, but some also missed your flights, were robbed and one poor gi[...]

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