Songkran vs Thingyan: 4 Days of Water Insanity!
By Guest Blogger Meagen Collins The 2013 Burma season has kicked off and is already in full swing! Tourists will be roaming the streets looking to try new undiscovered street food, viewing ancient temples and riding some of the most horrible bus routes ever encountered by man! The days will be hot and sweaty and with frequent blackouts; the heat is something that is difficult to escape unless you plan your Myanmar trip around the one event which is sure to keep you cool on those Hot Burmese days: The Thingyan Festival (April 13th to 16th)....
read more4 Unforgettable Water Adventures in Mexico
A 40 minute ferry ride from Playa Del Carmen will land you on Mexico’s biggest island – Cozumel. This island is one of the world’s premier destinations for scuba diving enthusiasts because of it’s large, brightly colored reefs.
Scuba diving and snorkeling here guarantees you’ll see all kinds of sea life, some of which can be found nowhere else in the world. Not a diver? No problem – you can snorkel, or take a snuba tour! It’s common to spot eels, turtles, nurse sharks, lobsters, crabs, and a huge variety of Caribbean fish.
Read on for more amazing underwater locations in Mexico.
read moreContained from Athens to Hong Kong
Bex Hall recently completed a rather unconventional journey, traveling from Athens to Hong Kong on a container ship. Between being the only female on the ship, completely cut off from the online world and passing through the pirate corridor of the Gulf of Aden, this was a pretty unique journey. I had to interview her to hear more about this incredible travel experience! You recently travelled on a container ship from Athens to Hong Kong. What inspired that idea? It’s not my first time! My dad is an ex-merchant navy man and I grew up with...
read moreSurrounded by Black Bears: Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge
Finding yourself surrounded by Black bears in the middle of the wilderness is probably a nightmare for most. Especially considering our car was parked 3 miles away and we were on foot! But instead of running scared, we crouched down in the grass, pulled out our camera’s, and began shooting. Once regarded as a vast wasteland in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is now 152,000 acres of unique landscape, home to a vast population of diverse and rare wildlife. Visitors to the Outer Banks used to...
read moreTammy Lowe. The adventure traveler I aspire to be.
She has trekked to Everest Base Camp, killed a guinea pig for food in Ecuador, and been spat on in the Amazon by a Shaman who was performing her exorcism. Tammy Lowe is the adventure traveler I aspire to be! I absolutely had to interview her! What do you love the most about travelling? That I get to visit countries completely different to my own. I am kind of addicted to culture shock…the more the better in fact! I am from Germany, so walking down an immaculately clean and orderly street in Munich, and visiting a remote village in the...
read moreOur Favorite Adventure
Time for another traveler interview! This week I would like to introduce you to Kathleen and Brock from Our Favorite Adventure! A truly inspiring couple, in 2012 they both quite their highly respectable 9-5 jobs and literally sold everything they own – bar 10 boxes which are in storage! They say they have learnt more in the past 15 months from full time travel than they have ever learned in the last 5 years combined, and encourage everyone to follow their dreams to achieve happiness, whatever they may be! After-all, shouldn’t...
read moreArrival in Barrientos: Antarctica
Before you visit Antarctica you have an idea of what it might be like. It might be cold there. The landscape is likely to be white. You might see penguins. There’s a high probability that you might see snow. It can get windy. You might even get sea sick.
Well forget all that, the only way to find out is to head there for yourself and see what the white continent is really like! So I did.
read moreThe Short Road to Happy
Ever wanted to try something completely different? Ever wanted to be inspired? Ever day-dream about embarking on the trip of a lifetime? Joel Key and Phoebe Mroczek are about to do all of the above. In the pursuit of happiness, and discovering what makes people around the world happy, this amazing couple recently quit their careers (Joel a Physio and Phoebe in Marketing), and are set to embark on an epic motorbike journey around the world across all six continents! I managed to catch Phoebe for a quick chat about her amazing adventure...
read moreAmazing Sets of …Stairs
Amazing Sets of …Stairs I have always thought that traveling is the best weight loss regime you could possibly undertake. While I have an irrational fear of the gym, and refuse to put my body through unnecessary exercise when at home, I have a love of the outdoors, a love for adventure, and when I travel I travel to destinations which naturally lend themselves to physical exercise. Forcing myself to run on a treadmill for an hour is the worst kind of torture I can possibly imagine, however I would happily hike for 7 days above the clouds to...
read moreKilimanjaro – The Best and The Rest!
This week has been an account of my time climbing Mt Kilimanjaro, and while the first two days were recorded in excruciating details for you, the last 5 days were unfortunately not – sadly I guess I was too exhausted as the climbs became more difficult to keep a diary.
So this is an overview of the best and the rest!
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