If the increased volume of cute animal pictures on our social media channels hasn’t been obvious enough, we’ve been housesitting during our travels and many of you have been asking us about it. It all sounds kind of perfect, right? Over a few posts, we’ll attempt to answer your questions about this new kind of […]
Open Travel Diary
How to Cut the Cost of Museum Audio Guides in Half
Incidental costs such as museum audio guides are often something not factored in to travel budgets, but go to several attractions and these unanticipated costs can quickly add up. Good news is, if you’re travelling as a pair and want to hire audio guides, you can easily cut this cost in half with this simple […]
The Grounded Nomad: Travel Yoga & Wellbeing
Today we’re joined by the fabulous Britt Skrabanek of brittskrabanek.com. Britt wears many hats as an indie author, blogger and Yogi, and she does it all with an admiring amount of sass. What I have always loved about Britt’s work and personality is that she keeps it real. Her brand new All The Way Yoga […]
Announcement: Where to next?
It’s exactly one week until we fly to Warsaw, Poland. And exactly one week until our plans for this two-year RTW trip end. It’s been two and a half months so far in a journey that has taken us to Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Laos, China, Mongolia and Russia. We’ve attended a decadent Indonesian wedding, climbed […]
Top #5 Travel Tips for Makassar, Indonesia
As part of our Open Travel Diary series during our two-year backpacking adventure, we’ll be sharing our top notes from the places we visit. The first destination on this round-the-world trip was Makassar, Indonesia. In amongst the wedding celebrations which were our main purpose for visiting, we were able to squeeze in some time getting […]
Travel Writers Tell: How to Take a Good Passport Photo
Apart from the cost and paperwork, probably the most dreaded part of the passport application process is the photo. You don’t often hear people say they are 100% happy with their passport photo. And let’s face it, the whole deer in the headlights, no smile neutral expression doesn’t do much for anyone. As a traveler, […]
10 Travel Tips for Accessing your Money Abroad
So you’ve saved up your pennies for your big adventure, and you can now make your dream trip a reality. Amongst the excitement of booking plane fares and hotels, it’s easy to forget that accessing your hard-earned cash abroad may not be as simple as it has been from your local travel agent or home […]
Travel Health Guide: 12 Steps to a Stress-free Trip
One of the most important areas of travel preparation is health, yet it is often one of the most neglected. In the busy lead-up to a trip, it can be easy to put doctor’s visits on hold or balk at the added cost with the surmise “It won’t happen to me.” I’m not going to […]
Open Travel Diary: Change of Plans
It’s been a travel-intense New Year – six cities in less than two weeks. There’s a lot to write about. Sometimes I feel like we could live in Japan forever and never run out of interesting things to share. Today though, I wanted to talk about travel planning – all that it’s worth and the […]