I'm sorry, England. I haven't spent much time in you as an adult. Sometime soon I will fix this. But I have my reasons (excuses?). Reasons I have barely visited England Firstly, I had long maintained that travel is only adventurous (in the spirit and social sense of adventure, rather than the …
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6 ways the internet has ruined the fun of travel
On my first overseas trip, aged 9, most people didn't even yet have a computer, let alone even imagine such a thing as the internet could ever exist. We were off to spend six months travelling around Europe in a campervan. My parents booked our initial accommodation in a budget London hotel by …
5 things I didn’t expect in Bangkok (and 3 I did)
Apparently, it's the year of surprises. Having travelled to a few Asian cities before, I had some fairly set expectations for Bangkok. Crazy busy chaos was basically what I thought awaited me - along with some delicious food and fun people. But just like Iceland did, Bangkok decided to serve …