Weekend Wanderings

Weekend Wanderings: Islands we love

August 12, 2011 By Amanda Kendle 2 Comments

This weekend, Not A Ballerina's Weekend Wanderings link-up is on again. Since I've been using a few spare minutes this week to plan our upcoming trip to Tasmania, Australia's only island-state, I thought that the theme for this weekend should be islands. Any post that you can vaguely relate to being …

Weekend Wanderings: The happy place edition

July 29, 2011 By Amanda Kendle 2 Comments

Time for another round of Weekend Wanderings, and this link-up will be all about being happy! Not for any particular reason other than spreading a bit of happiness around can never be a bad thing. Tigger and I in Tokyo Disneyland (aren't Disneylands the happiest places on …

Weekend Wanderings: The weather link-up!

July 8, 2011 By Amanda Kendle 8 Comments

This week on the blog I've been blathering on about the weather (mostly about how cold it is) and I thought - well, why stop there? So the theme for our second ever Not A Ballerina - Weekend Wanderings link-up is exactly that: weather. I'm looking to read about your experiences, travel or …

Unusual Accommodation – Episode 394 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

Where do you sleep when a trip takes you away from a standard hotel room? This episode features some of the more unusual kinds of places we can stay on our travels - some brilliant, but some pretty …

Taiwan: Chats with Locals – Episode 393 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

Taiwan is starting to gain more attention as a fascinating place to visit: it's a great blend of delicious food, interesting history and culture, beautiful landscapes and above all, welcoming people! …

What You’d Tell Your Younger Travelling Self – Episode 392 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

If you could go back in time and tap on the shoulder of your younger self as you backpack around the world, what would you say? I've been pondering this question and asked several other experienced …

Enviable Travel Jobs – Episode 391 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

It's easy to be a little envious of anyone who gets to travel to interesting places as part of their work, but when the work itself is also truly fascinating, then I think it's fair that we can all be …

How To Be A Good Volunteer Abroad – Episode 390 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The world of volunteer tourism is a tricky one. Getting the balance right between enabling people to volunteer in another country, and meeting the needs of the places they volunteer at, isn't easy, …

How Travel Transforms Our Thinking – Episode 389 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

The more I travel (and the older I get!), the more I realise how little I know, and how wrong I've been about so many things! In this episode, I chat with three guests about various ways their travel …

Iceland: Chats with Locals – Episode 388 of The Thoughtful Travel Podcast

Iceland is a place many travellers dream of visiting; if, like me, you've been lucky enough to see Iceland, you probably desperately want to return. In this Chats with Locals episode, I talk with …

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