Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

Culture Shock: From Tokyo to Bangkok

When most travellers talk about culture shock they refer to it in the sense of the feeling they get when they leave home and travel to a new far flung destination. Or also in the sense of ‘reverse’ culture shock when they return home after a period of travelling and...
7 Reasons Why Downtime is Important When You’re Travelling

7 Reasons Why Downtime is Important When You’re Travelling

Travelling is not all first class flights, beautiful beaches and amazing adventures. Sometimes we all need a duvet day and some comfort food no matter where we are. Here are 7 reasons why downtime is important when you travel.   1. Travelling is exhausting The...
First Impressions of Buenos Aires

First Impressions of Buenos Aires

Unlike J (check out his blog ‘Second First Impressions of Buenos Aires’) this is my first time in Argentina, so I thought you might be interested in hearing my first impressions of both Buenos Aires and living abroad. Taking in the city! It really is...
How Many Pants To Pack?

How Many Pants To Pack?

The question on everyone’s lips when we told them we were going backpacking was “how many pairs of pants are you taking?”. So we thought you might be interested to find out how we went about deciding what to take and exactly what we ended up packing. Planning our...