When my friend announced that she was going to be on the west coast of the USA, including Seattle, for a few days, I immediately messaged her. "I'll be in Vancouver, I could totally come visit you!!" I had it all visualised in my head: get the bus or train down, stay in a hostel… Continue reading Hopping Across The Border: A Day In Seattle
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Making Decisions On What Travel Is Right For You
I'm going through a dilemma right now. It sounds ridiculous, and for me it feels like the biggest first world problem I've ever had, but I'm getting stressed out and cannot for the life of me decide what to do - or where to go - next. I never had my heart set on living… Continue reading Making Decisions On What Travel Is Right For You
5 Mistakes I Made In Australia (& How You Can Avoid Them)
There are some posts for this blog that have been sitting in my drafts folder for over a year. It's not just because I've lacked the inspiration for writing them; it's because, for posts like this, I feel like an idiot traveller. An idiot abroad, if you will, which is actually what this blog was… Continue reading 5 Mistakes I Made In Australia (& How You Can Avoid Them)
A Day In Beautiful Seville, Spain
While I was on the Algarve, I kept hearing the same things over and over again: Seville is AMAZING. To be honest, I have never really "got" Spain from my previous trips to Barcelona and the border towns by Gibraltar, but everyone was telling me that Seville was beautiful and absolutely worth visiting. On my… Continue reading A Day In Beautiful Seville, Spain
Visiting The Algarve: Why You Shouldn’t Skip Faro
I have to admit, I had no idea what I was signing up for when I decided to volunteer in a hostel on the Algarve on Portugal's south coast. Anyone who knows me won't be surprised that I couldn't pass up an opportunity to work in a hostel called Le Penguin, but on further research,… Continue reading Visiting The Algarve: Why You Shouldn’t Skip Faro
My Top 5 Places In Thailand (And 5 Places For Next Time)
It's been a while since I wrote about Thailand, but it's one of the countries from our travels I'm always thinking about and wistfully yearning to return to. I realised recently that although I wrote a highlights post for South East Asia in general, I never wrote one specifically for Thailand, despite it being one… Continue reading My Top 5 Places In Thailand (And 5 Places For Next Time)
Things I Miss About Australia
Last week marked a year since we left Australia. *splutters tea everywhere* Sorry, WHAT?! Considering it feels like last week that we arrived in Australia, to think it's been a year since we left the country 14 months later... my brain is struggling to comprehend whether it's actually working. Needless to say, there's a lot that… Continue reading Things I Miss About Australia
Bad Pieces Of Advice Travellers Give Each Other
I'm part of a few backpacker and travel groups on Facebook - they're great tools for asking advice on destinations, and good for finding travelmates, secret spots, humour, money advice, visa options, places to stay, "help I'm in this situation", and everything else you can think of to do with travel. For the most part,… Continue reading Bad Pieces Of Advice Travellers Give Each Other
The What Ifs: Alternative Lives Of Me
Tomorrow marks ten years since I made the big move to the other end of the UK - and ten years later, here I am back home in Orkney. It's not like nothing has changed, though; a hell of a lot has happened in between, of course. I think it's safe to say that everyone looks… Continue reading The What Ifs: Alternative Lives Of Me
Why The Small Moments Of Travel Matter, Too
It was 6pm at our hostel in Brisbane and I had just got back from work to find a few people happily lounging around in our back yard hippie shed. "Man, I really wanted to go to AC/DC tonight," someone piped up. I turned around. "ME TOO! And how awesome would it be to see… Continue reading Why The Small Moments Of Travel Matter, Too
An Orcadian Abroad 