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Life…but not as we know it!

I was mesmerised the first time I saw it.  This was something that ‘spoke’ to me.  The main protagonist felt the way I did and still do!  I watched it again and again!  And, this moment of revelation?  Just a spoof music video by the Swedish house DJ behemoth, Avicii (and Nicky Romero)!  The song, ‘I Could Be The One’ is brilliant and one of many successive hits…

How Can You Afford it?! (AKA – The Art of Funding Your Travel)

I have been getting myself a bit of a reputation, these past few years, among my friends, family and work colleagues.  The gadabout, the one flush with cash and the line everyone says (or variants of)…”you’re always going on holiday!”  Granted, I do take a fair few trips here and there, particularly in the last three years.  Last year alone, I visited 7 countries and this year I…

Hej Sverige! My Guide to Stockholm in Sweden…

Stockholm.  The Swedish capital and home to superb architecture, great food and beautiful people!  I explored the historical Gamla Stan, tried to be hip and happening in hip and happening Södermalm, wandered the rarefied streets of the Östermalm, strolled the Djurgården and sampled lots of great places to eat across this fantastic Scandinavian city. I took the free tour (as I always recommend), with a sweet, if a little hapless,…

Get Rich Quick!

Erin, an amazing Australian friend of mine (whom I met in a hostel in Dubrovnik a few years back), once told me a brilliant quotation that has stuck with me.  It goes, “travel is the only thing you buy that makes you richer”.  If you are here, reading my blog about travel, you will have probably heard it before.  If not; well, here you go.  Take it in, savour it, because…

USA…Tick! France…Tick! Azerbaijan…erm…

On a recent flight, I was surrounded by a party heading to Slovenia to…erm, party.  One of the group, exclaimed to the others a few minutes after we took off, “when we land, this will be my 50th country!  And, all before my 30th birthday too!”  The milestone birthday, it turns out, was being celebrated in Slovenia, so the girl in question made it to her target by a…