Hola from Mexico! It seems so crazy that Veeran and I left Korea way back in March and that our “homecoming tour” has only just come to an end. With Veeran’s family and friends living in South Africa and…
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When we were looking through the recipes booklet for our cooking class in Rome, Veeran asked me if I had ever had tortellini before. “Oh yeah, that’s what a lot of students and single people buy from the supermarket…
Whenever I think back on my time in Jiufen, one thing springs to mind… Did we miss something? We seem to be the only people on the whole of the world wide web who weren’t Spirited Away in this historical…
Solo female travel in India isn’t everyone’s cup of tea and, for many, it’s an unattainable dream. Although India’s a vast country with beautiful places to see, the media only shows us the worst parts: few people have seen…
Hello from South Africa! We crossed the equator into the Southern Hemisphere for the second half of our ongoing homecoming tour. After spending March in Scotland with my family, the most part of April was spent enjoying the warm…
It’s no secret that South Korea’s not exactly a tourist destination people are flocking to get to. For most people, dreams of coming to Asia consist of seeking out undiscovered beaches in Thailand or visiting bucketlist places like the Great…
With an overflowing folder of unpublished blog posts, I decided that it’s time to get back to basics. I love having this blog as an outlet to share what I’ve been up to but, truthfully, a lot of my…
If there was ever an award for the most underrated city in Asia, Osaka would be the clear winner. When we told other travellers we met that we had spent a couple of days in Osaka, most told us…
Japan is known for having a lot of pretty unique things- heated toilet seats, beer vending machines and robots are just a few things that shock most foreign tourists. So, it should hardly be surprising that there are lots…
Japan is one of my favourite destinations in the world but it’s a place that budget travellers don’t tend to frequent. Most people think that Japan is extremely expensive and I won’t lie- it’s certainly not cheap. However, Japan…