Hostel Review – Orquideas Hostel, Cancún
Magical Cancún is a relaxed beach city on the eastern coast of Mexico. Separated into two very distinct areas, the Hotel Zone and downtown Cancún, you can easily live two different lives and experience the [...]
Dubai
I have had a flying visit through Dubai on my way back into Australia. Yesterday I took my jet-lagged self through Dubai's extravagant Mall of the Emirates and Dubai Mall and discovered for myself the [...]
The Magic of Cancún
At the moment I am sitting on a hammock at Hostel Orquideas in Cancún, having returned here to wait for my flight out of the country. The Australian in the hammock over from me lost [...]
Santa Barbara Thanksgiving
This week I was fortunate enough to spend a traditional American Thanksgiving (my first) with my amazing new friend Cara and her family. On the road I am constantly overwhelmed by the generosity of people [...]
Hostel Review – Lion Lodge, Lucerne Switzerland
The Lion Lodge in Lucerne, Switzerland is a decent hostel in a good location. Whilst looking for accommodation in Lucerne, I found that there were many hotels/hostels listed on Hostels.com, however they only offered private [...]
Road trip – Lake Tahoe
So this week I decided to hire a car and venture out on the great American road trip. I am on the open California road with a hire car, GPS, and some Reese's peanut butter [...]
Fun in the snow!!
I have been lucky enough to spend the past few days in Calgary and Banff, Canada with friends that I met in SE Asia back in May when I first started this crazy adventure. Today [...]
I love New York!
I am thrilled I was able to spend just over a month in this amazing, frenetic, friendly, random, beautiful city that epitomises everything a city is and should be. I introduced my Mum to the [...]