2 Months to Departure I hate wasting money on flights! I’d rather skimp a bit on flying and use the saved dollars on actually holidaying. However, despite being a penny-pincher, since I have been living in Oz, when I searched online for the lowest priced flights back to the UK, without fail I would always skip over the 2 cheapest airlines. The Chinese ones! Their terrible reputation preceded them: No … Continue reading
Papua New Guinea is not your typical holiday destination, but being a country I had never visited, I was very excited that my job, even if just for a few days, took me to its capital, Port Moresby. Carjacking, assault, bag snatching, robberies… Port Moresby has the dubious honour of being the most at-risk location for Australian business travellers. When I told my parents I was going to Papua New … Continue reading
Itchy feet: the curse of the wanderer and only one known cure, getting back on the road. Last year I had a very quiet year on the travel front, so by December, I was feeling very restless. Two days before Christmas my wanderlust got the better of me and taking all leave of my senses, I booked a flight. It was only a short trip; first surprising my folks in the UK for Christmas; … Continue reading
I had a very long 2-day journey back to Sydney – Dubrovnik to Zadar to Frankfurt to Seoul and finally to Sydney – home sweet home. Not a trip I’d recommend. :oS At Frankfurt, I had to retrieve all my luggage since my next leg was with a different airline. With 9 hours to kill I decided to dump my bags in storage and catch the train into the city. … Continue reading
I have a HUGE list of things I would like to do at various parts of the globe; this week another one ticked off. :o) Since hearing about the TGV in French class at school, I have always wanted to travel on a European super-fast train. I therefore decided to go by train from Frankfurt all the way to Montpellier in the South of France. I first caught the train … Continue reading
