You Snooze, You Lose: 5 Tips to Conquer the Infamous Jet Lag
I’m a big believer in the power of the mind. It’s amazing what we can make ourselves believe if we put our minds to it, both what we are capable of and what we can talk ourselves out of. That isn’t to say that the mind alone can necessarily ‘cure’ us of our fears, phobias, [...]
Let me take you to…Bundaberg, Australia
You might just be passing through Bundaberg, in Queensland, Australia, but you should really consider stopping for a while. Photo from http://cloud.pleasetakemeto.com. It’s a funny kind of place, Bundaberg; occasionally pretty, depending on what mood you’re in or how exhausted you are, sometimes full of surprises if you can keep your eyes open for long enough [...]
A Day in the Life of Kate: Adventures of a Housewife in Morocco
Meet Kate. Kate is English and currently living in rural Morocco with her husband, Ben. After accepting a challenging job role in North Africa only weeks after they’d first met, Ben invited Kate to join him on the adventure. It took her all of 24 hours to think about it, hand her notice in at [...]
Do airline websites always offer the best price for long haul flights?
While recently trying to book flights to Australia via an airline’s official website (thinking, as most people probably do, that this would be the most efficient and cost-effective means of doing it), I encountered a problem at the final stages of the payment process and was forced to ring their call centre instead. This is [...]
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Love or Loathe- Sunbathing: do you bask to become bronzed or bathe in the beauty of your natural skin tone?
For many of us, spring has sprung and our thoughts are already beginning to turn to summer and the al fresco activities we love to indulge in. Some of your thoughts, I’m sure, are turning to the day when you can finally shake the mothballs from your swimwear and start treating your poor, sun-starved flesh, [...]
Let me take you to…The Lake District
I first visited The Lake District in England, a little over a month ago, and was excited to be going there as I’d heard many wonderful things about its natural beauty. At the same time, though, I almost felt ashamed that as a person who loves her home country I hadn’t been to such a [...]
To tip or not to tip, that is the question
“To tip or not to tip?” is a question that William Shakespeare was almost certainly never troubled with, but one that might, nonetheless, give us a spot of bother as we travel around the world. I remember reading in a travel guide to the US that you shouldn’t feel pressured into giving tips, even to [...]
Love or Loathe: Space Tourism, the ultimate in luxury travel or a dangerous game for the rich?
Celebrity super-couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, are among those celebrities keen to blast off into space simply for the fun of it, having already booked their flight on one of Virgin Atlantic’s first space missions, along with the likes of Ashton Kutcher, Stephen Hawking and Paris Hilton. The private space agency, created and owned [...]
Grid girls and race queens: Are they wheelie necessary?
‘Paddock girls’, ‘grid girls’, ‘umbrella girls’ and ‘race queens’; all terms used to describe the variety of scantily clad females that can be found strutting their stuff on race tracks the world over. In Moto GP, the young, glamorous women are employed to undertake the thoroughly commendable job of holding an umbrella over the heads [...]
Love or Loathe: Binning your beauty regime when travelling
Swapping your perfume for mosquito spray and your lipstick for sun-protecting balm can be a liberating prospect for some female travellers, while for others the thought of facing the world ‘au naturel’ can be a daunting one. When I’m travelling, I like the idea of being too busy exploring the sights and sounds of a [...]
Kate is an English woman currently living in rural Morocco with her husband, Ben, and their mischievous mongrel, Douglas. They moved out there three years ago after Ben was offered employment as the manager of a large fruit farm, and although life can often be challenging for them both with cultural differences and language barriers, they see this as more of a reason to stay, than a reason to admit defeat and leave.
Kate tries to find humour wherever possible in life, and finds herself blessed (or as her husband would say, ‘cursed’) with an irrepressible desire to see the beauty and the positivity in what others may see to be ugly and negative. Most of all though, she has a zest for travel and exploration and finds it incredibly satisfying to share her stories of adventure with others, even if it does nothing more than transport the reader to a distant land for a few minutes.