The advantages of taking a gap year or travelling are well known and documented, but if you really want to make the most of your gap year and reap even more benefits, then you should throw a little bit of…
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10 Reasons Independent Sustainable Travel Should Be The New Normal.
Responsible and sustainable tourism is starting to become increasingly accepted as the gold standard in travel as travellers are becoming increasingly independent and less likely to turn to the traditional tourism industry. Here are ten reasons why that momentum should…
5 Wildlife Activities You Need To Remove From Your Bucket List Right Now.
Many people who dream of traveling the world have a bucket list. That vague catalogue of things that they dream of accomplishing before they die. Many are benignly self improving like learning another language, others are once in a lifetime…
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Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
How Can I Afford To Travel The World?
I get asked this a lot. There is often an assumption that you need to be rich to travel the world, or that you need to be of a certain background to be able to throw some things in a…
Tagged with: backpacking budget, backpacking on a budget, budget travel, gap year budget, how can i afford to take a gap year, how can i afford to travel, how can I afford to travel the world, how can I save to travel the world, How to budget for an RTW trip, how to travel on a budget, I can't afford to take a gap year, travel money
Posted in Travel Talk
Posted in Travel Talk
Greenwashed Gap Years, How To Spot And Avoid Greenwashing On Your Travels.
With sustainable travel becoming increasingly popular, how do you know if the travel choices you make are truly responsible, or if they are just falling victim to a cynical marketing ploy by big business? Here is everything you need to…
Saving Donkeys In Aruba.
Tucked away in a desert island paradise in the middle of the Caribbean, the Aruba Donkey Sanctuary protects and cares for some of the islands most vulnerable and at risk inhabitants. As regular readers will know I am a huge…
Tagged with: Aruba, Aruba Donkey Sanctuary, Donkey Sanctuary Aruba, responsible tourism Aruba, things to do in Aruba, volunteering in Aruba
Posted in Responsible Travel
Posted in Responsible Travel
Three Days In Jerusalem.
Jerusalem is one of those cities that refuses to be defined, and there is so much to see and do in this ancient and enigmatic city that it is almost impossible to narrow it down, but this three day itinerary…
Tagged with: Church of the holy Sepulcher, City of David, Dead Sea Scrolls, Israel, Israel museum, itinerary for Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Mahane Yahuda market, things to do in Jerusalem, three day itinerary for Jerusalem, Travel to Israel, travel to Jerusalem, what can I do in Jerusalem, Yad Vashem
Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
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