Slovakia is leading the way when it comes to health and wellness travel with a huge focus on spa breaks, fitness and adventure and even medical tourism, so when I got the chance to supplement the physical sports and adventure activities Slovakia was offering me with a range of activities focused on mental and physical wellbeing I jumped at the chance! The only problem is no one told me I would be spending a significant portion of it naked!
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How To Decide What Travel Vaccines You Really Need.
Do you really need travel vaccinations on your gap year? Are you confused as to how the risk and recommendations are assessed? Not sure if a recommendation is right for you? Let me take you through the professional process of risk assessing your travel vaccination programme so you can decide for yourself and make a fully informed decision on whether travel vaccinations are right for you.
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
How To Deal With Anxiety And Fear Before Travelling.
Backpacking around the world can be an exciting and genuinely awesome experience, but for many it can also be extremely daunting, and for some – even though a gap year may be a dream – it can actually cause a lot of fear, worry and anxiety. Here are a few expert tips to dealing with that fear and following your gap year dreams anyway!
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
Dropping Out And Living The Yoga Life In Sri Lanka.
Ulpotha appears to be the ultimate yoga retreat, a health and wellness getaway in the middle of Sri Lanka. Is it all it is cracked up to be?
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
Real Mountain Biking And Cultural Awakenings In Tirol.
Adventure travel gets a visual boost as I mountain bike down the Kaiser mountain range in Tirol, Austria.
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Posted in Destinations
Posted in Destinations
Revitalising My Health And Wellbeing In Tirol, Austria.
I needed to revitalize my health and wellbeing after getting burnt out, and some time in the mountains of Tirol, Austria gave me just what I needed.
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Posted in Travel Health
Posted in Travel Health
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