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  • Well Intentioned Travel Advice You Should Totally Ignore!

    There is so much travel advice out there it can be hard to be sure which is good and which is bad, and with every piece of good advice that comes your way there are often half a dozen pieces of bad advice too. These are ten of the most common pieces of bad travel…

    November 23, 2015

  • Why I Walked Across Mount Bromo’s Sea Of Sand.

    As an animal lover and a strong campaigner for responsible animal tourism I couldn’t bring myself to ride the horses on offer to experience the famed trek across the seas of sand at Mount Bromo in Indonesia, and ended up walking in protest at their treatment.

    November 20, 2015

  • How To Travel Safely With The Threat Of Terrorism.

    Terrorism is a worldwide threat every traveller on a gap year should be concerned about. Whilst you should not be overly paranoid to the point it stops you from travelling, it is important that you have some real, expert advice on what to do to minimise your risk.

    November 17, 2015

  • Surviving The Cannonball Run For The Sunrise Tour On Mount Bromo

    This death defying cannonball run took place on Mount Bromo in preparation for the ever popular sunrise tour, one of the absolute must do bucket list items for any trip to Indonesia.

    November 16, 2015

  • If You Stop Travelling, The Terrorists Win.

    Terror attacks by definition are meant to instill fear and change your way of life. That is why I will never allow terrorism to stop me from travelling the world and why I will never allow the terrorists to win.

    November 15, 2015

  • Palm Oil Is Burning Borneo.

    Borneo is burning. Orang utans are being made extinct and their once beautiful natural habitat is being destroyed by greed and the relentless expansion of the palm oil industry. Here is what travellers can do about it.

    November 11, 2015

  • 10 Easy Ways To Save Money For Travel.

    Travelling the world is expensive, there’s no real way around that. Sure there are ways to travel cheaply and tips and tricks to make world travel cheaper, but either way you will need to have a good chunk of cash in a savings account to fund your round the world adventure. Here are some essential…

    November 9, 2015

  • Is Indonesia The New Ultimate Backpacker Destination?

    Has Indonesia stolen the backpacker crown from Thailand? As backpackers and gap year travellers abandon the increasingly package tourism focused Thailand for more independent travel friendly and off the beaten track countries, is Indonesia now the ultimate backpacker destination?

    November 2, 2015

  • Travelling Through A Burning Hell In South East Asia, And No One Cares.

    Travellers throughout certain parts of south east Asia have in recent weeks faced disrupted or cancelled flights, rerouted travel plans, smoke filled landscapes and other minor inconveniences that are minor symptoms of an ecological catastrophe known as the Haze. A catastrophe that is going largely ignored on a local and global scale. 

    October 31, 2015

  • Volcano Trekking In The Indonesian Ring Of Fire.

    Trekking up an active volcano and staring down into a smouldering crater is the ultimate in adventure travel, and with some of the worlds most impressive volcanoes, the ring of fire in Java Indonesia is one of the best places in the world to tick off this impressive bucket list experience!

    October 26, 2015
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