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Things I Don’t Miss About Home That I Thought I Would

Posted on 20. Feb, 2011 by Steph.

I’ve been travelling for about 5 months straight now… a pretty freaking long time fo most people in the world. Lately I’ve been thinking a lot about how well my expectation matched up with the reality of long-term travel. Some things have worked out exactly how I planned, and other’s not so much. One thing [...]

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Running the Backpacker Marathon

Posted on 31. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

Travel, particularly budget travel, is all about jet-setting from one glamorous destination to the next. When you have to watch your wallet getting from one point to the next can be a tedious and time consuming process. I’ll go out on a limb here and say that transportation is many people’s least favorite aspect of [...]

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Time for a Time Out!

Posted on 16. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

The past couple months have been kind of rough. From the rain in Australia to traffic tickets in Phuket, to yet MORE rain in Ko Phi Phi, I have been nurturing the suspicion that maybe I’ve picked up some kind of rare gypsy travelling curse. After all, the only common denominator in all my bad [...]

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How to Have the Worst Day Ever in Phuket (and How to Turn it Around)

Posted on 09. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

You would think that two travel bloggers traveling together would have everything down to a science, but on our first trip together, Mike and I seem to be working hard to prove that this is not the case. It seems that no matter how much experience you have, pitfalls, errors and just dumb luck always [...]

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Cheap Thrills in Bangkok

Posted on 06. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

Australia really did a number on my wallet. Even with the camping and budget adjustments, that place is not cheap. Thank goodness then for cheap flights to Bangkok, a place where my budget could do a 180. The first thing I noticed on arriving in Thailand was not the beautiful beaches (those will come later [...]

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The Story so Far: Reviewing the Past Three Months

Posted on 04. Jan, 2011 by Steph.

As usual, this post is running a couple of weeks late. My actual 3 month travel anniversary (travelversary?) was December 22nd, but in the rush of the holiday season and the urge to push out as many Australia posts as I could, I’m only now getting around to seriously thinking on this past quarter year. [...]

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New Discoveries on the Road to Melbourne

Posted on 30. Dec, 2010 by Steph.

When people talk about Oz you will often hear about the big cities, the Great Ocean Road, the Great Barrier Reef etc. Nobody ever mentions the area between Sydney and Melbourne as an interesting place to visit. It’s more of a road you need to travel to get from A to B. But, as it [...]

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All Wrapped up in Blue

Posted on 19. Dec, 2010 by Steph.

The Blue Mountains, just and hour or two outside of Sydney, are on everyones must-do in Australia list. For some reason, maybe because I’m too cynical, I assumed I would find them underwhelming- that they benefited mostly from their proximity to Sydney. Boy was I wrong: The Blue Moutains were stunning. They are one of [...]

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Little Britain, Australia

Posted on 14. Dec, 2010 by Steph.

It always amazes me how pioneers discover new lands then promptly name everything after the place they just came from. In the United States we have New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire etc etc, all named by homesick settlers to the new world. Since they were colonized by the same bunch of unimaginative blokes, it [...]

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