5 Tips For Living Like a Local in Lake Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is year-round destination that calls both California and Nevada home, and many people also have the luxury of calling Tahoe their home away from home. Whether you’re in town for a ski trip this winter or need some quality one-on-one time with the largest alpine lake in North America, you can easily fall […]
Waking Up in Vegas: Daylight Guide to the City of Sin
Think of Las Vegas and the first images to pop into your head are likely to be the iconic skyline, glittering like a lost oasis in the middle of the Mojave Desert. Neon lights, all night casinos pumped with fresh air, Elvis impersonators, and a hangover you’re unlikely to forget: all great reasons to plan a […]
FOTO FRIDAY: The Floating Islands of Lake Titicaca
I arrived in Puno, Peru the day after New Years Eve in Cusco to experience the highest lake in the world. Lake Titicaca beats all other lakes in altitude as well as name, say Lake Titicaca 10 times and try not to laugh. My first stop along the great Lake Titicaca was visiting the floating […]
Explore the Outdoors in the Margaret River
Although the Margaret River region is known for its internationally recognised wineries, adventure lovers are also catered for when visiting this spectacular part of the world. Whether you love to get the adrenaline pumping on an abseiling expedition, can’t get enough of top sporting competitions are inspired by wild animal encounters or are happiest when […]
Simple Tips to Help you Avoid Missing your Flight
Missing a flight can be very a painful and stressful experience. Especially when you have been planning and looking forward to your holiday for months and months. It’s surprising how thousands of people manage find themselves in this kind of situation over and over again. This could be easily avoided by following these simple rules […]
5 Things to Know Before a First Time Visit to Las Vegas
First-time visitors to Las Vegas shouldn’t just dive right into the lights of Sin City without understanding a few things first. Contrary to popular belief, there are rules and standards (though considerably lower) that people generally follow. Unless you want to stick out like a sore thumb on your first time in Las Vegas, show […]
7 Things You Can Still Do as a Disabled Backpacker
Flying around the globe on a round-the-world ticket, diving into foreign cultures and going on exciting adventures is a valuable life experience – and not one that’s limited to young graduates taking a gap year before leaping into the world of paid work. Disabled people can experience life as a traveller too. There are more […]
What to do on a Dead Sea holiday
The Dead Sea, the lowest-lying point on Earth and one of the world’s saltiest bodies of water, has been fascinating visitors for centuries. While it’s technically a lake rather than a sea, it spans more than 800 sq km and is noted for the health-giving properties of its waters – in fact, it was one […]
The VIP Section at Machu Picchu
Resting high above any good night club, looking down at the shleps who fight for a spot at the bar is the VIP section. A place where the rich and beautiful pop bottles and celebrate life. Back in the day, when Machu Picchu was the most exclusive nightclub in all of the Inca Empire, I […]
My Machu Picchu Experience
At 4:30am the alarm on my cellphone went off as I laid there staring at it. I hadn’t slept at all. I was just waiting with restless anticipation. The girls and I got dressed quick and met Juan Carlos in the lobby to set out into the darkness. It was day 4 of our trip […]