I still remember the first time I found out about Machu Picchu. It was 2007 and I had just started university. I was living on campus and making friends with my next-door neighbour, a science student like me named Hannah. I went into her room one day and saw a poster of the most amazing verdant green mountain surrounded by crumbling walls and dappled sunlight. It looked like something out…
Just up the road from a gorgeous little town in western Honduras is the incredible bird sanctuary Macaw Mountain. It was an absolute highlight of my time in Central America and it’s absolutely somewhere you should go on your next adventure. Want more details? Have a look at my latest article on the Huffington Post for all the info! You Have To See This Incredible Bird Sanctuary in Honduras
Or, I found the ruins of Rivendell and it’s in Mexico. About a day’s travel north-east of Mexico City is a place that feels like it fell off the pages of a fantasy novel. Like some fantastical movie set come to life. Like a vivid painting you assumed sprang from a painter’s imagination, only here it is in real life. This place is called Las Pozas, or the Surrealist Garden…
Now there’s a hoopy frood who really knows where her sarong is! The number one item that I think every backpacker should have with them at all times, male and female, is a sarong. It is the most multi-purpose tool you can have and a few quick knots can turn it into almost anything. Take a look at my article at Add to Life to read exactly why you should…
This is one of those stories I like to bring out over a beer or something with friends. It’s one of the scariest experiences I’ve had while travelling – and looking back at it now, it’s pretty funny. It was one of those times when everything lined up in just the wrong way. Let me set the scene for you. I was at the very start of my first real…
Fiji is a fascinating place. When people think Fiji, I think most people think of relaxing on a white-sand beach with a coconut cocktail in hand, and that’s certainly a big part of what Fiji has to offer, but there’s so much more to see when you set foot outside the resorts. Fiji’s rich village culture and incredible inland landscapes have so much to offer. They aren’t nearly as accessible…
I’ve spent the last couple of weeks chilling out at home, at my parent’s house in rural NSW. I’m finally home from Fiji (don’t worry though, there’s still plenty more stunning-tropical-paradise posts in the works, with accompanying beautiful pictures) and I wanted to take some time out and just be at home for a bit. (Well, aside from multiple trips to Adelaide, Melbourne, Canberra… Ok, so I’m not really any…
Scuba diving. It’s something that will either fill you with excitement or fear, anticipation or dread. Being far under the surface of the water with a tank of air strapped to your back, venturing into the world of corals, octopi, sharks, rays, anemones, puffer fish, angel fish, more fish that one person could possibly count. People are sometimes shocked when I tell them I’m only new at diving. “But you’re…
So I’ll be frank – never did I once imagine that I’d ever go to Mongolia. And never did I imagine it would be a beautiful, majestic country and one of the most memorable places I’ve been. Before I travelled there, my view of Mongolia was basically coloured by one, single experience. I knew a girl at uni through a friend, we had a few classes together and she…
Northern Fiji is much less touristy than the Western and Central Divisions. It’s harder to get to, less developed, more remote. It’s also home to lush tropical forests, untold numbers of waterfalls, stunning soft corals, cloud-shrouded mountains, and beautiful, relaxed beaches. According to the locals, the Northern Division is Fiji’s crowning glory. “You haven’t seen Fiji til you’ve been to the North,” they’ve told me. So when I got the…
