I’ve been a travel blogger professionally since 2010. I’m often asked what that’s like, how to become a travel blogger, how I started my own travel blog, how we got our travel blogs to where they are today and how we make money as travel bloggers. After all, we travel for a living. It’s the […]
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Brief Wanders in Sri Lanka: A Photo Essay
I recently spent a very brief amount of time in Sri Lanka, a country I have never visited before, and where I am helping to set up a conference with the Professional Travel Bloggers Association. In between zipping from location to location, peering at hotel rooms, inspecting conference venues and bravely trying at least nineteen […]
Common Paris Scams – How To Recognise and Avoid Scams in Paris
Paris is one of our favourite cities to visit, but it does have a bit of a reputation as having a number of common scams. In this post, we’re going to go through a number of common Paris scams so you can enjoy your time in the city, and not worry about falling prey to […]
10 Reasons to Visit Paris. In Photos.
Paris, is, quite frankly, a wonderful city. Stuffed with sights, cafes, and baguette wielding locals, it’s no surprise that it’s one of the most visited cities in the world. Today’s post is a photo essay from a weekend I spent in Paris recently. We had what could best be described as “variable” weather, but we […]
What to Do in Poznan in Summer
Cities change throughout the seasons; that’s nothing new. And although travel guides always debate the “best time to visit”, in the end they often admit that each season has its own benefits, its celebrations, its food, its fashions. We fell in love with Poznan during our first visit last November, but we weren’t prepared to […]
Montanita: Ecuador’s beach party town
“Where you from, friend?” An earnest looking chap called to me from his stall, one of countless lining the road between the beach and the town centre. It was filled with trinkets, but cunningly had an incredibly cute cat asleep in the midst of the trinkets. “England”, I replied, tickling the cats ears. “Vera’s from […]
Seven Summer Festivals in Poznan
In Europe, summer time is of course also festival time. There is – pardon my French – a crap load of festivals, and people will travel a long way to attend them. Some of these festivals have become a cult thing to go to, some have disappeared again despite having been popular, some are tiny […]
Beach photography tips
Beaches! I love them. So much so that the last post I did on this site was all about beaches. And that wasn’t even the first. Being as I am keen to share my knowledge with you folks on the subject of photography, via both tips and advice on this very blog, and through the […]
Tidbits of Galway City!
The Irish city of Galway has many enchanting properties, and although I hardly spent a full day there, it was enough to make me decide that I’ll definitely be back one day; hopefully sooner than later. While I might not be able to list everything there is that you can see and do in Galway […]
In Photos: 10 Gorgeous Beaches From Around The World
Looking for photos of gorgeous beaches from around the world? Look no further! In today’s post I share 10 of my favourite beach photos from our travels. Enjoy! Ok, we’ll start off with a country perhaps not as well known for its beaches as it should be – New Zealand. This is Tolaga Bay […]