Finding the Universe

Travel tales, photography and a dash of humor

  • Blog
  • Destinations
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Asia
    • Australia
    • Africa and Middle East
    • New Zealand
    • South America
  • Photography
    • PHOTO COURSE
    • Buy Photos
    • Photography Gear Guides
    • Photography Tips
    • Location Guides
  • Travel Tips
    • Travel Resources
    • Travel Tips
    • Travel Gear Reviews
    • Packing Lists
  • About Us
    • Hire Us
  • Contact
Home » Personal

Feeling less remote

Published: 9th August 2013 by Laurence Norah - Leave a Comment

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

This is a post I put together during my time in Thailand, whilst wondering as to how the changes in the last ten years have changed how I perceive travel and distance. It’s a bit more on the thoughtful side than normal – I’d love to hear your feedback! I’m lying in a hammock as […]

Travel – it’s all about the people

Published: 6th November 2012 by Laurence Norah - Leave a Comment

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

Travel provides an amazing opportunity to meet up with people and to peep through the keyhole of their lives, even for a fleeting instant of time. It’s one of the things I love about it – being a sort of life voyeur. Vera and I recently undertook a bit of a road trip across Europe, […]

14 Things you might not know about me

Published: 15th August 2012 by Laurence Norah - 2 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

I thought I’d do something a little bit different today. Instead of regaling you with tales of my adventures, or sharing my photography (well, I’m going to do that anyway, all text posts are so 2010 on this blog), or sharing my tips on photography, travel, or technology (I write about a random pile of […]

The terrible importance of Finding Your Voice

Published: 1st August 2012 by Laurence Norah - Leave a Comment

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

Ah. Yes. Hello. You know, let’s talk. Just you and me. Let’s pretend I’m sitting next to you. Maybe we’re down by the beach. Or in a pub. Perhaps we’re in two comfortable chairs, and we’re grasping happy glasses of cognac. Happy, presumably, that they have been released at last from their bottle, and are […]

The art of procrastination, and an introduction

Published: 13th June 2012 by Laurence Norah - Leave a Comment

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

I started this travel blog quite a long time ago. Just over two years ago in fact, as this recent post illustrates. Throughout that whole time, I’ve had a silent partner who has been helping me out, providing handy feedback, checking my grammar, researching destinations and carting bits of camera kit around. And other than […]

Celebrating two years of blogging! (and some things I’ve learnt on the way)

Published: 26th May 2012 by Laurence Norah - 1 Comment

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

Cheers! My blog has just turned two, which as far as I can tell, means it’s about ready to walk and talk on its own. Kindergarten is probably just around the corner. To mark the occasion, I’ve written this shamelessly self congratulatory post (the 331st post of the site!), to celebrate the fact that my […]

My travel ABCs

Published: 4th February 2012 by Laurence Norah - 2 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

A travel meme has been sweeping the travel blogging world recently, where travel bloggers are posed 26 (!) questions about their travelling life. I was nominated to take part by Sophie of Sophie’s World. It’s a bit of fun, and you might learn some things about me you didn’t know already. Without further ado: A: […]

My recent sex change

Published: 28th November 2011 by Laurence Norah - 9 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

When I was christened, it would seem that the plan had not been in my parents mind for me to move to France. As if it wasn’t already enough that my surname is a girls first name in most of the world, it was decided that I be given a first name that to the […]

An ode to Bernie

Published: 31st August 2011 by Laurence Norah - 4 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

For nearly a year now I have been travelling around New Zealand. That’s what all those posts about New Zealand have been about, in case you were wondering. I’ve been travelling as a twosome, with my ever patient other half, who has allowed me to visit a lot of, quite frankly, odd locations. But a […]

What Hobbiton taught me

Published: 23rd May 2011 by Laurence Norah - 8 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

I recently visited the set of the Lord of the Rings filming location for Hobbiton in New Zealand. Sadly, that is about all I am allowed to actually write about the experience, due to a rather impressive looking piece of legal paper I had to sign that I’m pretty sure gives Peter Jackson the rights […]

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

Published: 28th December 2010 by Laurence Norah - 8 Comments

Reflections on 2010: my favourite bits

Coming to the end of a year gives me a good reason to look back and think about all the things I enjoyed. It’s been a pretty big year for me. I finished off my year long trip around Australia, which was a tremendous experience. I decided that travelling was the way forward, and rather […]

About Us

Laurence and Jessica Norah

Hi there! We're Laurence and Jessica Norah. We've been running this site since 2010 as full time professional travel bloggers. We visit all the places we write about personally, and all our content is based on our own first hand travel experiences. We also take all the photos you see on our sites. So grab a drink, dive in, and read on! You can also find out more about us here. Comic included.
Photography course
monthly giveaway
Carbon Neutral Policy

SUBSCRIBE BY E-MAIL

Want to keep up to date with us and our latest travel tips? Subscribe to our monthly newsletter.

Being a subscriber also makes you eligible to enter our monthly travel and photography giveaways!

Thank you!

Please check your e-mail to confirm your sign up.

Affiliate Information

This website contains affiliate links to products and services that generate a small income to us if you choose to use them, at no cost to you. We only recommend products and services that we use ourselves, and will always link to relevant information, regardless of whether or not there is an affiliate program. See our Code of Ethics for more information.

As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

  • Privacy Policy
  • Copyright
  • Code of Ethics
  • Sitemap
  • Destinations
  • Travel Resources
  • Photography Tips
  • Monthly Giveaway
  • About Us
  • Work with us
  • Contact us
  • Blog

© Copyright 2010 - 2025 Finding the Universe®· All Rights Reserved ·
Part of Travel Cats Media LLC.