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Why You Should Visit Mungo National Park, Australia

Why You Should Visit Mungo National Park, Australia

  Around the rural city of Mildura, this is the big one. Actually, forget Mildura, around Australia this is the big one. Nope, scratch that even, around the world this is the big one! A spot of real cultural significance and the birthplace of humanity in Australia no less, it’s hard to believe this place […]

The 21 Best Things to do in Stone Town, Zanzibar, including 9 that are free!

21 Top Things to do in Zanzibar, Stone Town

** Spoiler Alert ** Stone Town in Zanzibar is one of my favourite places on earth. Sorry I can’t help it, but I’m in love! That means this post is going to involve me repeatedly telling you how totally amazing the whole city is and going on and on about all the incredible things to […]

The 10 Clear Signs You’ve Survived an Aussie Road Trip!

10 Clear Signs You’ve Survived an Aussie Road Trip!

  10 months it was in the end. 10 months to get from Brisbane to Perth … over the top of Australia. That’s a grand total of 8000km, in case you were wondering, which is roughly the same distance as flying from Sydney to London. And let me tell you, that’s a lot of driving! […]

Top 15 Spots to Snap the Best Australian Sunsets

Top 15 Spots to Snap the Best Australian Sunsets

  If there’s one thing Australia does well, it’s sensational landscapes and never was this brought home to me more than during our 10 month road trip across the country. Ancient, awe-inspiring and let’s be honest, just downright AMAZING, the diversity and enormity of the Australian countryside takes some beating. And never is this more […]

7 Easy Ways to Get Off The Beaten Track in Australia

7 Easy Ways to Get Off The Beaten Track in Australia

  Australia really is one of the most wonderfully diverse and dazzling countries to travel in. From the deserts of its red centre to the deserted white-sand beaches of its Western coast, so much beauty in the Land Down Under is found beyond the oh-so-popular city walls of Sydney and Melbourne! Yet sadly, this is […]

10 Best Apps for City Tourists

10 Best Apps for City Tourists

  Having been a latecomer to the smartphone world (I reluctantly swapped my beautiful brick of an old phone for one less than a year ago!) I’m now a fully-fledged lover and devotee of the smartphone revolution. Never is this more apparent than when I’m on the road; it is as a traveller that wonderful […]

How to Choose the Best Womens Hiking Boots

How to Choose the Best Womens Hiking Boots

  Let’s be honest ladies, hiking boots are never going to be fashion item number 1! They are, however, always going to be incredibly useful, especially when travelling the globe. From Nepal to New Zealand, Namibia to Norway, womens hiking boots are a good, practical choice of footwear in all sorts of situations. So, if […]

20 Amazing Things to Do on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua

20 Amazing Things to Do on Little Corn Island, Nicaragua

Oh Little Corn Island, what a tiny drop of paradise you are! There you sit in the Caribbean Sea, a minuscule pearl, shining with simplicity and serenity. I fell in love with you from the first moment I saw you – loving everything about your tropical charm and beauty. With no cars, no roads, banks […]

Getting a TEFL Qualification : The Ultimate Guide

TEFL

  Welcome to the Big World Small Pockets guide to getting a TEFL qualification. In a nutshell, TEFL, or Teaching English as a Foreign Language, is a course that will qualify fluent English speakers to teach the language around the world. In order to sign up for a course, you do not need any prior […]