I love travelling. This section contains longer articles and blog entries related to travel and travel observations based on first-hand experiences of destinations in Europe and the United States. Many of these have featured as guest articles in blogs and online magazines across the internet.
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No matter how much you enjoy travelling, the thought of a 12-hour long-haul flight can be a little daunting. Based on some top tips from a flight attendant and my own experiences, here are some top tips for not only surviving, but actually enjoying your next long flight.
The idea of heading to a new place with no idea of what there is to see and do and no plans will undoubtedly make a lot of people feel very uncomfortable. We all have the friend who plans their travels with military precision and the one who has everything planned in a series of colour-coded spreadsheets…. maybe it’s not your friend, maybe it’s you. Five years ago, it was definitely me…
Read more Mindful Travelling: AKA Travelling without an Itinerary
America is very much the land of the rich, powerful and the free, however, as I found out during my summer road trip around California and Nevada, it is also the land of the down on their luck, poverty-stricken and the sick. There has been much discussion about America’s lack of health care and state…
Brands, Pinterest, Social Media, Self-Help Books, Online Lists; they all paint a very alluring picture of the life we ‘should’ be living. In our always-on, always-connected lives we’re constantly bombarded with reminders of what we could be doing with our lives, where we should be with our careers and our peers’ successes and experiences pop up on our devices 24-7. This has led to a serious pandemic of FOMO.
Read more You Don’t Need To Do All Of Your Travelling in your Twenties!
Rachel Drinkwater 