It’s been a while. I still log onto GallivantingGeorgia every week. Scroll through the new comments, check my stats – despite not posting on here for over a year, they’re the highest they’ve ever been. I can’t really explain that one. I normally hover over the ‘New Post’ button for a moment or two, then …
If I had a pound for every ‘How I saved (insert X amount of £/$/€) to travel the world in six months’ I’d read and angrily thought – ‘THAT’S UTTERLY RIDICULOUS!’ I’d probably have enough for a flight abroad. Admittedly to some rubbish no-name airport located in the middle of an industrial zone in Germany … Continue reading
A recurring issue for women travelling alone is safety. Before my first solo travel venture I painstakingly combed the internet for advice on the safest countries for women to travel to by themselves. Three years later I continue to travel predominantly by myself, and so I thought it would be useful to pull together a … Continue reading
For the first time in my life I’ve kicked off the start of a new year in a full-time, grown-up job. While in theory that means more money for travelling, yay, it means much less time and freedom to actually travel in practice, er, not so yay. Still, I’m not the kind of person to … Continue reading
When 2015 rolled around I felt more than a tinge of worry about the year ahead. Without a doubt, 2014 was the best year of my life so far. I earned a merit in my postgraduate degree, got my first graduate job in PR, travelled across Mexico, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Montenegro, Iceland, Northern Ireland, Mallorca, Paris … Continue reading
It’s fair to say I travelled far more in 2014 than I expected. I kicked the year off working a bar job for minimum wage, but by living at home and being lucky enough to have a good deal of flexibility when it came to holiday, I managed to squeeze in trips to Mexico, Iceland, … Continue reading
Medjugorje – a pilgrimage to the weirdest town in Europe Medjugorje is not a name that springs up in travel conversations much. Or general conversation at all for that matter. Unless you’re a devout Catholic that is, and even then this bastion of ‘miracles’ in Bosnia-Herzegovina is a highly contentious topic. Until I jumped onto … Continue reading
It would be no underestimation to say I’m something of a Game of Thrones nut. So after touching down in Dubrovnik, aka King’s Landing, earlier this year, the fangirl in me made a beeline for the locations used to film HBO’s bloodier, sexier and more Lannister-filled fictional counterpart. Originally Malta was chosen to portray the … Continue reading
Paris, a city splitting at the seams with hundreds of years of world-changing history, enviably chic culture, mouthwatering food and Gallic beauty. And romance. So much romance I wanted to throw up. Couples were everywhere. Entwined in the October sunshine outside the Sacré-Cœur. Reaching out for their partner’s hand in the gloomy eeriness of the … Continue reading
Isla Mujeres A fifteen-minute ferry ride from Cancun, Isla Mujeres, known affectionately as ‘Isla’ is hardly Mexico’s best kept secret, but the supremely chilled out Caribbean vibe of the little island is a million miles away from its rowdy, party-hard neighbour across the water. Tranquil azure waters lap white powder sand beaches, pastel-coloured buildings line … Continue reading
I’m going to Mexico! When I posted about my 2014 travel plans a couple of weeks ago I already had the feeling that I might not stick to them entirely, but I definitely didn’t expect to be making a last minute trip to Mexico! During a sleepless night I was trawling the internet and came … Continue reading
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