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5 Small Towns You Shouldn’t Miss in Costa Rica
I had the small town blues last week. Since Luke’s leg injury, we’ve been shacking up in small towns across Panama and Costa Rica. I was lusting for adventure – and all these small towns were making me...
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Why We Came Back to Ometepe Island in a Heartbeat
This little volcanic island out in Lake Nicaragua is one of those incredible places that you think you’ll only get to see once. As it turns out, we’re here for a second time. We have fond memories of...
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What is House Sitting in Costa Rica Really Like?
We travelled Central America for one year and a large portion of that time was spent in Costa Rica. Why? Not just because Costa Rica is beautiful, but because there’s a lot of house sitting work out...
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What To Do with Two Days in San Salvador
After Charlie flew home to see her family, I immediately signed up to a language school in Guatemala. The problem was that I was currently in Nicaragua, 766km south of my destination, leaving me to...
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The Coastal Path from Lulworth Cove to Durdle Door
I can’t say that I’ve ever seen a more rugged coastline than in the south of England. The Jurassic Coast, which stretches over 95 miles between East Devon and my new home county of Dorset, is...
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3 Weeks in Guatemala’s Antigua for Culturists
I’d only heard incredible stories about Antigua’s colonial buildings painted in a slightly lighter shade of yellow than the Nicaraguan yellow, the misty blue-grey backdrop of volcanoes surrounding the...
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Female Travellers – You Need a Good Bra for Travelling
This is is going to sound like madness. When I hiked up Volcan Concepcion on Ometepe Island under the hot Nicaraguan sun, not only had I just got food poisoning from eating some bad black beans but I...
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How Much Does it Cost to Travel Thailand on a Budget? [Infographic]
It’s no secret that Thailand is a favourite destination for backpackers wanting to pitch up on a beach-side hammock, but you don’t need to be a backpacker to keep the cost of travel in Thailand low. If...
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Rocky Outcrops and White Sand Beaches on Koh Samet
With a couple of days to spare in between traversing the neon lit expanse of Bangkok and heading to the green mountain city of Chiang Mai in the north, we pulled out a map to locate an island not too...
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Sleepless in Bangkok – Why It’s so Hard to Find Budget Accommodation and...
Wondering where to stay in Bangkok without breaking your budget? Well, so were we. While the cost of travel in Thailand can easily be kept on the cheap side, Bangkok is unsurprisingly the most...
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Coastal Paths, Clean Beaches and Local Heritage in Porthtowan
In England, it’s not unusual to take a family holiday to the same familiar seaside town, often just the closest one to where you live, or one of the really popular ones that actually have sand rather...
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Slow Travel Cooking Class in Barcelona (+ Gazpacho Recipe)
In Barcelona, eating out is a huge part of the culture. The city is full of plazas and squares where friends meet for wine and tapas, and talk until the midnight hour. Most locals don’t even consider...
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How to Keep Fit and Stay Healthy While Travelling
Between the odd long haul flight, seemingly endless bus journeys and train rides across countries, and small towns where you end up just snacking on white buns and pre-packaged foods when passing...
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How Much Does It Cost to Travel in Barcelona on a Budget? [Infographic]
You can usually get cheap flights to Barcelona from the UK at most times of the year, making it a tempting destination for Brits and for travellers already in Europe. But once you get there, is...
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Seville Slow Travel Guide
Unable to bear the cold weather crawling into the UK this November (we’re such wimps!) and with our insatiable love for slow travel trips, Luke and I were adamant that we had to get some winter sun on...
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Granada Slow Travel Guide
Arabic architecture, Middle Eastern food, cave houses, snow-capped mountains, free tapas with every glass of wine… The more we heard, the more irresistible the idea of visiting Granada became. So we...
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