Archive for the ‘Travel Destinations’ Category

The Hills of San Francisco, USA: A Photo Diary

Tweet San Francisco is an incredible city packed with loads of things to see and do. Around every corner is a world recognised icon or location of a scene from a film, but there is also as much intrigue in people watching as there is in the landmarks. From the Golden Gate bridge to Alcatraz, [...]

Reaching New Heights Backpacking in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Tweet Known locally as ‘KL’, Kuala Lumpur is Malaysia’s largest city and it’s also the youngest capital in South East Asia. It has a grand bi-cultural feel, a mix between the Indian Malays living in the north of the city and the Chinese Malays in the south. Constantly growing, constantly evolving, it’s a city of [...]

Get the Best Exchange Rate When Changing Money on Your Travels – 5 Simple Tips

When you’re backpacking around the world, travelling through a lot of countries in a short period of time, it’s easy to lose track of what each currency that crosses your palm is worth. I know i’ve found myself in countries without a clue how much a can of coke or a sandwich should cost. This [...]

Desolate Sands, Astonishing Life: Backpacking in Namibia

Tweet Namibia tells an ancient, desolate story. It’s a country of forgotten natural wonder, where huge horizon-stretching vistas evoke wild, eerie silences, all the while encouraged by unblemished wilderness and miles and miles of rolling sand dunes. As a fact, Namibia holds claim to the 2nd most sparsely populated country in the world, with the [...]