I was scrolling down my Tumblr feed and stumbled across this quote: “Don’t live the same year 75 times and call it a life.” – Robin Sharma And it really resonated with me. There was something about that specific moment that I read it, something about the time and place and something about how it […]
12 Ways to De-Stress
In the past couple of weeks, saying I’m a little bit stressed out would definitely be an understatement. I’ve been rushing around like a headless chicken trying to buy and prepare the things I’ll need to take to university, organise my blog and my YouTube channel, socialise and catch up with friends, do my university prep […]
GET INVOLVED: Christmas Blogger Gift Swap Returns! | #apovgiftswap
I have some exciting news for you all… My Christmas Blogger Gift Swap has returned this year after a successful launch in 2014! I genuinely don’t know what’s got into me & why I’m posting about Christmas in September but I want this year’s #apovgiftswap to be bigger & better! Christmas Blogger Gift Swap (UK Only) I […]
The Volunteer Series: Daily Life
Since writing a detailed post on my volunteering experience in China, I’ve had a few questions from friends about what day-to-day life was actually like. Life as a volunteer was the complete opposite to life as a backpacker and this was something Alice and I both had to adjust to quickly. Furthermore, life in China in general is completely […]
The Stockholm Pass – worth it? | Review
If travelling around the world for seven months followed by a week in Paris hadn’t been enough for me, I jetted off to Sweden for the first time and spent a few days exploring Stockholm. Sweden, the home to IKEA, H&M, Daniel Wellington, Volvo & Fjällräven, was a place I was looking forward to visiting. I […]
Stockholm in Photos | Travel Diary
I’ve just got back from a four day trip away to Stockholm. I’ve never been to Sweden before so I was very excited to go and I absolutely loved it! Here are a few photos from our time there: More posts to come soon on my short trip away. Hope you enjoyed the photos lovelies […]
The Greyhound Hop-on Hop-off Pass | Australia’s East Coast
A lot of people have asked me how I got around in Australia and this post is dedicated to telling you 🙂 What did we get? Alice and I both opted for the Greyhound Sydney-Cairns Hop-on Hop-off pass which (I think?) was priced at $425 AUD at the time but I know we paid £213. […]
Sailing the Whitsundays with New Horizon
Today I’ll be taking you back to my time in Australia over Dec-Feb… After our Fraser Island Tour and homeless night in Hervey Bay, Alice and I had the Whitsundays next up on our backpacker itinerary. We had gone almost seven weeks without using any travel agency or company to help book our activities (there are pros […]
If We Were Having Coffee… | Vol. 8
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I’ve been home from seven months of adventures for two weeks now. It’s kinda nice being home but it’s strange getting re-accustomed to everything. There’s also a whole load of things I’ve been putting off (unpacking entirely for one!) But it’s also kinda scary just how […]
Gap Year Reflections
Some of you may have seen my instagram post on Tuesday evening: After 7 months, 4 countries, 3 continents, 23 cities, 6 islands, 11 flights, 4 SIM cards, 1 homeless night, 2 Chinese visas, 1 unexpected trip to Edinburgh, 154 hours of Mandarin lessons, over 100kg of rice eaten, 3 home-stay families, 700+ Chinese students, […]