Top 5 Costa Rican Beaches

Here are Top 5 Costa Rican beaches I’ve visited during my stay and would highly recommend to anyone else going on a Costa Rican adventure! Playa Conchal in Tamarindo This is a soft waved beach with its white sands and low waves, its the perfect place to relax and cool off with a dip. A…

Zhangjiajie: All You Need To Know

  I have been living in China for 9 months now, and I can tell you travelling about the place requires a LOT of research, so look no further, for here is the perfect piece for planning your trip to Zhangjiajie. Zhangjiajie goes by many names; floating mountains, Avatar mountains (inspiring the film), Hallelujah mountains…

A long weekend in Macau

How I spent my 21st birthday Where does one go when they’re 21st birthday is looming and they are currently living in South China? Why Macau of course!   Since Chinese holidays work differently; I get 3x 3 days off (set dates and spread out over 2 months) instead of an Easter holiday off (even…

Guilin Diary

Back in October, there was a 1 week holiday in China called National Week. Since the only major holidays you seem to get in China are National week and Chinese New Year, we thought we’d take full advantage. Hence forth lies the weird and wonderful diary of our trip to Guilin, in all its China…

What does one do in a 24-hr Bookshop?

Apparently not read. Let me start from the beginning. Emily found an awesome coffee shop in Guangzhou on Instagram (a rarity since they block most social media and so you need a VPN to access them, which you can only get when leaving china, hence most Chinese people don’t use Instagram). We went once before…

Diverse Portugal

Whether it be the sunny, urban city life of Lisbon or the stunning sandy beaches and amazing Algarve coast line riddled with flowers; Portugal is a great escape. I have only been to Lisbon on a day trip as one of the stops on a cruise, but we managed to squeeze in a fair amount….

Reykjavik Fun Facts!

The majority of these I found out from our amazing and super friendly tour guide, Gilly for the Golden Circle and Snorkelling tour, whilst we were driving. I thought they were pretty neat and it never hurts to know a little of the history about the place you’re planning to travel to! Reykjavik is a direct…

Reykjavik Dairy

“Don’t look back, you’re not going that way” Day 0 (Friday): I slept round Vic’s house. Her dog, Jake managed to barge his way through our suitcase barricade against the door so there was three in the bed by the end of the night. Following 6 hours of sleep, we woke, had breakfast and Vic’s…

Amsterdam City Break

An impromptu city break trip to Amsterdam booked during a catch up night with the girls led to a weekend of the best apple pie, phallic museums and almost getting run over by trams and cyclists in this bike crazed city. It was booked through Hertfordshire university through a company called Invasion to Amsterdam through…

Sri Lanka Diary

Dear Diary made of recycled elephant poo, Day 1 Our trip began with a somewhat short cab ride to Heathrow airport. After finding our flight to be delayed we decided it was time for some retail therapy. Isn’t that the whole point of airports? So after a couple purchases, including some cute Guess sunglasses and…