Tending Status: 🪴 Evergreen
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Notes from my (former) flight attendant life
Anna the flight attendant? Yeah, right! Aviation was not an industry I had ever imagined myself involved in.
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A Day in Kathmandu | The city of temples in Nepal
Kathmandu wasn’t exactly love at first sight, well at least not in my case. I’d ridden a thirty-six hour bus trip through the Himalayan foothills from Delhi, vomiting out the window the entire way . It had been some bad chicken the day before, It tasted like mud and rotting flesh. I only had a…
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These are a few of my favourite travel blogs (August 2020)
Here’s a few interesting travel bloggers writing about places, and experiences, that I’ve been adding to my return-to-travel 2021 wish list
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New Zealand Wilderness: Exploring Lewis Pass & The Maruia Valley
Where the West Coast meets Canterbury lies alpine ranges, hikes, hot springs & old growth forest to explore in Lewis Pass & Maruia Valley.
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A love affair with breakfast in Oaxaca City
Chilaquiles, Tamales, Memelas… It was here in Oaxaca that I truly fell in love with Mexico’s fierce art of crafting the perfect breakfast.
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Beijing Tales | Memories passed from my father.
Beijing existed in my mind as an abstract painting, fragments taken from my late father’s many tales of arriving in this mysterious land. Visions of tranquil ancient penzai gardens danced with the buzz of a post-modern metropolis. The city was all these things at once and still somehow more; a breathing, gyrating, living contrast to…
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What to do in Martinique on a Sunday?
It is thanks to France that Martinique is one of the top foodie destinations of the Caribbean, but along with being French comes the infamous Sunday closures
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Seven Unique Things to do in Christchurch this Winter
From cat cafés to saltwater hot pools – who knew there were so many things to do in Christchurch to keep you busy this winter (even when it’s raining!)
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Twenty-Three Novels to Transport You to Foreign Lands
A good writer will have you engaging all your senses as you journey with them through their novel into a foreign destination – leaving you with memories so vivid it’s as if you were there.
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A shared meal in the Périgord
It was 2015 in the Southwest French summertime, visiting the Périgord region not far from Bordeaux. Before this, I’d never set foot in Europe. A wide eyed and brand new to this land, so heavy with culture and history. My first glimpse of Paris entailed a zip down the Seine with barely a pause for…