Travel Blog

The places we’ve been…. a collection of posts that have been floating round the blog with no proper home. So welcome to our travel blog.

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I love coffee and I carry my own coffee making equipment with me when backpacking, (yes really I do), but ...
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Just got back from a month in Sri Lanka which was very wet and very beautiful. There was a lot of exotic, ...
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The original post was written quickly to warn fellow backpackers not to head to Bangkok to apply for an Indian ...
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Yes, you might think I am over sharing here but come the zombie apocalypse this information could come in handy. Plus ...
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But what about the water? In China according to my tap water info graphic the tap water is not safe ...
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There is some fantastic street food in China but they serve it in polystyrene (styrofoam) trays. So you will need ...
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Glad to see even the smallest of Chinese towns has a bakery that sells loose biscuits. Shame about the bags ...
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.....is hard. Here's an update. So far we are totally about 4o items that contain some plastic and 4 plastic ...
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We have done the plastic free home and nailed backpacking plastic-free - it’s time for a new challenge. How about ...
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Every bus we traveled on in Iran dished out snacks. The better the bus the more snacks you are given ...
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