Nusa Islands

A trip to Bali should definitely include a trip to the neighbouring islands of Nusa Lembongan, Nusa Ceningan and Nusa Penida! They offer so much and have quite a different vibe from Bali with incredible cliff drop walks and remote and abandoned beaches. DAY 1 After waiting a little while at Kusamba port, we took a fast boat…

Bali

  In the run-up to our backpacking adventure I’d spoken with a few friends about our plans to travel to these incredible Indonesian islands and they didn’t have one bad thing to say about it! Of course sometimes that can backfire with expectations being too high, but not in this case, my experience of Bali…

Ireland

When I was invited to a wedding in Ireland it seemed the perfect opportunity to extend the trip and explore the country. So I booked off two weeks and planned a road trip to explore parts of the  West coast, otherwise known as ‘The Wild Atlantic Way‘. The island did not disappoint and I was…

Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park, Scotland

As a family, we took a brief five day trip to Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park in Scotland. This wild and captivating country has so much to offer and we enjoyed taking day trips to some of the parks beautiful places. We booked an amazing B&B in Cove, North of Glasgow called Cragowlet…

Israel

When my friend Sophie mentioned she was going to see her parents in Israel towards the end of the year, I casually and jokingly said “Can I come?!” to which she replied, “probably, yeah”. Although my comment had an element of hopeful wishing, I hadn’t considered a likely yes but as soon as those words were…

The Peak District, England

So, we chose the hottest day of the year so far when my Mum and I decided to do a four day excursion up to the Peak District. At a balmy thirty degrees I was thankful to see, as we set off, that the car had the modern luxury of air-con, or so I thought….

Brazil

Finally we had come to the twentieth and final country of our 16 month world tour and by this point we were pretty shattered! Long bus journeys throughout South America had taken its toll on us and we were actually looking forward to arriving home in England for the summer. Of course we still explored…

Argentina

Argentina is a great place with lots of culture, history and beauty. At this point, our worldwide trip was winding down and with a small bank balance left, we had to be selective about how we would spend our time. We had spent a couple of weeks relaxing with family in Uruguay and so then…

Uruguay

Uruguay wasn’t a place that we travelled around that much and the main reason we went was to visit family who lived on the outskirts of Montevideo. We flew from Bolivia to Montevideo where we picked up and driven to their lovely place which was perfect for relaxing, it was Autumn season so not a…

Bolivia

Our introduction to Bolivia was a bus ride across the border with many other tourists and we managed to get through with ease. We read in our guide book that no fee needs to be payed for UK residents however once we’d left the border we were asked to pay a fee of 1 Bolivianos…

Peru

Peru was so so so incredible! It was a bit daunting crossing the border as we arrived in Piura (north Peru) late evening and wanted to get off the bus near a hostel we’d pin pointed on Liams iphone however they let all the locals off but said we had to get off at the…

Ecuador

Ecuador greeted us with rolling mountains surrounded by beautiful green countryside and I enjoyed watching the scenery go by. We breezed through the border with no problems, one of the simplest crossing we’d done, and after taking a taxi from Ipiales to Tulcan for $0.75 we then jumped onto a bus heading to Quito straight away. Seven…