Travel Bug Tuesday – Mid-Manhattan Library

February 21, 2012
New York, Library, USA, US, United States, New York City, Lion statues, photography, black and white, new york streets

During the balmy summer days New York‘s Mid-Manhattan Library is packed with people making the most of the warm weather. People will mill around on the grass eating ice creams or sit on the stairs reading books; Tourists will swarm to take photos sitting on top of the two lions – ‘Patience’ and ‘Fortitude’ – [...]

Why the Only Photos of Belfast I have are of the Hotel Room

February 16, 2012
Photo of the electronic sign on the train signalling that we had arrived at Belfast Central station in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Please note, content in this post may be considered sensitive by some readers. I was locked out. No amount of banging or phone calls was going to change the fact that there was no way I could get into the hostel and that meant one thing – I was once again faced with the prospect [...]

A Travellers Romance

February 14, 2012
Travellers holding hands in the airport

Reflection. I’ve spent the morning staring at the same two sentences hastily typed into a Word document, hoping to be inspired into writing a post on love when travelling for Valentines Day; But truth be told I’ve only had two romances on the road, two romances I’m not sure where stand. “This story is but as old as time. [...]

Travel Bug Tuesday – Montmartre Love Lock

February 14, 2012
Love lock in Montmartre which overlooks Paris, France

Whilst bus loads of tourists come to climb the steps of the Sacré Coeur, there is another way up the hill to Montmartre. Winding through the cobbled streets thronged with people doing their Saturday shop you can envision the old Parisian lifestyle which other arrondissements left in favour of modernity. Climbing up the steps, the back [...]

What Melbourne’s Street Art says about Love

February 12, 2012
Melbourne's street art of a boy and girl skipping and holding hands

“I’ve got a mind full of her…” Art of any type is an expression of emotion regardless of whether it be displayed in galleries, at home, or on the streets. When visiting Melbourne’s lane ways, where much of the cities street art can be found, I was surprised to find a huge amount of art expressing [...]

Time to boost my Vitamin ME!

February 10, 2012
Queensland Australia.com Snorkel Island

Looking outside my window all I can see is darkness. It’s only 4pm – Febuary isn’t meant to look this way! To many Australians the ultimate adventure is to see Europe covered in snow, but what we often forget is that to see a snow drenched Europe we have to forsake our own summer. For [...]

Hong Kong through Instagram

February 9, 2012
Nathan Road, Mong Kok, Instagram, Hong Kong, China

As the constant stream of photos coming from Instagram continued to flood my Facebook and Twitter streams I knew that before I poo-poo’d the concept I should try it out. Little did I know that I soon was part of the insta-addicts group taking photos using my iPhone as I drove around Adelaide, my home [...]

Being Greeted with a Smile in Brighton

January 31, 2012
Brighton, Hove, Greeter tour, city walk, UK, United Kingdom, Brighton's Greeters Scheme

Trains were late, the weather was drizzling – something I had imagined was only isolated to London – but as the salt air came in off the ocean and filled my lungs everything seemed better, it began to feel like home. This ‘home’ I speak of is Brighton, the seaside town famous for its Pier [...]

7 tips for making the most of your Great Ocean Road experience

January 23, 2012
Road and sign on the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia

One of the most popular activities to do when visiting Victoria is to take a drive down the Great Ocean Road. The drive, which begins an hour outside of Melbourne in Torquay and stretches over 250km’s of road to Warrnambool, takes you through surf towns, National Parks, hippy communities, and of course to some of the popular limestone rock formations [...]

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