Disclaimer: I received a complimentary Huka Falls Jetboat ride thanks to my partnership with Tourism New Zealand. All opinions expressed in this article are my own. When I agreed to join Dave and Dustin on a half-hour jetboat ride, I genuinely had no idea what this would entail. I mean, I had never even heard of a jetboat. … And after being told it was just a reasonably fast boat that... 
Disclaimer: I received a complimentary walk and boat cruise of Waimangu Volcanic Valley through my partnership with the New Zealand tourism board. All opinions expressed in this article are my own. “Ughhh… seriously, Lauren? You really want to go there?” Dave groaned loudly from the bed below mine, sounding like it was the last thing he wanted to do. “You know it’s... 
I bought an iPhone 5 with a broken camera while I was in Australia. I didn’t realise the camera was broken until I got to New Zealand. New Zealand does not have an Apple Store. A week into my two months in New Zealand, I dropped my camera: And that was how I found myself in one of the most beautiful countries in the world with very limited options for taking photos of it. I did manage to find ways... 
Tasmania is probably my new favourite place in the world. I fell for it harder than I have anywhere else. More than I did Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines or Slovenia. It is just so ridiculously gorgeous. Before I write about my time in Tasmania in detail, I’d first like to share a few of my favourite photos from my week spent on the island. Hopefully they’ll convince you to visit one day,... 
“Is there anywhere you’re really desperate to visit in Australia?” Dave was busy planning out the route for our month in Australia and I had done no research. Racking my brain for a few minutes, I desperately tried to remember friends’ Australia photo albums on Facebook I had once enviously pored over. “Ooh! Yes! That, erm… the, um… you know? Those rocks sticking... 
I spent almost a month in Cambodia in November and chose to spend most of my time on the coast, checking out some beautiful, underrated beaches. I thought I’d put together a post of all my favourite Cambodia photos, hopefully they’ll convince you to check it out if you decide to head to Southeast Asia! Otres Beach became my home for the majority of my time on Cambodia’s coast and there... 
I recently spent ten days on a scooter road trip around the Mekong Delta with Dave and Stuart, similar to the one we did in Northern Thailand last year. Our time in the Delta was filled with rice paddies, river ferries, bad roads and, well, people carrying strange things on the back of their bikes. It began just outside of Saigon. As I was happily snapping photos of the changing scenery from the back of... 
When I arrived in Turkey, I had a list of three things that I simply had to do while I was there. 1. Explore Istanbul and its neighbourhoods, its food, its mosques and its awesomeness. 2. Take a hot air balloon ride over the fairy chimneys of Cappadocia. 3. Visit the bizarre landscape of Pamukkale. As you know, I love visiting unique and bizarre destinations and Pamukkale would have to be my strangest one... 
I don’t like ruins. I mean, I really don’t like ruins. Years and years of being dragged from ruin to ruin by my parents on family holidays has generated a deep rooted desire to avoid anything mildly related to wandering in scoorching temperatures, staring at centuries-old piles of rocks. Rocks that looked a little bit like this. So when Dave and I decided to spend six weeks travelling around... 
I’m tormenting my OCD and disrupting my usual strict chronological order of Never Ending Footsteps to bring you this photo essay. I attended the Yi Peng floating lantern festival in Chiang Mai a few days ago and it was so magical that I couldn’t bear to wait 3 months (I know. I promise I’m trying to catch up!) to share the photos with you! My sole reason for returning to Chiang... 
I considered passing straight through Bulgaria and not making a single stop. Before arriving, the only thing I knew about the country was that it had appalling beaches full of resorts, with people covering every square metre of sand. That was definitely not somewhere I wanted to be. As desperate as I was to get to Istanbul and finally stop moving, I knew I’d regret it if I didn’t see any of... 
The first thing I saw was the sign. Huge, gleaming white letters beam down from the side of a mountain. Proudly displaying the city’s name for all to see, the Hollywood-style Brasov sign is literally unmissable. Originally named Stalin City after the Russians took over Romania in the 1940′s, Brasov’s mountain used to be home to several dozen Christmas trees arranged to spell out... 
I was apprehensive about visiting Belgrade. Before arriving, I expected the city to be gritty and grey. I expected it to be covered in graffiti and filled with communist architecture. Belgrade was the place I knew least about in Eastern Europe and I wasn’t all that keen on spending much time there. It was more of a convenient stop off point between Bosnia and Romania, the two countries I was most... 
When I read this post by Amanda about her time in the town of Eger in Northern Hungary, I honestly (and perhaps a little ignorantly) couldn’t believe somewhere so gorgeous existed in Hungary. I had felt extremely underwhelmed with my first visit to Budapest and Lake Balaton was like a terrible British seaside resort from the 60′s. Sadly, I couldn’t think of a single thing that I truly... 
I had high hopes for Bratislava. Due to time constraints, I hadn’t been able to visit in 2011 and so it was one of the first places I worked into my Interrail itinerary. I can’t even pinpoint why I wanted to visit. I arrived knowing very little about the city other than the fact that it’s extremely small and the beer is cheap. With visions in my head of a smaller version of my beloved... Posted by .
In July 2011 I left England for what was supposed to be a one year trip around the world. Within a few months of leaving I knew that a year would never be enough. I now work online and travel permanently, seeking misadventures in unique, beautiful and fascinating places. Read more.
I'm here to show you how not to travel. Since I've been on the road I've been "poked" during a massage in Bangkok, punched a scammer in Shanghai, been attacked by monkeys in Bali, sat next to a dead woman on a boat in Laos and so much more. I call these The Incidents and you can see a full list of them here.
