Six months ago I was heartbroken to be leaving Southeast Asia. The prospect of spending my summer in Europe was more appealing than staying for the rainy season in Asia but I still had plenty of concerns. Could I really afford to spend six months in Europe? Would my itinerary of 16 countries prove to be far too ambitious? Fortunately, I found that I could afford six months in Europe. I spent the majority... 
I’ve now been travelling for a year so I decided it was time to look back over my packing list and update what’s currently in my bag! The main difference between what I packed last year and this year is the amount of clothes I am carrying with me! I began with good intentions – not very many clothes, all of them different shades of black/brown/green/grey… And after a month I was SO... 
As you probably know by now, a few days ago I finally left Asia and I am currently sat at home writing this post. The rainy season in Thailand was fast approaching and after realising just how insane the rains can get at this time of year, I booked a flight to Europe with the plan of returning to Asia in November. I now have 6 months to try and cram in as many epic adventures as possible and it looks like... 
With only 3 days left until my departure for my round the world trip, I find myself thinking more and more about the people and things I will be leaving behind. I’ve found the past two weeks to be extremely hard as I’ve had to meet up and say goodbye to my friends one by one. There’s been lots of hugs and even more tears and I know I’m going to miss them SO much. I get more upset with each passing... 
I have to say, nothing has caused me so much stress during the planning stages of my trip as trying to work out what to bring with me has. I am a serial overpacker – I always have been and so I was dreading having to make the decision on what to bring. To minimise anxiety, I want to be prepared for EVERY little thing that could possibly happen. For example, a few years ago I visited Los Angeles for... 
I’ve been searching for the perfect backpack for well over a month now – I’ve visited countless stores all across London and been unable to find “The One” and was beginning to give up hope! This weekend I was given a recommendation from a friend about an outdoor store near to me with a good selection of backpacks so off I went! I tried on lots and lots but none of them felt... 
In exactly 3 months time I will have touched down in Croatia and be eight hours into my RTW trip. With three months to go I feel entirely unprepared with a huge amount of things to get done in such a short amount of time. I’ve had my blog for roughly 3 months now, so to think I’m half way through the countdown is daunting, terrifying and exciting. The past month. So what did I do over the past... 
When I announced to my friends and family that I was planning on leaving them all behind to travel the World indefinitely for as long as possible, with no end date in sight I understandably received mixed reactions. A lot of my friends thought that it was fantastic that I was following my dreams and doing something that I’ve always wanted to do. Some of them thought that I was completely insane, and... 
Yes, you heard right! After spending months and months browsing for cheap tickets online, I finally bit the bullet and decided to make this trip official, and there’s no turning back now! I bought my plane ticket! On the 17th July I will be landing in the city of Dubrovnik in Croatia. Why Croatia? I knew I wanted to start my trip in Eastern Europe, and I have agonised for months over the starting... 
It’s that time again! My monthly round-up of what I have achieved over the past month in planning my trip and what I hope to do over the next month! In under four months time I will be waking up in Croatia on the very first day of my round-the-world trip. I’ve almost had this blog for that amount of time so it’s a bit scary to think how quickly time flies!! To summarise this month:... 
I know that when I first started to plan my travels around the world, working out which vaccines I needed to get and where to get them was one of the most daunting tasks. I struggled to find one single website that could explain which vaccines I needed for which country, what the diseases actually were, what sort of risk I’d be taking by not getting them. I’ve been researching solidly for the... 
Is it really 5 months until I no longer have a home? Wow, what a scary thought! The time is just flying by at the moment, and it’s really starting to hit me now just how soon I really will be leaving, and that this is actually going to happen! It’s extremely overwhelming at the moment but it’s starting to sink in and I’m starting to feel a lot more prepared and calm as I research... 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.
