I’m about to meet the founders of Ethnotek. We’re approaching the entrance a little cafe just outside central Ubud when I see a distinctive backpack attached to a woman on a…
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“Single-use plastics are the devil!” I stood in the pharmacy aisle, staring at the dental floss picks in disbelief. Twenty different brands, all with plastic handles wrapped in cellophane, all of…
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Australia Behind the Blog Challenges Menorca Mental Health Personal Scotland Spain Travel PlansWho Are You Online? – My Travel Writing Reality
“Is Flora your real name?” I peered at the terse email on my computer screen, where an unknown reader named Brian was asking a rather strange question of me. “I’ve heard…
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This week, my laptop died. I was mid-sentence at the time, hovering over which new Spotify playlist to accompany writing a chapter about Peru when suddenly my screen went black. No…
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Austria Camino de Santiago Croatia Latvia The Philippines Travel PlansA Travel Update: My Plans This Summer
This week, I flicked back through my diary and realised that it’s almost been a full year since I arrived home in London after eighteen months spent travelling through my favourite continent. One year since…
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Camino de Santiago Challenges Solo Travel Spain Travel PlansEl Camino de Santiago: I’m Walking ‘The Way’ Across Spain
Over Christmas, my friend announced that she’s planning to run the London marathon in April. She’s running for a cause important to both of us: her mum passed away from breast cancer…
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Challenges Ecuador Peru South America Travel PlansCuenca to Cusco and Back Again: the Pitfalls of Planning a Trip to Peru
I stood in the small office, studiously trying to avoid the unflinching gaze of a prostrate Jesus. Under his crucified frame, a nun was peering at a computer screen, clicking idly…
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Wherever I travel, there’s a need to learn the language basics of the country I’m in. Getting to grips with ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’, ‘what’s your name’ and ‘how are you?’, and the all important…
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I’ve been ‘back from Asia’ for three months now. Which also means it’s approximately three months more until I head out to Ecuador and discover whether teaching English to a group of…
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I’ve been back at home in London for almost two weeks now. It’s been a definite shock to the system: after six months and fifty different beds, I’m back on my…