I miss all the mundane parts of travelling

If there’s one thing that Corona has taught me, it’s that I’m never really satisfied. And also that I’m endlessly itching to go somewhere new. Someone coined the phrase “relocation addiction” the other day and it stuck with me, because that’s exactly what it feels like. So being stuck in one place and not being […]

Waiting out the COVID-19 pandemic on a remote Indonesian island

It’s funny how such normal activities fill me with joy thanks to this whole “global pandemic” thing. Yesterday, one of my favourite coffee shops on the island reopened (takeaway and delivery only, of course) so a small group of us went for lunch. We placed our orders and sat on the beach for a few […]

Finding a new normal: Central London to Gili Trawangan

I couldn’t help but laugh when, during my first week on Gili T, one of the girls I was on a night out with got so drunk she couldn’t stand up. Not because she was drunk (we’ve all been there) but because, instead of calling her an Uber or finding the nearest night bus to […]

Cooking up a storm with the Hoi An Eco-Cooking School in Vietnam

Not only did I come home from south east Asia with a slightly improved ability to use chopsticks, but also with the knowledge of how to make some excellent Vietnamese dishes. Considering how much I love cooking, you might find it strange to hear that I’d never attempted a cooking course abroad before. But when […]

Living my best life at Bangkok’s Big Dog Cafe in Thailand

I spent an entire year enviously scrolling through an Instagram page called “The Big Dog Cafe” before I found my way there. After my friend Jess had visited a year before, I’d kept it in my mind, determined to go to what was basically my idea of heaven on earth. And Bangkok Day Three was […]

Exploring Scotland with The Botanist Gin

Ready to (Glas)go(w) to Scotland? The saying goes, according to my Glaswegian flatmate, that you’re either an Edinburgh person or a Glasgow person. And while Edinburgh might often be the destination of choice for Londoners, it’s definitely worth venturing even further up north to check out its cooler, grittier older sister: Glasgow. I was given […]

The six types of people you’ll meet in every hostel

Creaking ladders and questionable plug sockets, ice-cold showers and dodgy wifi: when it comes to hostels, I’ve had my fair share of experiences. It was only when I logged back into Hostelworld to book my accommodation for my upcoming trip to Vietnam that I realised just how many hostels I’ve stayed in over the last […]

Finding headspace in Malta

In the space of 15 days, I caught severe food poisoning, my passport was stolen abroad in Colombia 12 hours later, my 1.5 year relationship came to an abrupt halt and my remote working opportunity drastically cut my hours and income. So it’s fair to say that it was an incredibly stressful period. And while […]