Tag Archives: Travel

How to fake a holiday

Posted on November 23, 2014 by Bec

The right Instagram filter can mitigate all the hassle of international travel. Here’s how: 1. Head to a local hotel and ask (or pay) to sit by their pool. 2. Take a good book. 3. And a good friend. 4. … Continue reading →

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Bali, days: 5 and 6

Posted on November 4, 2014 by Bec

I am now back in Australia, nursing a fairly aggressive strain of Bali belly… I doubt I got a wink of sleep last night, but I’ll save you further details. So while watching everyone post their fabulous Melbourne Cup outfit choices … Continue reading →

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Bali, day 4: how do you feel about lunchtime margaritas?

Posted on October 31, 2014 by Bec

I’ve fallen behind! How unsurprising. On Wednesday we took a hideously long taxi ride to a mall in Kuta to go shopping. We took a suspiciously long route in a non air conditioned cab #firstworldproblems After showering back at the … Continue reading →

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Bali, day 3: How many underwater photos is too many?

Posted on October 29, 2014 by Bec

Day 3! I thought I would have given up long before now, although I can tell my photo numbers are dwindling, which is probably a good thing! On day 3 (Tuesday) we spent the morning shopping at a mall in … Continue reading →

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Bali, day 2: Is Potato Head the greatest place on earth?

Posted on October 28, 2014 by Bec

Short answer: definitely. Yesterday we spent 7.5 hours at Potato Head. Seriously. We got there at 11am, snagged the last sunbed and didn’t leave until after the sunset at 6:30pm. It was time well spent. For the past few weeks … Continue reading →

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Coral Bay & Exmouth: day 2

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Bec

On our second morning in Coral Bay we woke to blue skies and plans to spend the entire day snorkeling, again. Being super lame keen early birds we actually had to kill time until the snorkel hire place was open. … Continue reading →

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Arriving in Coral Bay

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Bec

Last Thursday my boyfriend Andrew and I flew to Exmouth, Western Australia, having made the last minute call not to head to our planned destination, which was on fire. Literally. So we swapped Karinjini National Park and its (fiery) gorges … Continue reading →

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Have you used airbnb?

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Bec

I know I’m very late to this party, but have you used airbnb before? It’s been around for a while but if you haven’t heard of it, it’s a website that lets you rent apartments, rooms, castles, log cabins, grannie … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesday: Henley on Thames

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Bec

I’m home sick today with a cold and a headache that won’t stop thump-thump-thumping despite the painkillers I throw at it. I pretty much slept the entire day, waking only when my windows started rattling loudly. I thought it was … Continue reading →

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Travel Tuesday: 3 things you must do in Budapest

Posted on July 22, 2014 by Bec

It feels kind of naughty blogging retrospectively about my travels, especially because this trip happened all the way back in 2011… But everything mentioned in this post is still up to date and relevant (according to the Internet), I promise! … Continue reading →

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