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Challenging driving experiences in Provence, France

In June 2010 me and my family headed to the south of France to enjoy a relaxing holiday in one of the most beautiful places in the world - a region known as Provence. This area is famous for its stunning lavender fields, its scenic hilltop villages and its large number of historic monuments such as Avignon’s Palais des Papes (Palace of the Popes) and the Romanesque monuments of Arles. During our ten day tour, we encountered a number of More

Philadelphia - The Centrepiece of American History

Washington is America’s political centre, the capital and scene of many mysterious shenanigans at the Whitehouse. New York is the centre of commerce and finance, home to the Empire State Building and the Statue of Liberty. Philadelphia on the other hand is best known for being the birthplace of the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and having lots of street vendors peddeling nokia phones for sale. Yet Pennsylvania’s biggest city was once the cultural and political centre-piece of the New More

GPS makes our lives so much simpler

I am notorious for getting lost, and if you need an example just ask my girlfriend about when we tried to get to one of the berlin hostels. Going further than five miles from my house without a road map is often a recipe for disaster. Well in my early twenties I decided to be adventurous. I needed to move back to Virginia from Washington state. I decided I would drive cross country. This was before the times of More

A tale of two very different cities!

Being a quintessential globetrotter is never easy since you never know where you might be headed next! Though, of course, I don’t mind traveling to any place in the world, my recent experience with Germany has left me a little shaken.

My fifteen day trip to Germany via Turkey and then back to Turkey for a two-day stint started off on a good note. A Turkish airlines plane is not my idea of a great traveling experience but it sure More

The City of Vancouver

During my time in Canada, I saw some great places and some great things and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. I went travelling on a couple of occasions (when my bank balance allowed me) and found that to be the best thing to do, as I love travelling more than anything else. One of the highlights of my travels was the time I spent in the fantastic city of Vancouver, on Canada’s west coast.

Sitting right at the bottom edge More

Gearing up for deadline day

With the end of the Winter Olympics and the re-igniting of the NHL season, all the talk recently is about the upcoming trade deadline date on March the third and who will be moving where.

We have already seen a few trades but no doubt the biggest and best of them is yet to come. The Edmonton Oilers are clearly building for the future by trading Grebeshkov to the Nashville Predators for a second round draft pick. Now they must More

Frase Island

Tuesday 17th February 2008- have just got back from Fraser Island. Its the largest sand Island in the world, and its stunning. There was a group of 11 of us. They were a fantastic bunch of people, and we were really lucky as everyone got on really well. We got a 4WD vehicle, got the 10 minute ferry across to the Island, then we were off driving down the beach listening to the travelling tunes, and first stop was Lake More

Arriving at Ho Chi Minh

To celebrate finishing our tertiary studies at last, my best friend and I decided to head of on a holiday overseas. For both of us it was our first time overseas, so perhaps we should have picked an ’easy’ country to visit, but after taking advantage of some flights that were too cheap to pass up, we were soon on our way to Vietnam. We were armed with our trusty Lonely Planet guidebook, as well as all sorts of advice More

Long Holidays

Since my move to Canada, for a long holiday, I can simply say that I have enjoyed nearly every moment. I finished University last year and decided, since I have been involved in some form of education since the age of 4, that I would treat myself to an entire year off.

That means away from everything I know, trying to seek out new experiences and simply living in a new place amongst new people and a new culture. I More

Byron Bay - the town of sun, sea, sand and surf

One of my favourite ever places is Byron Bay on the East Coast of Australia. It has it all – sun, sea, sand, surf – and some of the friendliest people I’ve ever met.

After a 13-hour overnight bus journey from Sydney, my friends and me arrived in the chill-out town of Byron, a real tonic for the soul. We donned our backpacks and walked to our YHA hostel which was one of the best places I stayed in, in More