How to pack lightly for a long trip

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Discovering Australia can be an amazing experience and if you are thinking of going on a working holiday there, then you should know that there is little chance you will regret it. Even the experience of moving to another country for a few months can be an excellent one – not to mention the fact that Australia really does have a lot to offer to its tourists, from beaches to cosmopolitan cities and untamed breath-taking nature as well. Can you imagine cruising around this raw, striking and exotic country in a Land Rover, discovering all Australia has to offer during your weekends? If you do decide to go on a work and travel holiday in Australia, make sure that you follow the following tips. They can really make everything better when you’re down there! Make Sure Your Paperwork Is in Order Before you leave, make sure that you have all your documents with you. Your ID, your passport, your visa, your health care card – make a list of them (and anything else you may need) and double che...

Lena’s Note: When Bassam and I travel, we tend to eat anything and everything. We often come back home needing a major detox and fitness reboot. While it’s great to indulge on vacation and to explore a new destination by trying the local food, everything is best in moderation. Since healthy eating while traveling is not our strong suit but we want to get better at it, I asked Heather from My Life Well Loved to guest post and share her tips. Heather is a Pure Barre instructor and she looks AMAZING. She recently went on a trip to Cancun with her husband and I was so impressed by how she managed to maintain her diet and exercise routine, while still having lots of fun. I hope you find her tips on healthy eating while traveling as helpful as I did! Hey y’all! I’m Heather of MyLifeWellLoved.com. A night owl, coffee lover, and fan of any excuse to hear good music and dance. I share about fitness, fashion, healthy living and ultimately how to live a life well loved! If it doesn’t...

The Travel Bug! You know the one I’m talking about. The one where you go on a holiday and you come back, never to be the same. The one that makes you dream of new destinations and makes your heart ache for the next trip. Everyone loves our little travel bug until a global pandemic like covid-19 hits and we can’t travel. We save up every penny we can, working overtime and saying no to going out with friends. Then we spend hours, days and months planning all the details. Where to stay, what to eat, what to pack, and all of a sudden this is taken away from us. So, what now? The world is shut down, our trips have been cancelled and we are locked in our houses. Here are 7 ways to feed that travel bug and keep you inspired while in isolation. Travel During Covid-19 1. Read There’s nothing better than letting your mind and imagination wander. Whether your go-to read is a travel magazine, a travel guide, a true story or fiction novel. You’ll be inspired and feeling be...

I never thought I’d be the kind of person to host a virtual trivia night. Lockdown, it seems, got the better of me. After two weeks in lockdown here in South Africa, we’ve been really missing our friends here in Cape Town. So we decided to bit the bullet and host a Tuesday Trivia Night for them. So far it was the best thing we’ve done during lockdown to feel connected with our friends we normally see on a weekly basis. So, are you wondering how to host a trivia night on zoom? We’ve got a complete guide for you and better yet, I’ve poured my heart and soul into creating a downloadable quiz for you so you don’t have to do all the hard work! Fitting for my blog, it is a travel themed quiz night to host with your travel-loving friends! How to Host a Trivia Night on Zoom Download zoom . It is a really small file/quick download. This took me about 2 minutes to complete. Oh yeah, and its free! Schedule the event . As the host, you can s...

How to Annoy Your Friends on Facebook on Your Gap Year If you want your friends to stay tuned and actually ‘Like’ and interact with your Facebook updates while you’re on your gap year, you’re going to need to keep them sweet. It’s quite easy to click on that unfollow button you know, and then where will you be? No friends land, that’s where. There’ll be no one to like your lying-down-hip-photo-by-the-sea, or your look-at-all-my-new-friends-pic or your awesome look-where-I-am pics. Fact is you need to keep them entertained rather than annoyed to keep them away from that unfollow button. Here’s how not to do it. 1. Post every single meal you eat Food photography is hard. However delicious the food may smell at the time, however tasty it looks in real life, you will never be able to get that across using your smart phone on Facebook. In the olden days of printed photos it was very rare you’d share a pic of your poached eggs on toast...

I’m a sucker for a good plane read. No matter where I am in the world, I still feel the need to escape inside the pages of a book and find this is often the best place in the world you can be. Here are a collection of the 10 best plane reads I divulged on planes, trains and everywhere in between in 2015… Paris Letters I had never heard about this book before I picked it up, but a quick skim over the blurb and I was racing to the counter to make my purchase. Paris Letters tells the story of a woman who quit her corporate world job, packed her bags and set off in search of adventure, starting with Paris. I found this book to be a delightful read, especially given my undying love for the city of lights. Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe I had never picked up a Bill Bryson book (only one of the most successful travel writers ever) until I saw Neither Here nor There jump out at me on a bookshelf in LAX. I decided what better way to pass the long haul flight journey th...

Over the past 4 years living out of a suitcase, we’ve learned a few things about packing – mostly the hard way. Of all the junk in our bags, there are a few items in our travel toiletry bag that we always have packed. Everyone’s travel toiletry bag has the usual items shampoo, toothpaste – but these things you might not think of, but should be in your bag. As added bonus, our below list of 5 must have things in your travel toiletry bag are all carry on luggage friendly. 5 Must Have Items In A Travel Toiletry Bag 1. Thermometer A thermometer could be a life-saving item in your toiletry bag. Our first two years of traveling we didn’t have one but after a scary bout of food poisoning, there is now always one in our bag. Hannah was crazy sick with a fever that wouldn’t break, we didn’t know how high it was because we didn’t have a thermometer. We were even contemplating going to the hospital in Malawi which is not a place you wanna go to ...

GoPro cameras are my favorite when it comes to traveling. They are small and ideal for light packers like me! The best part is that they get smaller and smaller and they even get better in the meantime! When it comes to solo travel having a GoPro is also ideal as we can all use easily one of those shameless selfie sticks. If you are wondering what are the best GoPro sticks for your upcoming adventures, I totally get it. There are many options to pick from. After trying different products, here are the best selfie sticks for GoPro cameras.   Spivo 360   Photo Credit: Spivo     Spivo 360 works with GoPro and phones. Their concept is great as their mount spins in one button click to help you show your adventures!  Check the product here .   Pros & Cons Pros It comes with a small bag which makes it easy to transport with you. Spivo also provides cool add-ons such as flotation devices, WiFi remotes and Bluetooth remotes. It allows you to be m...

Spending budget Travel came out with their 2008 list of the top ten “new” locations to check out this year which, by “new,” I assume they mean “not overrun by vacationers yet” rather than physical age. (I have a feeling Bergerac, France is possibly not that new.) Right here are a handful of highlights. ? Trying to get off-the-beaten-path in South Africa? Skip Cape Town and Johannesburg and discover Graskop, the Berkeley of South Africa. Just 4 hours from Johannesburg, this artist-friendly hamlet is household to an outdoorsy population which thrives on some of the most effective views in the nation. ? Kick back and unwind in the famed hot springs of Tanabe, Japan, and explore unblemished Japan at its very best. ? Bypass Bordeaux and head to Bergerac, France, for some of the area’s very best wines and exquisite meals. There’s also some sort of tobacco museum there, which Wikipedia so elegantly includes in its city description with thi...