The ultimate guide for independent travellers seeking inspiration, advice and adventures beyond their wildest dreams
Do you ever just find yourself wanting to bugger off from work and escape from reality for a while? My life is pretty bloody wonderful, but every so often, even I just find myself wanting to disconnect from the world, at least for a little while. So, where does someone looking to get off the […]
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Life in tropical Darwin can be dissected into two major seasons – the wet and the dry. The wet is characterised by intense humidity and monsoonal rain and the dry by balmy nights and stunningly warm winters. However, there is also a season that lies on the cusp of these two seasons. The build up […]
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When I moved to Darwin, I only ever had the intention of staying for 6, maybe 12 months. I had no idea how hard I would fall for this Top End city, and to be honest, if I hadn’t met and fallen in love with my now fiancée, I honestly may never have left. However, […]
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Happy new year everybody! I truly hope 2022 is a better year for all of us. If I am being honest, 2021 has been quite a hard year for me. I have changed jobs multiple times, moved cities, had multiple surgeries and hospital admissions and been struggling with the state of the world and how […]
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Can somebody please take a moment and explain to me how on earth this decade has already been and gone? I can’t believe that it is already 2020! It feels like I only just started my travelling journey, but it has now almost been eight years since I first ventured overseas. To celebrate the welcome […]
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After a day of wonderful meals, magical diving and close up encounters with chameleons – I truly didn’t think that my time at Miavana could get any more special, but I was very wrong. So, with just under 24 hours left at Time + Tide Miavana, I was very excited to see what my last […]
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Waking up at Miavana is synonymous with arising in paradise. My first day on the island of Nosy Ankao had been a whirlwind and a dream, but it was just the beginning of my Malagasy adventures. Despite the extreme humidity and lack of air-conditioning, I slept like an absolute log. The ventilation system that surrounds […]
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About every once in a blue moon, a property unlike any other is born. In 2017, one such resort emerged into the world, bringing innovation, sustainability and unparallelled luxury to the shores of Nosy Ankao – a small island on the North-East coast of Madagascar. When I got the opportunity to visit this rare breed […]
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After an extremely comfortable nights sleep, we arose bright and early, excited to see what another day at Cheetah Plains would bring. As always in the African bush, the wildlife is more active during the cooler parts of the day, making getting up early totally necessary. Normally early wake-up calls are my arch nemesis, but […]
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There isn’t much that I love more than a good African safari experience. I love the mystery of the bush, the untamed nature and the powerful wildlife that call the continent of Africa home. So, when I decided to return to Africa, going on a safari was a top priority. We opted to visit Cheetah […]
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