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Life…but not as we know it!

I was mesmerised the first time I saw it.  This was something that ‘spoke’ to me.  The main protagonist felt the way I did and still do!  I watched it again and again!  And, this moment of revelation?  Just a spoof music video by the Swedish house DJ behemoth, Avicii (and Nicky Romero)!  The song, ‘I Could Be The One’ is brilliant and one of many successive hits…

The Freak Parade – Oddballs on the Road

Let me tell you one truism about backpacking.  You can guarantee you are certain to meet some utter freaks on your journeys.  They are the hallmark of the budget travel experience and are bound to stick in your memory for longer than you’d hoped.  My advice?  Embrace these weirdos!  Enjoy their bizarre, off-the-wall company and savour their outlandish behaviour.  Not only will these people be fantastic for your self-esteem, they…

We’re Slammin’!

I fell in love on my first solo trip to Australia and New Zealand.  I encountered a love that held no boundaries, a love that came in a number of tempting flavours and, most importantly of all, a love that gave me an immense amount of pleasure!  That love came in the form of the chocolate covered biscuity goodness of Arnott’s Tim Tams.  Being a vain, self-obsessed health freak,…

Photography to Inspire (Part 1)

When I’m deciding on where I want to travel, I take a lot of inspiration from photos I have seen in newspapers, magazines and on the Internet; via my day-dreaming browsing on Google and friends’ Facebook photos of their travels. What grabs me is ‘that photo’…the one picture where you look in awe at a place or scene that looks so magical, so unreal that you feel that…