Archive for April 2012
Booking Cheap Australian And New Zealand Flights – Avoid the Consolidators
OK this may not win me much love from the advertisers – but here it goes. I have never yet got a cheaper flight from a consolidator than I have achieved just by booking directly with the airlines involved. It might be that I live in New Zealand – but generally I can do better…
Read MoreFitting Travel Into Real Life
Yesterday I talked about how very, very few of us can travel for ever – even those of us who have the ultimate job flexibility of working for ourselves. Maybe its just me – but I picked my first career because it would take me to interesting places (geology) and my second one so that…
Read MoreKoh Samui’s Chaweng Beach Guide
Driving into Chaweng Beach, Koh Samui’s most famous beach, for the first time, I wasn’t, to be honest, that impressed. I’d been told over and over that Koh Samui was so much nicer than Phuket, which we’d just left, but to be honest I wasn’t that sure. Koh Samui is basically a fairly circular island…
Read MoreChristmas Market, Berlin, Germany
I never got to Germany before the wall fell while I was in Europe in 1989. In 2010 I finally made it all the way to Berlin – for somewhere that seems so far and so difficult to get to for much of my life – its only a 6 hour €50 train ride from the…
Read MoreWeather in Phuket, Thailand
Content last updated – November 2016 – please contact me if you have an update! Let’s face it if you are planning a beach holiday in Phuket – the weather is pretty important. Most of us do not want to be dodging showers on the beach, or worse, tropical downpours! Phuket does have a wet…
Read MoreNo One Can Travel For Ever – But You Don’t have to Give Up Travel
I read a rather sad post the other day over at Nomadic Matt’s – This is Where the Journey Ends Matt has been travelling, pretty much continuously, for as he puts it 68 months. Now he’s quiting – or so he thinks. Actually I salute his stamina – I’ve never travelled continuously for more than…
Read MoreKoh Lipe Beach – Working on the beach NOT
I’ve used a version of this photo for a while as my “gravatar” around the Internets. It was taken outside our 800B resort on Koh Lipe in southern Thailand. Its a bit of a joke. You’ve heard of the dream – working anywhere, living anywhere? Well Koh Lipe is not the place to indulge it.…
Read MoreI’m Older – Can I Still Travel The World?
From time-to-time I dog sit for friends of mine. They are “older” – both officially retired. How hard can it be, after all they should be slowing down right? Hmm wrong – sometimes they go on a shorter trip – maybe a cruise. But this year is a couple of months tripping around Europe! Why…
Read MoreHotels Near Phuket Airport – Phuket Airport Guest Houses
Phuket airport is unusual. Although over 8 million people pass through it each year, the area around the international airport include some of the nicest, unspoilt beaches in Phuket and one of the few national parks. It is actually in one of the least developed part of Phuket island, and is around 35km to the…
Read MoreHow To Survive A Long Haul Flight
As a New Zealander I am used to starting and ending my trips with a 12 – 14 hour flight, you get used to it, almost. However there are some tricks that I’ve learned along the way. Choose your seat, if you can, in advance. Even if costs a little more its worth it for…
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