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I love Amman, Jordan!
Sometimes you visit a place and just feel at ease, an instant connection. I felt that with Amman, as I stepped out into the bustling streets with vendors selling spices and tea, I felt that sense of...
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A day at the Dead Sea, Jordan
On my second day from Amman I decided to take a day trip to the Dead Sea. My other option was Jerash- an amazing, well preserved Roman City, but I didn’t fancy trekking around an ancient site in the...
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My Guide to Petra – travelling solo and independently as a female.
One of the world’s seven wonders. An ancient city carved out of the sandstone rock around 400BC, it is Jordan’s most popular site and one of the reasons I decided to visit Jordan. A lot of people visit...
View ArticleTen top tips for visiting Petra
1. Make sure you stay at least one night so that you can visit earlier and/or later than the tours. Most tours arrive about 10am and leave by 3 or 4pm, so before or after these times are when you can...
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Warning to female travellers about the young Bedouin guys in Petra…
I encountered my first charming Bedouin seller aged somewhere in his twenties on my first day at Petra. I had entered Petra that morning via a different entrance instead of through the Siq, on horse...
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An itinerary for seven days travel in Jordan
Day one– Fly into the bustling capital of Amman. Spend at least one day here. Enjoy the amazing food on the famous rainbow street, the shisha cafes lining the streets, the Roman remains and end your...
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Ten reasons you should visit Jordan
1. For a chance to step back in time to a different world… walking through pathways with history embedded in their foundations. What stories these places could tell… 2. For the chance to arrive before...
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A review of Bubbalicious brunch in Dubai
I have to be honest. I’m kind of over Friday brunch, but nobody else seems to be. It is still the thing to do on a weekend. Bubbalicious is one of the more famous brunches in Dubai, and living here for...
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A review of Treehouse bar, Taj hotel, Dubai
I’m another year older and wiser… well definitely older anyway. Unfortunately my birthday this year fell on a Tuesday, which meant I had to work during the day, and get up early the next day too....
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The best hummus and falafel in Dubai?!
After visiting Beirut and Jordan this year ( see my posts Visiting Beirut… and Ten reasons you should visit Jordan ) my opinion of hummus has been transformed. What I used to view as the thick,...
View ArticleWhy as a Millennial, I spend my money on coffee and travel over buying a house.
One of the most controversial statements of this year was by Real Estate millionaire Tim Gurner who advised Millennials to stop eating avocado toast if we want to get on the property ladder....
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Six reasons I love to travel…
2017 has been a year that has reignited my passion for travel. Interspersed between the drudgery of work, I’ve explored four new countries: Jordan, Lebanon, The Philippines and Mexico. Why do I enjoy...
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A sample itinerary for one month- six weeks travel backpacking in Mexico....
I chose Mexico for my six week trip over summer because I wanted a country with variety: with beaches, rainforests, Mayan history, fantastic food and local culture … and I wasn’t disappointed. I...
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My five most popular blog posts of 2017, and where this will take my blog in...
I started my blog in April of this year, and on the final day of 2017 its interesting to view the statistics as to which posts have been visited the most. It definitely wasn’t what I would have...
View ArticleMy Favourite Travel Blogs of 2017…
I love to read other people’s travel blogs for inspiration and so I thought I’d share the love. My five faves are (in no particular order)… Hippie in Heels. A stunning female blogger living in Goa,...
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Veganuary – why I’m going vegan for the month of January…
My New Years resolution in 2017 was to stop eating meat. And surprising even myself, I stuck to it. In fact I think it is the only New Years resolution I’ve ever fully committed to. So here we are at...
View ArticleHow you can get enough protein and iron in Veganuary
There’s a lot of hype about going Vegan right now. But is being a Vegan healthy? Well, that depends on what type of vegan you are, after all eating dry crisp sandwiches is also a vegan diet, but not a...
View ArticleHow going Vegan can help save the world..
Today our planet is undergoing a variety of challenges. One is global warming, another is population growth. So why is global warming a problem and how can going vegan help?! Global warming is...
View ArticleThe ethical reasons I chose to go meat free…
Being a vegetarian, and for at least this month a vegan, the key reasons motivating me to go meat free are not motivated by health or the environment, these for me are consequential positive impacts of...
View ArticleWhy it’s okay to be a loner. From an introvert’s perspective…
Often to the concern of others, I relish, and indeed require my ‘alone time’. I enjoy browsing shops on my own, sitting with a coffee and even travelling abroad on my own. Fellow loners get it. But to...
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