Traveling long distances can sometimes mean spending long hours at an airport or train terminal, which can lead to terminal boredom. Waiting out connecting flights or trains can be maddening, and minutes become hours in the tedium. Why not escape the confines of the train station or airport and turn a layover into an, Read More
Planning a holiday takes a lot of thought. Apart from choosing what to bring, there’s also the fact that you have to plan a good itinerary that will enable you to do all the things that you want to do during your stay. Whether you’re visiting a bustling city or planning to spend a, Read More
Mark is a wedding photographer, and author of Shotkit, interested in accumulating as many travel tips for photographers as possible. I have asked Mark to provide some travel tips from photographers who have a lot of experience of working overseas, as well as introduce some travel tips of my own. His tips include everything from general advice right down to specific, Read More
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the social and environmental impact that we as travellers have. Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries. Global international visitor arrivals exceeded 940 million in 2010. The World Tourism Organization estimates that this number could reach 1.6 billion by 2020. Clearly then, deciding not to travel, Read More
1 | Learn from other cultures You can read about other cultures, but actually experiencing a culture is completely different. Don’t get me wrong I’m a book worm and we get so much precious information and insight from books, but travel exposes you to people and lifestyles that are completely different than anything you’ve, Read More
It’s that time of the year again: time to pack your friends or family in the car and hit the open road. Who doesn’t love a road trip? Just writing this word sends shivers of excitement down my back. Road trips are fun and exciting, no matter where you go! So how do, Read More