Overcoming Jetlag At The Blue Lagoon

A 5-hour flight from New York to Reykjavik generally shouldn’t result in too much jetlag. But when that flight leaves at 10pm and you arrive at your next destination in sunlight thinking it’s still 3am, it severely messes with your body clock. So what’s the best way to overcome this [...]

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Guest Post: Choosing Wisely in Cape Verde

If there’s one thing to stress about the little group of islands off the west coast of Africa, it’s the amount of variety on offer. Cape Verde: ten beautiful islands, each of which wearing their own stunning outfits – choosing which one to visit could be tough.

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Whale Watching in Iceland – Incredible!

It’s zero degrees Celsius outside as our boat sets off onto the Atlantic Ocean from Grindavik, a small fishing town located on the southwestern coast of Iceland. The two of us are here for a whale watching tour with Elding Whale Watching and as the freezing sea breeze starts hitting our [...]

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Photo Friday #17: Hampstead Heath London

Hampstead Heath (also know as “the Heath”) is London’s version of New York City’s Central Park and is one of the highest points in London. Unfortunately fog prevented us getting a beautiful photo of the city skyline, however the leaves had just started to fall and Kieron snapped this photo of Amy sitting on a bench within the park.

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Gossip Girl Tour of New York City

Before departing on our round-the-world adventure, we both watched a lot of television back home in Australia. While in the USA, TV sucked us in again on a few too many occasions and we even attended a live taping of the Jerry Springer Show. So when we were invited on [...]

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Images from New York City’s Central Park

Our apartment in New York City was located one block from Central Park so naturally we spent a lot of time there, particularly with the temperature occasionally reaching highs in the eighties. We visited Central Park at the start of Autumn/Fall just as the leaves were starting to change and it is [...]

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Highlights of Washington, D.C.

We spent two nights in Washington, D.C. and like most tourists to the area we headed straight for The National Mall, a park at the heart of America’s capital city. The Smithsonian Institute is the primary tenant in The Mall and home to nineteen free museums – enough to keep you [...]

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Photo Friday #16: Underneath Eyjafjallajokull

Þorvaldseyri is a milk and cattle farm at the base of Eyjafjallajokull volcano. Eruptions at Eyjafjallajokull in April 2010 and the subsequent volcanic ash led to six days of air travel disruption, however it also caused widespread flooding which left Þorvaldseyri covered in black ash and water.

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#rtwsoon Interview: Chris & Tawny – Captain and Clark

We’re delighted to bring you a second #rtwsoon interview in two weeks, this time with “Captain and Clark” who are heading around the world in approximately a month’s time. The story behind Chris and Tawny’s travel plans is so unique and sounds truly awesome – but you’ll have to read [...]

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