Travel Tips

What Do You Really Need In A Travel First Aid Kit?

I have to say I’m pretty lax when it comes to health on the road. Street food? No problem. Near rare meat? Ok. Tap water? As long as it’s not brown. Anti-Malarials? You mean DEET?


Monday June 7 2010

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Travel Money Guide: Travel Debit and Credit Cards for Australians

This is not a paid review post, there are no affiliate links. I just got sick of fees and went looking for a better deal. This has really bugged me, there is heaps of info for foreigners coming to Australia on how to minimise fees with their accounts in their home country or by opening [...]


Tuesday April 6 2010

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The Budget Airline Paradox: Why Cheaper is Not Always Better

On my trip to Cambodia a few months ago I was sitting in Melbourne’s Tullamarine airport waiting for my my flight to board, Emirates MEL to SIN. At a nearby gate was JetStar MEL to SIN, the low cost carrier (LCC) of choice for this route and the packed gate was a testament to that. [...]


Monday July 27 2009

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Is Adventure Travel Safe?

Yes! Don’t for a minute reconsider traveling because you are worried it is not safe. Unless you are planning a trip to Iraq, Afghanistan or North Korea you’ll be just as safe as you are at home in most cases. The media likes to  depict a world descending into chaos, in fact it always has [...]


Wednesday July 1 2009

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Travel in The Monsoon Season

I hear a lot of questions about traveling in Monsoon (Wet Season) people are mostly interested in India and Thailand.


Wednesday June 24 2009

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