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Backpacking in London: A Guide to Visiting London As A Backpacker

Published on: 17/01/202217/01/2022 by Nic Hilditch-Short 12 Comments

London, like Sydney and Auckland for British Backpackers, is ground zero for that backpacking around the UK and quite often those on working Holiday Visas from Australia. It can be an expensive place to visit but the countless unique experiences that greet the 30 million international visitors each year are well worth the cost. It’s

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Our Guide To Backpacking in Australia & Tips For A Budget Trip Around Australia

Published on: 02/09/202102/12/2021 by Nic Hilditch-Short Comment

How to travel Australia on a budget: It’s no secret that a trip around Australia is an expensive prospect for backpackers and is much more challenging than places like Eastern Europe or Southeast Asia where your money will go much further. Here despite being a backpacker magnet it’s a much harder prospect when your already

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2 days in Milan Itinerary: A Complete Guide To A weekend in Milan, Italy

Published on: 15/12/202017/02/2021 by Nic Hilditch-Short 14 Comments

Milan is somewhere that often gets overlooked when people plan a trip to Italy, it’s often described as boring and expensive and with so much else to see across the country it’s a shame it often goes unvisited. But with cheap flights available on budget airlines from the UK to Milan we chose it as

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Backpacking in Melbourne, Victoria. Cheap & Free Things To Do in Melbourne

Published on: 10/12/202014/12/2020 by Nic Hilditch-Short Comment

Want to know What to do in Melbourne for free? Well Australia is an expensive country to visit especially if you’ve just arrived from backpacking through Asia! But that shouldn’t put you off, there are plenty of cheap activities in Melbourne. Melbourne is constantly voted as one of the world’s most liveable cities and after

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Kenya Budget Safari: How To Plan A Backpacker/ Affordable African Safari

Published on: 17/11/202018/11/2021 by Nic Hilditch-Short 2 Comments

Leaping into the back of an open-top jeep and cruising the savanna in sight of the big 5 is on most people’s bucket lists! But this incredible experience is also associated with huge costs that go way beyond what any backpacker or budget traveller could ever afford. Most would consider the safari an adventure reserved

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Backpacking in Hong Kong: A Guide To A Hong Kong Budget Trip

Published on: 15/09/202018/11/2020 by Nic Hilditch-Short 10 Comments

For us Hong Kong was high on our bucket list for years after growing up with stories from my parents of their first travels to Asia and their experiences there in particular. It always seemed like a world away and yet also so familiar. After spending a month travelling around mainland China we had our

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The Ultimate Phuket Backpacking Guide: The Best Places to visit in Phuket On A Budget

Published on: 05/09/202029/10/2020 by Nic Hilditch-Short 17 Comments

So, you’re backpacking Thailand and want to head to Phuket? Well it’s the perfect easy access starting point for exploring the beautiful islands of Thailand. It’s got a culture and history, incredible beaches, spectacular day trips and is a great place to relax for a while and recharge and is one of the best islands

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The Ultimate Best Day Trips From Christchurch, New Zealand Guide Covering Near & Far!

Published on: 03/09/202029/10/2020 by Nic Hilditch-Short 2 Comments

Having been fortunate enough to call Christchurch home for a year (and hoping to do so again in the future) we got to know it and the surrounding areas quite well doing many Christchurch day trips. It’s a small city but what it lacks in size it makes up for with its outdoor lifestyle and

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Taking The 762 Turn Chiang Mai To Pai Scooter Trip & The Information On The Bus From Chiang Mai to Pai, Thailand

Published on: 27/06/202010/11/2020 by Nic Hilditch-Short 36 Comments

After riding the length of Vietnam on motorbikes they became our favourite method of transport around South East Asia and wherever possible we would jump at the chance to do another trip. After such a long a gruelling trip in Vietnam though we searched out day trips on bikes as well as shorter multi day

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A guide To Using The Train In Italy: How To Travel For Cheap and Like A Local!

Published on: 05/03/201929/10/2020 by Paul Short 9 Comments

As Italy was the first stop of our long term travels, we realised very quickly that many things stretched our tight budget. We spent a total of around 10-11 days travelling from Milan (with a day trip to lake Como) to Bolzano, from Bolzano to Badia and finally Badia down to Venice. So one thing

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Backpacking FAQ. All the answers we had before we set off on our three year adventure around the world!

Published on: 23/10/201819/12/2018 by Nic Hilditch-Short 10 Comments

Before we headed off backpacking we had so many questions, when to book accommodation, how to keep everything safe and how to manage our money. Despite being so excited for a dream to finally come true, all these amazing places we would be heading out to see and the experiences we would be having… yet

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9 Tips for Backpacking Myanmar! Our Comprehensive Myanmar Travel Guide

Published on: 23/08/201828/10/2019 by Nic Hilditch-Short 10 Comments

Myanmar is an incredible place to visit, we spend a month backpacking Myanmar and found it to be one of the most authentic and eye opening countries to visit in South East Asia. But many people also have concerns about travelling to Myanmar such as visas, border crossings, affordability, politics and safety. We have to admit

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Free things to do in Washington DC: The USA on a backpacker budget

Published on: 25/07/201828/10/2019 by Nic Hilditch-Short 8 Comments

Ever since I watched Forrest Gump as an 8 year old I have wanted to go to Washington, D.C. Not only that but as I grew up and learnt about events which really resonated with what I believed on such as martin Luther kings famous speech the longing to visited only grew. DC was somewhere

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EPIC Two Week Sri Lanka Itinerary

Published on: 26/05/201803/03/2022 by Nic Hilditch-Short 2 Comments

After surprising our family with a secret trip home for Christmas, all the way from Australia, we decided rather than just fly all the way back down under in one we would visit a few places on the way. After calling in at Berlin and then Dubai for a few days we had a full

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Tips and Advice on renting a Campervan in Australia!

Published on: 26/05/201819/12/2018 by Nic Hilditch-Short 1 Comment

This was a first for us, coming to Australia we knew our methods of travel would change. This vast and expensive land isn’t as easy to get across as the entire continents of Eastern Europe and South East Asia on a shoestring! To see so much of it we would have to get our own

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