… we’re in Buenos Aires, Argentina! I’ve found an apartment, and should be signing the contracts this week. Manu, my dog, will have to adjust to city life in a shoebox size studio apartment; I’m just thrilled it’s mine, all mine, and after months – years – of living in hostels or out of a [...]

Today, I’m running the seventeenth interview in my Adjusting to Expat Life series.  If you’re interested in being interviewed about your current or past expat experiences, please get in touch via the Contact page. Marcel Krueger used to be a heavy metal singer, something I find delightfully in keeping with German stereotypes.  Then he moved [...]

This is a sponsored guest post by the folks at Holiday Extras. It may seem a while off but if the last few months are anything to go by, the autumn half-term will be here before we know it! So here are a few tips to help your half-term getaway go smoothly from start to [...]

I don’t know how to explain the radio silence these last few months, at least not right now.  I have scribbled notes from a drunken 3 am, fragments of emails, a million thoughts whirling round my head, and it will all no doubt come together into a semi-coherent blog post some time soon, but not [...]

I’m living an inspiration-free moment. Yamanyá Backpackers is newly open, which is wonderful, but it has plunged me into a deep pile of stress and hideously boring administrational-type jobs. I had to put uni to one side for this trimester, in the interests of my mental health, and writing? I work from one of the [...]

The fourth Lonely Planet blogsherp carnival, Rubber Stamp, went live yesterday over at Ginger Beirut.  Georgia’s done an awesome job of putting it together and there’s some wonderful stories, from excellent advice for those planning to venture the Kosovar/Serbian border (I highly recommend it!) to the story of a post-border taxi-driver-frenzy resulting in a somewhat [...]

It’s been a big couple of days for me. Here’s what’s been going on. First off, I need to send a huge thank you out to Mike Collins at Exotic Visitors who has devoted a considerable amount of time over the last few days to answering increasingly panicked emails from me.  The new-look page is [...]

That’s it people, unsubscribe from my RSS feed, remove me from your bookmarks, stop following me on Twitter. Why? 1.  Shoddy journalistic standards I told you guys Inti Raymi was on the 21st of June.  It’s on the 24th.  And you know what?  I totally knew that, referred to one previously trustworthy source that told [...]

The second ever Lonely Planet Blogsherpa Travel Blog Carnival just went live at Todd’s Wanderings.  I contributed “Flying Solo – safe travel for women on their own” but you’ll find a wealth of informative and entertaining posts over at Todd’s Wanderings – Travel Safely.  Enjoy! The next Carnival will be hosted in two weeks time [...]

In an extremely gratifying turn of events mere days after listing them among my top five markets for aspiring travel writers, the Matador Network have picked up my very first paid, published, piece of writing.  That private Caribbean island is looking closer by the second! So, please drop by to read a revised version of [...]