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Barbados, Caribbean, Guides + Itineraries, Travel

Barbados Self-Guided Coastal Drive

Barbados is a small island country in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean, surrounded by the calm clear water of the Caribbean Sea on the West and the wilder seas of the Atlantic Ocean on the East. It is home to some of the most welcoming people I have ever met, island roads fringed with palm trees, the strongest rum punch and clean, turquoise water that you won’t believe is real until it hits your toes. After having visited the island a few times in the last few years (and falling more in love with it every time), I finally had a chance to show[...]

Australia, Budget Travel, Travel

Your Quick Guide to Traveling Australia’s East Coast

The East Coast of Australia is filled with picture perfect images that entice people from all over the world to come and visit this big, beautiful country. With everything to offer from city life and sea-side villages to mountain ranges and wild rain forests, the east coast has become the most popular backpacker route within Australia. Along the way you will meet people from all walks of life, all nationalities, all ages and all abilities ticking off this bucket-list trip and they are all doing it differently. Because there are so many ways of exper[...]

Australia, Guides + Itineraries, Travel

The Quick Guide to Australia’s Great Ocean Road

Recently, a friend and I embarked on a month long roadtrip that took us from Western Australia through to South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. While it was an epic adventure on its own, one of the highlights of the trip was driving down one of Australia's most iconic coastal routes: The Great Ocean Road. 243 kilometers of some of the most beautiful views I'd ever seen - winding roads that took us through farmland, along the sea side and into the rainforest.You could easily take your time doing the great ocean road - we had met some people w[...]

Australia, Guides + Itineraries, Travel

An Australian Road Trip: Perth to Sydney

New Years Eve of 2017 found us back in Perth, reunited with a few of our favorite people to ring in 2018. After a beautiful night with friends on the beach, an ocean swim as midnight struck and fireworks bursting overhead, we enjoyed the next couple of days catching up and playing with our favorite little Irish baby. #AuPairLife, am I right? It continues even after you say goodbye! But, just as we were getting used to life in a real house, in a real bed and with people to talk to other than just the two of us, it was time to load up the Jeep and hit[...]

Australia, Guides + Itineraries, Travel

Western Australia Road Trip: Perth to Coral Bay

After three months in Perth the time had finally come to do what all great backpackers who come to Australia tend to do: pack up our belongings, toss a mattress in the back of a car and head off on a great Australian road trip. This one through Western Australia.Road trips in Australia are serious business and a Western Australia road trip is even more so – you don’t just hop in a car and off you go. The distances between some places are so great and remote that you have to make sure your car will have enough fuel to make it the entire way. You m[...]

Australia, Travel

Day Trips From Perth: Honeymoon Pool + Black Diamond Lake in Wellington National Park

Wellington National Park, home to Honeymoon Pool and Black Diamond Lake, is just over two hours south of Perth and the perfect trip to make for a day (or a weekend!) out of the city. I'd class both Honeymoon Pool and Black Diamond Lake as swimming spots that every water baby needs to adventure to. On a Sunday morning we packed up our little car and took off, four girls and a ton of music for our first of many day trips from Perth. First stop - Honeymoon Pool! Honeymoon Pool is a wide swimming hole that rests beside Honeymoon Pool Campsite - a tranquil camping a[...]