Photo by: Stuck in Customs
I’ve been off gallivanting around the country for the last month and now I’m finally home. I spent a wonderful week in Alaska visiting a good friend with my Husband and my Sister-in-Law. Afterwards, my friend and I spent a long weekend in New York City and then I was off [...]
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I’m back
Posted in Simple Living, Travel on March 13, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Alaska
Posted in Travel on March 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Yes….I’ve been in Alaska for the week. I’ve been without internet access until now so I wasn’t able to add any words to the picture I already had pre-posted. That will serve me right for assuming I could get easy access to internet anywhere.
I must say Alaska has been truly stunning. We’ve been hiking in [...]
Dreams – a look at life 5 years from now
Posted in Goals, Happiness, Inspiration, Simple Living, Travel on January 13, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Lately it seems I’ve been talking a lot about nitty-gritty personal finance stuff. It’s not what I had intended for this blog, but it seems that it’s what has had me pre-occupied since the beginning of the year. I need to get all that sorted out this month so I can think more about my journey towards [...]
Woo Hoo! I snagged a bargain flight to Australia
Posted in Frugal, Travel on January 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
In September I am flying home to Australia for my sisters wedding. I had planned to book my flights in about April, but this morning I found out about a sale on Qantas flights from the US to Australia. I managed to get two return flights from LA to Brisbane for $799 each! That’s less than [...]
I’m back from Central America
Posted in Travel on January 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I arrived back yesterday afternoon after only just making our connecting flight in Houston. The aircraft doors literally closed behind us. My luggage wasn’t quite so lucky, but it arrived last night. I was so bone weary that I slept for 12 hours last night.
I feel mentally refreshed after three weeks in Central America and [...]
Packing List for backpacking overseas
Posted in Simple Living, Travel on December 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
When I travel overseas I tend to travel light. I make sure I can carry everything I need on my back. Here’s what I take.
Luggage
65L travel/hybrid pack
daypack (zip off from main pack)
camera bag
In the day pack
passport, visas, extra passport photos
copies of important documents
travel insurance information
travel tickets
charge & ATM cards, cash
maps, guidebooks, phrase books
reading material
inflatable travel [...]
Travel Insurance – Don’t go without it
Posted in Travel on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’m currently travelling abroad and of course I purchased travel insurance before I departed. It’s a must have for every trip outside your own country and I wouldn’t travel without it. For this trip I used insuremytrip.com to find a policy which suited my needs.
Travel insurance is a combination of trip-cancellation insurance and 24-hour emergency [...]
