The Pursuit of Adventure

6 Awesome Arizona Adventures

The United States is one of my all time favourite travel destinations. I drove from coast to coast, stopping at leisure along the ways. One of the things that really sticks out in my mind is the stunning scenery of the South West. The people are friendly and the drive from Los Angeles (crossing Nevada) [...]

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How to Experience an Endless Summer: Phillippines

Welcome back for part 2 of the Endless Summer series. Now that you’ve had your fill of kickboxing and cage fighting its time to chillax and check out the extreme watersports offered in the beautiful Philippines. June-August – Philippines The Philippines is made up of 7000 gorgeous tropical islands. Unlike Bangkok, Manilla is definitely missable. [...]

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How to live the Endless Summer (part 1 – Thailand)

Ever wanted to spend a year soaking up the sun? The sound of waves crashing on golden shores, your tan deepening every day, learning to surf the salty waves, checking out the talent on foreign beaches… What more could you want from a mini retirement? How about 12 action packed months checking out some extreme [...]

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7 Different Ways to Earn Money While Travelling

We’ve all read hundreds of articles about how to make money while travelling. They usually say the same old thing, teach English, start a blog, write or create websites. Right? Wrong. There are more jobs in travel than most of us would ever consider. 1) Work in a bar Surprisingly, this is more common than [...]

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What is Adventure Travel?

Do you know what it’s to paddle a kayak in the open seas? To make eye contact with a humpback whale or to photograph Angor Wat? What about climbing the Great Wall of China? When we think of adventurous people we often think of those who push their bodies to the limits climbing Everest or [...]

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Teach English Overseas

notes from The Bucket List Teaching English is an exciting way to see the world and get paid for it. The hours are generally low and most English Teachers are content and live comfortable lifestyles. You could be on a plane within 6 weeks of reading this, with an overseas job guarantee. If you are [...]

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Things I can’t live (or travel) Without…Part One

Aaahh the joy of travelling. This is the short list of things that I never travel without, part one, because there are quite a few. As you can see, I’m not much for travelling light. I like to be in contact and know whats going on at home. I want my creature comforts… within reason. [...]

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Heaven

It smells like heaven in here. I close my eyes and take a deep breath, allowing the soft perfume to wash over me. I step over the threshold and I’m in Macys, Myers or David Jones. This Vietnamese department store has every perfume on hand. For $100 I could smell like J.Lo. The bright lights [...]

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The twilight zone or DJ play my song!

I have stepped into the twilight zone The music is thumping, the dance floor is packed… fly boys and girls gyrate skilfully to the hip hop beats from the imported DJ’s in the corner. My mouth hits the floor. Two minutes ago I was sharing a motorbike with 2 of my friends, dodging the holes [...]

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What happens on course

I am sitting in class, our tutor is trying to explain the nuance of “used” so that, in future, we can explain how to use “used” to our students. The windows are slightly fogged. Our brains are slowly turning into stew. It’s not that the material is hard its that… well… I’ve never had to [...]

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