Join me as I travel the world and give regular insights into what it is really like being a solo backpacker and tips to help you plan your own adventures
My trip to Moalboal went by in a flash and I seemed to spend most of it underwater. I didn't have any reservations but I headed to MoHo - Moalboal Hostel which was very highly rated! They had a bed available in a really nice dorm for one night so I booked. The common area... Continue Reading →
Travelling between places in the Philippines is hard. It's much more time-consuming than I expected, so one month here is great, but it is nowhere near enough time to visit all the places I want to see and have any time to relax. I'll come back one day to see the places I haven't made... Continue Reading →
There's never a dull moment on my trip in the Philippines, especially when it comes to transportation. I was repeatedly told that to get from Tagaytay to Anilao I needed to get a bus to Nasugbu (Batangas) and then I could get a Jeepney to Anilao and from there a tricycle. Turns out that Nasugbu... Continue Reading →
After such a phenomenal time diving in the Galapagos, I genuinely felt a huge amount of trepidation ahead of my next dive - what if diving just wasn't the same now?! Fears were unwarranted - the diving here is great! I went with Oceano Scuba, a German-owned 5-star PADI dive centre that has been running... Continue Reading →
This was one of the most memorable weeks of my life! Diving in the Galapagos is beyond compare and it is totally worth learning to dive somewhere else just so that you can safely dive here. The dive sites in the north (Wolf and Darwin) are challenging but the rewards are almost too amazing to... Continue Reading →
I hadn't dived in a few years (since the debacle with kit in Mexico) so I started off with a refresher dive in the Hanga Roa Bay and it turned out to be the right thing to do. The dive was fantastic, at a depth of about 17 metres on a bustling coral reef including... Continue Reading →
