As a child of the Facebook generation who only let Twitter into her life reluctantly, I resisted Instagram for a long time...and immediately got hooked as soon as I gave in to the photo-sharing app! The travel pictures I see on it every day are like porn to my wanderlust and a constant source of inspiration, so I've decided to share the best of them with you!With each installment, the ...
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Most people choose to visit Torres del Paine by foot. While Chile's Southern Patagonian national park draws crowds of hiking enthusiasts keen to take on the 4-day 'W' trekking circuit, or, more challenging still, the 10-day 'full circuit', I'm ashamed to say I chose the lazy option: short on time and energy, I opted for a day-long bus tour taking in the park's main features instead.When I say lazy... our ...
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As a child of the Facebook generation who only let Twitter into her life reluctantly, I resisted Instagram for a long time...and immediately got hooked as soon as I gave in to the photo-sharing app! The travel pictures I see on it every day are like porn to my wanderlust and a constant source of inspiration, so I've decided to share the best of them with you!Each week, the Wanderlust ...
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Rangoon. Yangoon. Yangon. No one pronounces it the same way (it’s actually Yangon – Rangoon is the old name, and Yangoon is, well, just a misguided mix of the two!), but almost everyone visiting Myanmar transits via the country’s largest city. So, what are the best things to do in Yangon?As one of the two international getaways (with Mandalay) and the main hub for internal transport, you can’t really avoid ...
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When you spend any length of time in Asia, visiting temples can become, well, a little repetitive.In the space of two months, I had been in Korea, China, Japan, and Thailand, four countries where religious (mainly Buddhist) buildings - temples, monasteries, shrines - constitute some of the main attractions. Okay, most of those places are stunning, but still, one does get somewhat desensitized, particularly when one is not religious ...
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