So How Can I Earn Enough Money to Travel the World?
Along with “What do you do about school?” probably the second most common question I get asked about our lives is “How do you earn...
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Everest Base Camp Trek – FAQ
Last Updated 6 February 2019 How Much Does the Everest Base Camp Trek Cost? The Everest Base Camp trek can cost under US $500 for...
How Much Does the Everest Base Camp Trek Cost?
Current as of January 2018 How much does the Everest Base Camp trek cost? Anything from US$500 to over $10,000. There really is that much...
What Gear Do I Need for the Everest Base Camp Trek (and Why)?
*Last Updated December 2015* What gear you need for the Everest Base Camp trek depends on what season you will be trekking in. It is...
How To Climb Mount Kinabalu with Kids
Mount Kinabalu, in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, is marketed as the highest mountain in South-East Asia, excluding the Himalayas and Puncak Jaya in Indonesian Papua. And...
How Safe is Egypt After the Revolution?
“How safe is Egypt now?” Still a topical question, so I’ve updated this post on 16 20 June 2012. Deletions are marked with a strikethrough...
Seven Things That Make Cairo Worth the Hassle
Now, it is easy to whinge about Cairo – and, lord knows, I have! Frankly, as a visibly foreign female visitor, tourist Cairo makes the...
The TripAdvisor Experiment
There have been a spate of posts in the blogosphere lately arguing that guidebooks are an unnecessary encumbrance to the hostel dorm and group tour...
Yes, You Really Do Need A Week in Beijing
It is China travel lore that “you need a week in Beijing”. Now, given we travel at a pace so slow it’s verging on glacial,...
Should I Vaccinate My Child For Travel?
The single most surprising question I get asked by readers of this blog is this: “should I vaccinate my child for travel?” I say “surprising”...