Travel advice makes no sense a lot of the time. In a hyperconnected world of influencer-led social media and plain wrong advice, travelers love to tell each other the ‘rules’ of travel. “Don’t go there, you’ll get ripped off” says Karen tapping into her phone (as it’s painfully obvious she couldn’t barter or negotiate). “Avoid […]
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Creating travel content in a world of Instagram influencers and millionaire YouTubers can be an intimidating. Not for my friend Mark Moran, who is bringing his unique creation to the travel world through his awesome podcast – The Friday Take Five. It was so awesome to catch up with Mark for the latest chapter in
Travel regrets are a painful lesson – you just don’t know it at the time. I was ten years old and clinging to my Dad’s leg as hard as I could. He was a big guy, my old man, but he couldn’t get me off. I was like a four-foot flea stuck to him as
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Learning a new language can be daunting. But it can be fun too. In this next exciting chapter of The Travel Files series here on Life Went That Way, I caught up with David Chinea (@TropicalSpanish on Twitter) from Tenerife. David caught my attention through his daily Spanish lessons which he shares with his growing
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“Why would you want to go to Phuket? Bali is so much better” You slowly roll your eyes, take a sip of your flat rum and coke, change the subject to the football on the telly and wish you never brought it up. It is a pointless argument – most travellers know what I’m talking about.
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