by Josie | Jan 15, 2017 | Musings
I’ve been nominated for the Liebster Award. This gives you the opportunity to learn a little more about me as I answer the questions I was provided in my nomination. The Liebster Award is an online recognition given to new and upcoming bloggers to help motivate...
by Josie | Dec 27, 2016 | Musings
The following Travel Whispers Blogger Challenge questions are designed to be a lot more interesting than simply ‘where is your favourite place to travel’, and intend to pass on the experiences and knowledge that travel bloggers have, as well as a bit of a 2016 round...
by Josie | Dec 26, 2016 | Musings
Travel disasters tend to occur regularly. It’s just how it is. Usually at the time it feels like the end of the world. In hindsight though, most of the situations we have thought were disastrous turned out just fine in the end. Now they make for some great...
by Josie | Dec 18, 2016 | Musings
Recently at a large party as we entered we were handed a name tag and a pen. We were told to write our name, how we knew the birthday boy and our favourite thing. It took me all of a nanosecond to add “travel” under my name. A close second on my favourite things to do...
by Josie | Dec 13, 2016 | Musings
I have been learning about frequent flyer points for a few years now. Unlike many other people who collect points, I have not been able to earn points and status through flying for work. Instead I earn points through some domestic flights, credit cards and a few other...
by Josie | Dec 3, 2016 | Musings
So you think you can take great photos? I wish I could say the same. The fantastic photos that are included in travel blogs are one of the big attractions. They show off the sparkling Mediterranean waters or the colours of the Holi festival in India. There’s the...
by Josie | Nov 20, 2016 | Musings
Frequent flyers can be a bit of a crazy bunch. The lengths that we will go to to gather frequent flyer or hotel points and status cannot be underestimated. There is a well known story from the US about The Pudding Guy. He calculated that the value of the points he...
by Josie | Nov 12, 2016 | Musings
I have been a travel blogger for exactly ten days! So how can I write a “How to…” post? Well, I can’t really, but what I can write about is this state of total confusion I am going through. I am pretty sure that I have no idea what I am doing....
by Josie | Nov 7, 2016 | Musings
Do you have a bucket list? An actual written down list of things to be ticked off? I don’t. There are a whole pile of things floating around in my head that I’d like to do “one day”. I also have someone else’s list I saved from somewhere...
by Josie | Nov 2, 2016 | Musings
I have heard this so many times over the last few months. People around me are shocked that Simon and I are heading off for twelve months to travel to Europe, then backpack from there back to Australia. It’s a pretty big thing to undertake, but it’s...
by Josie | Nov 1, 2016 | Musings
Ahem *Waves, coughs, clears throat* Hello World! (This is all a bit scary!) I just clicked on that “Publish” button for the first time. Woohoo. Now it’s time to put my money where my mouth is, figuratively speaking. Just in case someone other than my...
