by Josie Kelsh | May 28, 2020 | Musings
With all the lack of travelling happening lately – and the likelihood that there won’t be a whole lot going on for the rest of this year – I have had a lot of time on my hands to think about the travel I want to do over the next (gulp!)...
by Josie Kelsh | May 14, 2020 | New Zealand
Our cruise itinerary listed a stop in Christchurch, and I was excited to spend a day exploring the city. But then I discovered we would be disembarking in Akaroa. I decided instead to spend the day exploring this cute little town rather than travelling into...
by Josie Kelsh | May 5, 2020 | New Zealand
My recent visit to New Zealand included a short stop in Dunedin. We only had one full day to explore, but we were lucky that it brought back memories of our trip to the city a few years earlier. That time we were able to do a fantastic tour of the popular Cadbury...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 29, 2020 | New Zealand
A few years ago a group of my friends spent a few days on Stewart Island. I was invited too, but was already travelling in the Middle East so I had to content myself with jealously watching their social media updates instead. Finally I recently got to visit for myself...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 27, 2020 | All Countries
I first discovered Hundertwasser when I was researching for my visit to Vienna, Austria, a few years ago. I was immediately hooked on his quirky, colourful style. Since then, during my travels I’ve been keeping an eye out for Hundertwasser around the world. Who...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 20, 2020 | Musings
When travelling, in between all the stress of getting around, the language barriers and the crowds, there are moments of pure joy. Something about the place you are in just sparks, and you have this wow moment. Sometimes it’s those bucket list places that you...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 18, 2020 | Musings
Many of you will have read my previous post (you can see it here) about life throwing me a bit of a curveball. In October last year I was diagnosed with breast cancer. While I’ve not been writing about that here on my travel blog, I thought now would be a good...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 16, 2020 | Musings
It’s interesting when talking to other people, particularly those who don’t travel a lot, to discover aspects of travel that don’t even cross my mind. I was surprised to hear recently from someone that one of the reasons that they don’t travel...
by Josie Kelsh | Apr 14, 2020 | Musings
I know, you just laughed so hard at the title of this post you spit out your coffee! Now? A good time for travel? Surely I am joking with you? But no, I’m not. Here’s why I think that now is a great time to think about travel! Firstly, let me clarify what...
by Josie Kelsh | Mar 19, 2020 | Musings
I’m a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to cruising. I only took my first cruise, to Alaska, in August last year. I have now just done another cruise from Australia to New Zealand. So many people ask me what I think about cruising, especially those who...
