This is a guest post by Liah S Thorley is a travel writer and novelist from the UK. She has travelled extensively and particularly enjoys history and the arts.
The vastness of Canada is enough to boggle the mind, yet sitting next to its louder neighbour the USA, its quiet natural beauty can sometimes be overshadowed. I’d been studying in the USA and had a couple of spare weeks before going back to university in the UK. My time wouldn’t stretch to see the whole country so I had to be selective. The decision was easy – I was heading out West to British Columbia.
Now anyone who is or has been a student knows how hard it is to make ends meet, so you know what I mean when I say I was on the skimpiest budget I have ever had to make do on. I bought the cheapest flight to Vancouver I could find, threw my clothes in my bag and hopped across the border.
BC aka British Columbia
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This is a guest post from Rob Melau
Even though I had heard many fascinating stories about Cyprus, the political developments on the divided island always kind of put me off and kept me from strapping on my backpack and just seeing for myself what the country was all about. At some point, however, I had a change of heart and decided to put aside my preconceptions which were potentially clouding reality.
Just to give you a quick lowdown on Cyprus … it lies at the crossroads of three continents and has been ruled by plenty of empires and nations which all left their mark on the island. The crusaders built numerous castles; the Arabs refined the local cuisine and introduced exotic dishes like ‘Meze’ ….whereas the Brits caused the Cypriots to drive on the left! Not to mention the Turks who ended up dividing the country!
Cyprus castle
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Fans of the James Bond series will no doubt be aware that the worlds’ most famous fictional secret agent does a lot of travelling throughout his films.
From the beaches of the Bahamas to the jungles of the Amazon, Bond jet sets around the world battling criminal masterminds, his adventures have even taken him into space!
Ever fancied taking your holidays in a Bond film location? Here are a few ideas to help you plan your own little James Bond adventure – minus the secret underground lairs of course! Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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This is a guest post by Katie Oakes from The Tap Tap Bus. She is embarking on her own adventure with partner Richard across Australia and is a fellow MatadorU travel writing student. Luckily she managed to drive down the Great Ocean Road, which I completely missed on my drive from Perth to Sydney. Here is her take on one of the most handsome roads in the world.
Nice place for a silhouette shot
“Driving on the motorway isn’t as hard as I thought it’d be,” Richard comments, hogging the middle lane as cars zoom past on either side.
“You’ve not driven on the motorway before?” I ask, incredulous.
He shrugs his shoulders as another car flies past and veers back in front of him. “They don’t have any in Northern Ireland.”
We’ve just hired a car from Travellers Autobarn to drive the Great Ocean Road in Victoria. Richard, as the only male, agreed to do the first leg of the trip, keeping his motorway virgin status to himself. Read the rest! \(^u^)/ →
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