Australia has a lot to offer both Gap Year and independent travellers. You can surf, dive or sail on its incredible coastline (which includes the Great Barrier reef), encounter unique wildlife and marvel at its vast landscapes. It’s also home to cool cities like Sydney and Melbourne for cosmopolitan chilling, plus the locals are friendly […]
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Australia is amazing. Visit if you can, but it’s not cheap. It’s also massive and the huge distances between cities and sights can make internal travel expensive. Here’s our guide to maximising your budget Down Under: Visas: It takes at least 6 months to explore Australia in depth. If you are planning to stay longer
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From full time to part time, a Digital Nomad is someone who uses modern tech to work from anywhere in the world. Sounds too good to be true? Here’s the lowdown on working with WiFi: Pros: Travelling and experiencing new cultures. You can immerse yourself long term in new and exciting cities. Choosing your weather
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Whether you’re a 9-5 digital nomad, or working online part time to fund your travel, the nomadic life can have drawbacks. Here’s our practical tips on how to make it work better for you: Kit and insurance – it sounds obvious, but having the right kit (laptop, phone, noise cancelling headphones, USB sticks, chargers and international
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Canada is becoming increasingly popular for Gap Year and adventure travel. If you can secure a IEC Working Holiday Visa, then there’s a great choice of jobs in the country of jaw-dropping scenery, iconic National Parks, stunning wildlife and cool cities. Pros: The variety of jobs-from camp counselling and seasonal jobs in ski and Summer resorts to
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Toronto: Toronto is one of our favourite cities: cosmopolitan, cool and culture packed. It’s also home to amazing food (of all cuisines) and modern architecture (from Mies van der Rohe to Gehry). We spent a week there and could have stayed longer. Our highlights were: The CN Tower – even if you don’t go up,
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Authors: Emma and David – @teamthomastravels and teamthomastravel.com The Canadian city of Toronto has it all. A beautiful waterfront, world class museums, high end shops and a thriving multicultural foodie scene. While it’s hard to choose a top 5 to do list, these are the things that we feel are absolute MUSTS while you’re
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As the narrow part of Central America, Costa Rica has two coasts – a Pacific and a Caribbean. Both are stunning: home to world class beaches and diverse landscape. If you’ve not time to explore both, which do you choose? Here’s our lowdown: Caribbean Coast: Costa Rica’s Caribbean has warm sea, sheltered reefs, whales and turtles.
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You can be a digital nomad anywhere with fast broadband and a good power source. A low cost of living also helps, but some locations just make it so much easier to work online than others, plus they have the added advantage of a thriving digital community you can be part of. Here’s our guide
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Author: Beth Johnstone – travel journalist and photographer – @sheisthelostgirl and sheisthelostgirl.com. Beth began travelling in 2014 has been travelling around the world full time for five years, taking photographs, writing about the places she’s been to and immersing herself in new cultures. She has a huge wealth of knowledge. Beth and her partner (fellow
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