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My top 10 travel reading tips

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Being big lovers of both travel and reading, going travelling for a year was the perfect opportunity for us to get lots of reading done! For any other book lovers planning on setting off on their own adventures, here are my top 10 tips for reading whilst travelling. The card that Nick gave to me before we left 1. Try to only carry two books with you at any time When you’re having to carry your entire life on your back, you don’t want to be lugging around any unnecessary baggage. For this reason, it’s a good idea to only ever carry two books with you at any time . One isn’t enough as you’ll always want to have a backup ready to go. (No book lover wants to get caught off guard in the middle of the Australian outback with no reading material!) So, two is the perfect amount. 2.  Leave a trail of books Once you’ve finished a book, you’ll want to get rid of it before moving on to your next destination in order to free up some valuable space in your bag. The way that I did ...

Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea

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Nick and I are both huge Disney fans, and spent the two weeks before moving in together fulfilling my lifelong dream of visiting Disney World Florida. So, whilst in Tokyo, we were really excited to check out Tokyo Disneyland and DisneySea (the only DisneySea in the world!) The hotel we were staying in (Hotel MONday in Nishikasai, which I fully recommend! Read my  previous post  for more information) ran free shuttle buses to the parks every day, which was really convenient. We spent three days at the parks in total (one in Disneyland and two in DisneySea as it is a lot bigger and requires more time to do properly) and had a really wonderful time in both. Me in DisneySea, watching a pirate show on the Mediterranean Harbour from my fortress on the Mysterious Island Things to know before you go Unless, they’ve updated it since we were there, for some unknown reason, you’re unable to book tickets online unless you have a Japanese bank card . I have absolutely no idea wh...

Memoirs of a Tourist in Tokyo

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It has been a very long time since I last uploaded a blog post, but with good reason. Since visiting our final destination of Tokyo… we have returned home! After being away for a year, it is so nice to be back in England; back with our friends and family and back in our flat. Travelling and exploring the world is amazing but so, it turns out, is coming home again. We have been back home for a couple of months now and it has been a hectic two month of surprising family; seeing friends; long days spent redecorating our flat from scratch and finally moving back in; job hunting; starting back at work and just generally piecing our life back together. Hence the reason why it has taken me this long to put fingers to keyboard and update you on the final stop of our trip. Now that we are finally settled and I have a relatively open Sunday ahead of me, I thought it would be a good time to sit down and catch up on my blogging. Unfortunately, the time that has lapsed since being in Tokyo may mean...

Bula from Fiji!

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After spending the past month living in campervans in the middle of Australia and New Zealand’s winter, we were more than ready for a bit of warm weather, rest and relaxation!  We spent a lot of our time in Fiji taking it easy in our resort; relaxing on double bed sun loungers by the pool, sunbathing, swimming and reading. We also explored Nadi town centre, visited Sri Siva Subramaniya temple and had our first experience of Korean BBQ. Me exploring Nadi Me relaxing at our resort Me at Sri Siva Subraminya temple Nick cooking us up a Korean BBQ storm However, we couldn’t go to Fiji without visiting some of the islands. During our stay, we visited Robinson Crusoe Island and Malamala Beach Club, where we had two of the most amazing days. Robinson Crusoe Island Robinson Crusoe Island was everything you could want from a Fijian island: white sands, clear waters and wonderful hospitality. And despite what Daniel Defoe would have you believe, there wasn’...