Monthly Archives: January 2016

Tunisia – January 9-24 2016 Tunis & Mediterranean Coast West & South East Coast & Kairouan Why Go? It’s but a slim wedge of North Africa, but Tunisia has more than enough history, cultural diversity and extremes of landscape: a … Continue reading →

Life stresses are inevitable. Money, relationships, family, work, cancelled flights, theft, finding places to stay are all part of a traveller’s life. Your girlfriend/boyfriend may break up with you over your travels, especially if they are a non-traveller. It can … Continue reading →

HISTORY Despite a couple of millennia of foreign occupation, it is a unique culture with a resilient national identity. Phoenicians and Romans. The Phoenicians set their sights on Tunisia around 800 BC, and their capital Carthage – today a suburb … Continue reading →

Relationships and Traveling as a Couple It is possible to meet a similar-minded spirit as you travel, but the nature of movement often means that intense relationships don’t last. Occasionally they do, but it takes a lot more effort when … Continue reading →

Excerpted from LegalNomads.com. Jodi Ettenberg is from Montreal, a travel blogger and long-term traveller. She is a great writer and expresses things much better then me. I have edited the following piece quite a bit, but the ideas and wording … Continue reading →

Interaction On The Road I can see someone being a little tentative to leave any Western country: a shooting here, a bombing there, protests once a week, civil wars, terrorism, religious extremism. That is to say, the only “normal” people … Continue reading →

WHY I QUIT MY JOB TO TRAVEL AROUND the WORLD I set the goal of traveling the world long before I decided to quit work and travel. I picked the nice even number of 100 months (yes 8+ years) before … Continue reading →

HOW TO AVOID FOOD POISONING Adapted from Legalnomads.com Eating, for some people is one of the main reasons they travel. Food can bridge cultures, allowing you into kitchens and bakeries, butcher shops and market stalls. One problem is how to … Continue reading →

The best advice is ‘don’t worry and just do it’, but it’s difficult to give an accurate picture of the experience of travelling alone, since we are all individuals with our own highs and lows. Many factors are involved: luck, … Continue reading →

Visas can be a pain – not only can their costs really add up in some regions (Africa or parts of Asia), but you can end up stranded for days waiting for them. You may even have to back-track if … Continue reading →