Mid-pandemic, a New Zealander travels halfway across the world to be with her partner in the Czech Republic. But the journey comes at a cost. I closed the door to…
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While walking through Auschwitz and Birkenau, a traveler reflects on the strangeness of visiting a place so many once wanted to leave. I wanted to do it. Everyone that comes…
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An expat living in the Czech Republic travels to a nearby lake with her parents and finds joy in the little things she’s been missing. We sat on the tram,…
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While travelling in Hanoi, Vietnam, a surprise offer on a Couchsurfing appleads to an unfiltered experience of local life. It was a fairly normal travel day; chaotic, hot, sweaty, disorientating.…
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It’s a tough one, returning home from an extended trip overseas. 10 months in Europe; 88 beds in a year; travellers’ exhaustion. It couldn’t be more different than leaving. Everyone…
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Long-term travel means you have to do a few of those ‘normal’ things on the road… like eat fruit, buy new toothpaste, and… get a haircut. Our writer had put…
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A stroll through the mountainous Bavarian countryside towards Schloss Neuschwanstein – the castle that inspired Disney – proved more daring than this writer had anticipated. It was a beautiful, bright,…
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I sat on the train gazing up at the large grey pillows filling the sky, feeling small and insignificant, with still a few hours to go. I had my worldly…
