Reading Recommendations from A Bag Lady

Words have always fascinated me. In my adolescents, I would often ponder the origin of words, their invention, how they were formulated. Whose jobs was it to construct the alphabet or to decide which...

Silostay: an ecological wonder in a place of little wonders

While being on the road enjoying the Banks Peninsula we were able to make a stop and check out SiloStay in Little River. SiloStay is a very unique accommodation made out of grain silos. These...

Cyprus airports: which are they?

Which are the main airports in Cyprus and what are the airport transfer options? There are two official airports in Cyprus located in Larnaca and in Paphos. There is one airport in Nicosia but it is...

How to go from Mexico City to Oaxaca

Visiting Oaxaca after CDMX (Ciudad de Mexico = Mexico City) is an excellent idea, especially if you're headed towards the Yucatán Peninsula. The distance from Mexico City to Oaxaca is about...

How to NOT Get Sick on an Airplane

If you travel regularly, the possibility of illness is a vague awareness; you get by most of the time - until you don't. Then you remember how lucky you've been the last x times you flew, before...

How you can reduce your emissions on a flight

What does it mean to be a responsible traveller? Some say it’s probably best to never leave the house again, and go and watch David Attenborough’s newest documentary instead. We think this is...