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    I’m Moving to Canada

    Who remembers about seven years ago when I published this post about moving to Hong Kong after I finished university (that’s your cue to go and read it if you don’t remember)? Well, here we are again, except this time,…

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    3 Day Itinerary for Plymouth, Devon

    The journey from Edinburgh to Devon is not a short one, with two train journeys and a mad changing of train stations via the London underground. So when I travelled down there for a UK-based holiday during Covid, I wasn’t…

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    Ayrshire Day Trip | Scotland

    When my friend and I planned our trip to the Isle of Arran, the original plan was to stay on the island itself. But when all the accommodation was booked or crazy expensive, we ended up staying in Saltcoats and…

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    Things to Know About CELTA Courses

    Anyone in the world of ESL teaching has probably heard of the CELTA before. It’s one of the most-listed requirements for many employers when you’re seeking an English language teaching job. My teaching experience up until now was done based…

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    Quarantine Diaries | Part 3 | Hello 2021

    Happy New Year gang! Yeah I know, it’s February already. And this isn’t my first post of 2021, but seeing as the last one was a long-overdue post about something I did last year, I don’t fully count it. This…

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    València | Spain

    So after my trip to Gran Canaria last month, I followed it up with a week spent visiting some other friends in València in mainland Spain. I had a full 7 days there (not counting travel days), so I got…

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    Havana, Part 2 | Cuba

         So first of all, check out part 1 of my Havana trip for my first impressions of the city if you haven’t yet. We spent four days there in total, at the end of our 3 week Mexico…

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    Hermanus | South Africa

          So, I’m not entirely sure where the Garden Route officially starts and ends, as the internet tells me different things, so this portion of the trip might have still counted as part of it… Anyways, our day…

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    2018 | Year in Review

         Well it’s the last day of 2018, so time to look back on the year! I quite like doing these annual reviews, just to pause and take stock of what’s been going on in my life, and see…

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    Travel Inspiration | Taiwan

         Taiwan may be a small country, and perhaps less well known than the big East Asian ones (such as China and Japan), but I think it’s one that should absolutely be on travel bucket lists! One of the…