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    Top Five Edinburgh Hidden Gems

          Edinburgh has so many attractions and locations to visit – for a small city, it’s pretty jam packed! Most tourists and visitors will head straight for the Royal Mile and the rest of the Old Town, and…

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    Top Five Edinburgh Viewpoints

         Edinburgh’s skyline is pretty iconic – how many cities can boast that they have a castle built atop an extinct volcano? There are plenty of other stunning buildings too, including the Hub, St Giles’ Cathedral, the Balmoral Hotel,…

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    Introduction Hello there, come in, take a seat, have a cup of tea! Welcome to my little corner of the internet! Let me introduce myself! My name is Charlotte, and I’m 30 years old. I moved to New Zealand at…

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    Roslin Day Trip | Scotland

         Autumn is one of my favourite seasons, but only on certain days! We’ve had a fair bit of wind and rain recently, which is less fun, but the clear, sunny, crisp days are beautiful, with all the stunning…

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    Travel Inspiration | China

         China is such a huge country that you could spend months travelling through it and still not see everything. It’s also a country with a very unique culture, and a powerful, complex history. This means providing the ‘highlights’…

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    A-Z of East & South East Asia

         I’ve written several travel themed A-Z posts over the last few years, including my current home city Edinburgh, my home country of Scotland, and my temporary home in Asia, Hong Kong. This time I’m widening the scope quite…

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    Top 5 Asian Travel Experiences

         A few months ago, I shared my five favourite Asian cities that I visited during my time living over there, and then I shared my five favourite experiences while travelling Central America. While exploring Asia, I also had…

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    Travel Inspiration | South Korea

         So despite the fact that I didn’t have the best of times while living in Korea, leading me to cut my year short, I do still think it is an interesting and beautiful country to visit. In the…

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    A-Z of Scotland

         I’ve previously written an A-Z post about Edinburgh, as well as a few other places I’ve lived, but I thought I’d widen my reach and write one about my home country of Scotland as a whole. Edinburgh has…

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    Top 5 Asian Cities

         So the other week I wrote this post about my five favourite cities in Europe, and the reasons I enjoyed my visits there so much. This time, I thought I’d turn to the other part of the world…