Lifestyle
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How we loved – and lost – our child while travelling in South America
Trigger warning: Pregnancy loss Antarctica I first had an inkling that I might be pregnant while on board our cruise to Antarctica. I’ve always had a pretty regular period and was expecting to get it on the cruise, so when days passed and it didn’t come, the mounting excitement at seeing penguins was paralleled with that of the reality of having our own little cutie. When it was time to do the polar plunge, I hesitated. My gut feeling was that I was pregnant, but there was no way to verify this on the cruise without a pregnancy test kit, so I had to resist the urge to do the…
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Fulfil Your Bucket List with These 5 Essential Travel Tips
Lots of people say they’ll travel one day, but not all of them take the leap and actually set off. If you want to get going but don’t know where to start, a bucket list can help you focus and make plans. Follow these five tips and you’ll be travelling in no time! Think about where you actually want to go Lots of travel bucket lists are the same, or very similar. There’s a reason for this — destinations become popular because they’re fun and interesting to visit — but you don’t have to stick to tried-and-tested tourist spots if you’d rather go elsewhere. You might want a classic, romantic…
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A Gastrorgasmic Street Food Guide to Penang
Gastrorgasm (n): an intensely pleasurable experience elicited by the consumption of incredibly delicious food, usually with explosive flavours. Likely to induce moans and groans.
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Best Restaurants & Cafes for Catching Rare Pokémon
Gotta catch ’em all AND fill your tummy? Imagine this: You’re sitting comfortably in a chair, enjoying a delicious meal with a cup of coffee, and ever so often, a Pokémon pops up on your screen. But this is no Rattata or Pidgey, it’s a Clefairy! And a Seel! And a Vapereon! Believe it or not – these Poké paradises do actually exist. Ideally, they are located between at least 2 Pokéstops, and have certain geographical features in the proximity that will attract more than just Zubats and Weedles. If you are looking for cafes or restaurants that where you can satisfy your tummy, zhng your Pokédex and level up as a Pokémon trainer, we…
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A Guide to Fitzroy: Melbourne’s Hipster Neighbourhood
Lonely Planet barely talks about it and it’s not on TripAdvisor’s top 10 things to do in Melbourne, but ask any Melbournian where the hipsters gather and they would definitely direct you to Fitzroy. Home to the creatives, you could easily spend a day or two getting lost in alleyways blooming with street art, uber chic cafes and beautiful indie boutiques. I had the pleasure of calling this neighborhood home for 4 days while solo travelling, and fell hopelessly in love with the many hidden gems that Fitzroy had to offer. For a comprehensive list of what to eat, drink, and do in this awesome neighborhood, our hipster guide to Fitzroy is all…
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A Love Letter to Airbnb
Dear Airbnb, I love you. I truly do. You have changed the way I travel and experience every country, and for that, I’m truly grateful. I will never forget my first encounter with you. Sweeping views of Table Mountain, an infinity pool that blended almost perfectly with the Atlantic Ocean, an apartment built around a natural geological formation – you were perfect for our honeymoon, and we enjoyed a million dollar view for the fraction of a price we would pay in a hotel. We felt safe there, despite the many warnings we’d heard about South Africa. From then on, we were sold.
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Where to Find the Best Beef Noodles in Taipei
Warning: This will make you hungry. You know a city takes its beef noodles seriously when they actually organise an ANNUAL FESTIVAL to celebrate this culinary tradition and decide on which restaurant is deserving of the claim that they have the best beef noodles in the city. To the husband’s horror, I made it my mission to find out what the hype was about and try out as many beef noodles as possible in that week. Sadly, I didn’t break any crazy record and had my plans thwarted when I fell sick in the middle of the trip. Till this day though, the husband still blames my sickness on the stubborn insistence…
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Fulfilling a Dream: How We Learnt to Dive in Tioman with Eko Divers
Learning to dive has been a lifelong dream of mine. But for some reason, my plans to learn have been thwarted year after year by superstitious parents (“this year is not good for Dragons to be in the water”?!) and hectic schedules, until I realised ENOUGH. IS. ENOUGH. So I dragged ET to the Asia Diving Expo, and we signed up for a really affordable package to get PADI-certified with Eko Divers! For $425, our package included: 1. Theory lessons and test (covered over 2 evening lessons from 7-10pm) 2. Pool session (covered in one afternoon at the Outram Sec pool) 3. Practical lessons and test in Tioman (Bintan was the other,…
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ETSY Explores Turns ONE! Win a 2D1N Staycation Giveaway at Wanderlust Hotel!
Those of you who have followed our journey in the past year will know that we have an insatiable attraction to hidden gems that are quirky, off the beaten path, pay great attention to detail and hopefully, provide access to good food. So imagine our delight when we realised that there is a place in Singapore that happens to encapsulate all these awesome elements in a funky refurbished 1920s shophouse – the Wanderlust Hotel! As we turn one, we want to celebrate a year of discovery and joy by sharing this incredible opportunity for one of you – our awesome readers – to enjoy a staycation at the wonderfully whimsical Wanderlust Hotel. Read on…
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We’ve Been Nominated for the Liebster Award!
About a month ago, we received notification on Twitter that Chris from Repeat Traveller had nominated us for the Liebster Award! (Thank you Chris!) I have to admit that I was pretty excited because, well, I’m shallow that way. Then I found out that it wasn’t actually an award, but a pseudo chain letter, and I got even more excited because chain letters are always fun! (Unless they threaten to cause your death if you don’t forward them to your entire extended family.) So anyway, the origins of the Liebster Award are a bit of an enigma because no one really knows where they came from. The word liebster means dearest in German,…
