Ask the Experts: This week Cailin O’ Neil of TravelYourself.com takes part in our Q & A on how to video blog while on the road… Q1. Hi Cailin, you recently made the switch from traditional travel blogging to video blogging (vlogging) with travelyourself.com. What can we look forward to…
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Guardian Travel: Catherine Mack in the Aran Islands
In this weekend’s Guardian, travel writer Catherine Mack shares her experiences of Ireland’s remote Aran Islands with Guardian Travel readers. Her article focuses on the island of Inis Meáin, where she meets with Inis Meáin hotel owner Ruairí de Blacam. In her own inimitable way, Mack describes the sparse landscape…
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Packing Tips with FoxNomad
In his own words, FoxNomad, aka Anil Polat is an IT hacker (the good kind), turned digital nomad, travelling the world indefinitely… This week, Anil is extolling the virtues of the ‘80% rule’. Basically the 80% rule means not packing your rucksack or luggage fully to capacity when travelling on…
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Barbara Weibel and the Art of Friendship in Nepal
Barbara Weibel’s Hole in the Donut blog chronicles her journey from an unfulfilling ’70-hour week’ corporate existence to a full-time backpacking blogger. This week, she’s sharing her experiences of central Nepal. During a visit to Tashiling Tibetan refugee settlement in Pokhara, she encounters an artist called Tseten Tsering. Obviously taken…
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In Pictures: Oaxaca
Oaxaca: Express Fact File Oaxaca is situated in southeast Mexico. It is bordered to the north by Puebla and Veracruz, in the south by the Pacific Ocean, to the east by the Chiapas and to the west by Guerrero. The state of Oaxaca is one of Mexico’s most diverse tourist…