From the category archives:

Travel

We haven’t been everywhere, but we’re working on it! We did the whole back-packing thing a while ago, so now we like to travel a little more comfortably. Read on for travel tips and stories of Europe, America, Asia, and Australia and the South Pacific… so far!

Spend the night in a jumbo hotel – an airplane hotel made for luxury

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Bored of staying in the same old generic hotel? Hate being just another pillow-flattener in a room identical to all the others in the corridor? How about this place for a step outside that box room into first class – Jumbo Stay Hotel, Sweden, where you sleep on a plane:

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3 Bangkok Rooftop Bars You Can’t Miss

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The traffic, the markets, the street hawkers, the grime; the food carts, the temples, the madness, the crime… it’s what makes this iconic South-East Asian capital buzz. It’s what you think of when you hear the word ‘Bangkok’. But way above the steam and noise of Bangkok’s sprawling, festering street life, serenity can be found. [...]

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Our top ten dream rooftop bars around the world

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What is it about a rooftop bar? Perhaps it’s drinking champagne with the city at your feet. Maybe it’s the feeling of the stars above you with a cocktail in your hand. Or it could just be the glamour of fine wine with your fine wife. Of course, it could just be that being up [...]

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things to see in Australia – 8 weird rock formations

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Why is Australia so damn freaky?! We’ve travelled a fair bit around this amazing island continent and it has never failed to impress me with its weird-ass beauty. It’s the Cameron Diaz of countries: sometimes it looks like a class A model, other times it’s so strange, it just looks wrong. Early explorers didn’t have [...]

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What to pack – essentials for a man’s suitcase

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I remember seeing something on TV once where a woman had her bag searched at customs. The officer commented on her packing skills, saying it was the neatest, most organized suitcase he’d ever seen. I’m not like that… but I’m not like Huckleberry Fin either. In the same way taking something apart is easier than [...]

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Monday travel teaser: the world’s best beaches – Whitehaven Beach

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When two people run a blog together, things aren’t always easy. When those two people are married, things can get even more complicated. One thing that we often have trouble with is deciding what to write about. This time, the ‘discussion’ was about Monday and Tuesday’s travel posts. Mrs Romance had the idea of publishing [...]

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Dive into 7 of the world’s best swimming pools

Growing up in England, the only swimming pools I knew of were the municipal ones, full of verrucas and floating Band Aids – and the outdoor one of my preschool. That’s right, my preschool had an outdoor pool. In England. Teachers would make us children learn to swim in this horrible chlorine-rich soup in the [...]

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Mr and Mrs Romance’s guide to Port Vila on Efate Island, Vanuatu

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Tell me you don’t like the idea of a Pacific island holiday and watch me laugh in your face! Everyone does. There’s no theory, reason, or evidence that you could produce that would make me change my mind. I tell you what, let’s do it the other way round. Let me tell you some things [...]

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From where you’d rather be – Vanuatu

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Here we are again. Monday. But it’s not all bad. Here are some amazing photos of a far-away place that’ll grease the rails to help you through the week. This Monday, Vanuatu in the South Pacific. Click here for our full review on Efate Island and Port Vila – Vanuatu’s capital. If you want to [...]

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He said, she said: what’s worse – packing or unpacking?

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He said: Packing is like trying to shove your guts back in when you’ve been happily disemboweled for ages. She said: Nothing makes post-holiday blues worse than unpacking and doing loads of washing. What’s more, he says: I find packing a torturous activity. Every time I have to pack, every item I shove into my [...]

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