Long term solo travel on a budget.
1250km north of Perth at the very tip of Australia's west coast is a small town called Exmouth, famous for giving travellers the opportunity to swim with whale sharks. If you don't already know what a whale shark is, let me educate you. The whale shark is a slow, graceful filter-feeding shark and the worlds …
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Utila is a small island off the Caribbean coast of Honduras. It's a beautiful place to spend a week or two relaxing on the beach, swimming in the sea or eating at any of the great little restaurants. It's also one of the most popular and (supposedly) cheapest places for scuba diving in the world. …
Lake Atitlan has been described as one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. It's surrounded by steep hills and the peaks of three active volcanoes; Volcán San Pedro, Cerro de Oro, and Volcán Tolimán. Each village has its own little community and it's difficult to choose where you want to spend your time. …
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This tiny island off the coast of Belize is a backpacker's paradise, which means it's basically 'the cheap one'. Just because it's budget friendly, doesn't mean it's rubbish. Spend your time eating great food, kayaking with a beer and snorkeling with sharks! Getting to Caye Caulker from Mexico It was a sad day when I …
Diving around Playa del Carmen We chose to dive with the highly recommended Scuba 10. The crew was rad; Gerardo hooked us up in the shop, Irene taught the Open Water while I tagged along on a refresher dive and Chino took us deep into the cenotes (sinkholes and underwater cave systems). A standard two-tank …
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If you haven't tried scuba diving before then you're in for a real treat. As you descend down into the water you surround yourself with a different world. Colourful coral, schools of fish, dangerous predators, underwater caves and tunnels, shipwrecks, drop offs into the void, night dives, complete weightlessness as you float along the current …
The main reason people visit Cairns is for the daily or overnight trips to the Great Barrier Reef. If diving isn't your thing you can wander around the city and the seafront, avoiding salt-water crocodiles by swimming in the free ocean-front swimming pool. If you're flying into Cairns most hostels offer a free pick up …
