Travel blog of a digital nomad.
[Ed Force One - Iceland Express with Iron Maiden livery at Keflavik Airport] Cheap flights to Iceland and flying with a rock star pilot Iceland have two airlines that operate internationally from Keflavík (near Reykjavik): the full service airline Icelandair, and low cost airline Iceland Express. I booked with Iceland express purely on price. While [...] Read more »
One of the many things I love about London is how practically all of the nations of the world are represented when it comes to food. I always like to look at the menus from the countries I have been to and see if I remember the dishes (and compare the prices). Walking down Kings [...] Read more »
Victoria Station, London – UK. Travel Photos: London Photo Gallery Read more »
When I’m in London I usually stay around the Earl’s Court/Gloucester Rd area. It’s in well to do leafy West London and has good transport connections. It is also home to one of my favourite cafe’s – the Troubadour. The Troubadour has been around since 1954 and it was a famous music venue in the [...] Read more »
I have lived in London for two years of my life and I visit once a year for work. In all that time I have never been on a tour. The idea of getting on one of those big buses has never appealed to me. So when I was contacted by smallcarBIGCITY and offered a [...] Read more »
One of the best events during the World Travel Market week in 2008 was the Travel BlogCamp, which was started by Darren Cronian of Travel Rants. Word had obviously got out what a great event it was as TBC 2009 was “sold out” within 18 hours. The 2009 event was once again put on by [...] Read more »
I never would have thought that a coffee from an airport Starbucks would make it as coffee of the day, but I didn’t want to leave the UK without mentioning the current exchange rate. [Coffee of the day: London Stansted – UK] At the moment 1 AUD is around 53 pence. In my 10 years [...] Read more »
Ahh London, it’s good to be back. This city feels like my second home, and for a while it was my home. 2009 marks 10 years since I first came to London. I arrived in 1999 on a 2 year working holiday visa, unaware at the time that I had the travel bug. I couldn’t [...] Read more »
Heathrow Terminal 5 is fully operational but it hasn’t made Heathrow a better airport. Heathrow was recently voted in yet another aiport poll as the worst in the world. I don’t hate it that much. I find the location is handy and it’s actually one of the most economical airports to get to (£1.50 via [...] Read more »
Flight: easyJet EZY8901 Date: 13 Nov 2008 From: London Gatwick (LGW) Date: Gibraltar (GIB) In October 2007 easyJet bought fellow UK carrier GB Airways. Most of the flights operated by GB Airways have since been integrated into the easyjet network. The acquisition meant that easyJet now has rights to fly to Gibraltar. I am travelling [...] Read more »