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Koh Tao to Bangkok – My Worst Day Travelling

Koh Tao to Bangkok – My Worst Day Travelling

by A Bird Abroad | Sep 24, 2016 | South East Asia, Uncategorized

I’ve briefly mentioned my worst day in London before but I’ve never told all y’all about my most challenging day on the road. The story starts where all the good ones do…with tequila, more specifically, too much of it. The night before we had...
Falling in love with Gothenburg – A City Break

Falling in love with Gothenburg – A City Break

by A Bird Abroad | Sep 4, 2016 | Nordics, Uncategorized

When I moved to London I was met with a new and unfamiliar greeting known as the ‘Air Kiss’. This is where you press your cheek to someone else’s, making an indistinct kiss noise near their ear before doing it again to their other cheek. For us Kiwis...
Before you Become a Divemaster – Courses you need to do

Before you Become a Divemaster – Courses you need to do

by A Bird Abroad | Aug 4, 2016 | Scuba Diving, Uncategorized

Training as a PADI Divemaster will be one of the most rewarding things you will ever undertake, you will be learning and living in paradise. Before you can start you will need to have certified at all previous levels. It will depend on your agency as to what these are...
Liveaboard Diving – What you need to know

Liveaboard Diving – What you need to know

by A Bird Abroad | Jul 19, 2016 | Scuba Diving, South East Asia, Uncategorized

Stuck on a boat in the middle of the ocean with 20 other sun-burnt salty sea dogs. No it’s not the premise for a terrible movie involving a mutant sea creature, it’s actually my idea of the perfect holiday. A liveaboard is a boat-based, multi-day excursion...
London – How to Move to London, The Basics

London – How to Move to London, The Basics

by A Bird Abroad | Jul 8, 2016 | Europe, Uncategorized

Trying to move to London is how I found myself at my lowest ebb, in floods of tears in the middle of a Tesco super store in Twickenham.

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