2025 Travel Year in Review - Family Travel, Road Trips & Fiji

Happy New Year everyone!

I haven’t written one of these yearly round-up posts in about five years - back when I had a lot more countries to add to the list. But I thought I’d bring it back just for fun, especially now that I’ve gotten back into blogging in 2025.

My (New Zealand) Year in Travel 2020

I always look forward to writing these posts at the end of each year, reflecting on my year in travel, the highlights, positive experiences, favourite moments and memories.

My Year in Travel: 2019

Happy Holidays fellow-travel lovers! Another year has flown by in the blink of an eye and it has been another fantastic year full of travel, new achievements and great memories.

A Month Island Hopping in Fiji | Travel Diaries

Hey all! Long-time, no post. I've just returned home after spending a month overseas in Fiji. For those that don't know, from October I started working as a Social Media Consultant for a group of three sisters resorts in the Yasawa Islands, Fiji - basically a dream job!

European Summer Holiday 2019 | Photo Diary

Hey travel lovers! I'm back fresh from a month-long holiday in the UK and Greece and had such a blast! It's been a while since I've written anything personal on my blog so I thought I would share a snippet of my travels and a few favourite photos.

My Year in Travel 2018

Where do I begin? It has been another amazing year of travel and I'm so incredibly thankful. I got to explore more of my own country, New Zealand, and travel to twelve different countries in four continents.

Six Weeks in Europe Itinerary & Goals

I'm off to Europe in just a few days and I'm sooo excited! It's been over three years since I last went and I can't wait to return to some favourite much-loved places as well as explore plenty of new ones.

One Week South Island Jucy Road Trip

My latest trip to the South Island was all thanks to Jucy World as I was the winner of their ultimate #JUCYWINTER getaway! I was incredibly excited - I had never won anything before and had always wanted to experience road tripping around New Zealand in a campervan (I LOVE being a tourist in my own country!).

Bali 2018 Photo Diary

It's been some time since I've written anything personal here and updated you on my latest wanderings. I've been super busy for the last 6 weeks, travelling New Zealand's South Island with Stray and I've just returned from a relaxing holiday in Bali.

10 Highlights from My North American Travels

I've been home from North America for six weeks already (where did the time go??) and I still have so much to write about and share from my latest adventure.

Top 10 Bucket List Countries

We all have those countries that we dream longingly about and desire to travel to someday.
For me, it is a personal challenge to get to each and every one on my Bucket List.
I lust over these countries nonstop, so much so, that I just had to write them down and put them in order!

An Epic Whirlwind Tour Through Myanmar | Travel Diary

Out of the six countries I was visiting on this trip, Myanmar was the one I was the most excited and intrigued about. It only opened its borders to tourism a few years ago and before I left I personally did not know anybody that had ever been there.

Incredible Cambodia | Siem Reap & Phnom Penh Photo Diary

Last month, I had the pleasure of exploring my first new country in a while: Cambodia! I had heard such mixed views of Cambodia, from horrid to fantastic, so I just had to see for myself. There is no doubt this country has a deep and dreadful history and the impacts are still very evident today.

However, I can see that it has picked itself up in many ways and I found it a very safe and likeable place to visit. It has a lot of similarities to Thailand and it is a very tourist-friendly place. 

10 Weeks in; Reflections of my SE Asia Travels so far

I had a bit of time to kill at the airport before my flight to Siem Reap, so it was the perfect opportunity to sit back and reflect on my travels so far.
It has now been almost ten weeks since I have been travelling around Southeast Asia, and looking back at the very beginning seems oh so long ago! Not in a negative way of course, I’ve just done and seen so much in the space of ten weeks.

Hangovers, Street Food & Sky Bars | Bangkok Travel Diary

Bangkok was my very first proper foreign city I travelled to four and a half years ago (I had only been to Australia before) and it absolutely blew my mind. That whole Thailand trip was such an amazing experience, it completely changed my life and is responsible for sparking my incessant wanderlust desire!
As you can imagine, I was incredibly excited to return back to Thailand, my first love.
I was interested to see if my mindset has changed, would I still love it as much now that I've been to over twenty countries? (Spoiler alert: I do!).
Here is what I got up to in a fun-filled week in the vibrant capital city, my first stop in my month-long travels through Thailand.

My Jakarta Experience: The Good & the Bad | Travel Diary

Introduction

Visiting Jakarta was a very different experience for me. While I initially regretting going at first, and almost bought an early plane ticket out of there, I decided to give it a shot and in the end, I'm glad I did.

The BEST week in Bali | Travel Diary

My four best friends and two of their partners from New Zealand met me in Bali and we all had the greatest week ever! We were celebrating a milestone birthday for Angela, plus we all wanted to holiday together again as it had been six months since our last trip to Rarotonga!
Here are a few favourites of the million photos I took and snippets of what we got up to in a fun-filled week:

Answers I'm Seeking: Travels in Southeast Asia

It's now officially less than 24 hours until I am off on my two-month overseas adventure in Southeast Asia. This time I'm going with a different perspective as to how I possibly would as a regular holiday-maker.

Upcoming Travel Plans: One Way Ticket to Southeast Asia!

I have just started finalising my next big travel plans today, and as I had a whole week off blogging over the Easter break and I'm so excited from booking tickets, I just had to gush write all about it!

A fun weekend in Sydney! Photo Diary

I had a splendid weekend with my partner in crime in Sydney catching a show, sightseeing and enjoying delicious food. I also got the chance to play with my new camera - the Sony RX 100 iv, so below is a mixture of photos from that and my S7 phone, as well as a little vlog I have already made for YouTube.
This was our third trip to Sydney already this year, except the last two times were just for specific things on that evening (a Puscifer and a Guns N Roses concert) and we didn't actually get to see much of the city.