Here is a word of warning to those contemplating a trip to Myanmar in the future. Do not log in to your PayPal account. We fell foul of the US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control when we did.

After meeting people who were in the midst of their own incredible round the world adventures Amy and Andrew decided to make travel their priority.

A kibbutz offers the basics for living and working abroad – a bed, food and fags – in exchange for work in its fields, factories and tourist facilities. An alternative option is to stay on a moshav, which pays a pocket money wage but is less communal.

The Cappadocia region of Turkey offers an array of hotel options where competition drives hoteliers to compete on style, uniqueness and ambience rather than on price alone. We took the opportunity to compare three different cave hotels in the region, one in Avanos and two in Goreme.

For long term travellers deciding to make Chiang Mai their temporary home the northern Thai border town of Mae Sai will become a familiar place. Many expats living in the north of Thailand will visit there one or two times a year; crossing the bridge and stepping a hundred metres over the border into Myanmar to renew their two plus one month visas.

Whether we have a good stay or a bad stay at a hotel, there will be opposing emotions when it comes to arriving and leaving. Hate the place and disappointment will reign on first walking through the door and relief when it comes time to go. Like the place and the opposite will be true.

In Thailand, pedestrian traffic is constantly forced up and down the kerb into the road to weave its way past the street junk lining almost every inch of pavement. We photograpgh the streets on a short walk around Chiang Mai.

We'd heard getting a Thai tourism visa in Vientiane is a little stressful so we went to Savannakhet where it couldn’t have been more different.

When people say “all you do is lie around in the sun” it makes Nicki Craven‘s blood boil because working as a rep is hard work. And though you have the best times and the worst times the bad is definitely outweighed by the good.

While loitering in the Digital Nomad subreddit I decided to be helpful and answer a few questions aimed at travel bloggers. As a fairly slow writer I am not one to waste a written word that can be used more than once, so I thought to share my answers here too.