Get off the beaten path https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/ Alternative travel blog Wed, 31 Jan 2024 17:25:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/cropped-Copy-of-Travel-blogger-logo-gotbp-32x32.png Get off the beaten path https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/ 32 32 Switzerland by Interrail train https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/switzerland-by-interrail-train/ Fri, 26 Jan 2024 09:04:21 +0000 https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=3025 We went Interrailing from England through France to Switzerland and back in 7 days. Here’s our cost breakdown, experience and tips for the trains, and hopefully some inspiration for you to go! Our route We started near home at Buxted then on to London-Paris-Bellgarde-sur-Valserine-Zermatt-St Moritz-Bergün-Zurich-Interlaken-Mulhouse-Paris-London and back to Buxted. We took the Eurostar to Paris […]

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]]> Vietnam: crossing the street https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/vietnam-crossing-the-street/ Sat, 18 Feb 2023 09:14:09 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1845 “Beautiful and chaos,” replied Thomas, when I asked him to give me two words he’d use to describe Vietnam. We were in Hanoi, having just narrowly escaped yet another almost certain death crossing the street. “Or perhaps ‘beautiful chaos’?” I replied. Because as mad and chaotic as this country seems, it works – they have […]

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]]> India – Delhi, Jodhpur, Kolkata and Varanasi https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/india-delhi-jodhpur-kolkata-and-varanasi/ Wed, 20 Dec 2017 08:39:49 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=2207 India is an assault on the senses. It’s colourful, loud (honking the horn is not just encouraged but actually required) and smells like spices, chai tea and urine. I went for 10 days with seven other photographers to shoot street photography. Anja is a fave girlfriend of mine from Brighton who has second shot for […]

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]]> New Zealand travel tips https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/new-zealand-travel-tips/ Sun, 13 Mar 2016 11:01:46 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=2144 Some things are meant to be – and when my Kiwi hairdresser in Brighton told me she was getting married on a beach back home in New Zealand and she needed a good wedding photographer I lept out of my chair, grabbed her and declared “I simply must be your wedding photographer!” OK so I […]

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]]> Scotland – Skye, Moray and Edinburgh https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/scotland-travels/ Mon, 16 Nov 2015 18:39:34 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1939 A couple of weeks ago I went on a little holiday to Scotland with Thomas – we went walking in Skye (and I was left gripping on to the side of a mountain in fear for a good 10 minutes…), spent Halloween in Edinburgh and discovered a spiritual community in Moray called Findhorn. The community […]

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]]> Iceland – hot springs, volcano and the Northern Lights https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/iceland-hot-springs-volcano-and-the-northern-lights/ Sun, 26 Jan 2014 18:32:27 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1887 I have a lot of hobbies. I like to skate, I love baking cupcakes, I enjoy dance classes and I’m even writing a book. But I’m pretty bad at keeping them up. I haven’t skated for a year, I haven’t baked since last November and the last dance class was so long ago I can’t […]

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]]> Vietnam on two wheels: Hanoi to Ha Giang https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/vietnam-on-two-wheels-hanoi-to-ha-giang/ Thu, 23 May 2013 11:56:24 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1852 The best way to see Vietnam is on a motorbike. For a start, nothing beats being out in the open, having the freedom to take any path you want, and being able to shout hello to all the excited children you pass. Another good reason is because the buses and trains are like hell on […]

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]]> New Year’s Dive, Scheveningen, the Netherlands https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/new-years-dive-scheveningen-the-netherlands/ Tue, 08 Jan 2013 14:13:30 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1712 I hate New Year’s Eve. Normal pubs charge you money to get in, people seem to think they can act like complete idiots and the night is almost always a total letdown. For years I’ve stayed home with a movie, a bottle of champers and my cats. This year, I had a new boyfriend and […]

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]]> Trek America Canada: Wells Gray https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/trek-america-canada-wells-gray/ Mon, 22 Oct 2012 21:03:35 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1662 Next on the Trek America journey was Wells Gray – a national park centred around adventure and outdoor activities. We met up with our tour guide, Heather, a South African girl who told us a delightful story about how she once used a pit toilet in Belize and fell in. She decided to go into […]

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]]> Trek America Canada: Emerald Lake to Yoho Pass https://getoffthebeatenpath.com/trek-america-canada-emerald-lake-to-yoho-pass/ Sun, 30 Sep 2012 00:33:18 +0000 http://getoffthebeatenpath.com/?p=1540 Day two with Trek America began the same way all our mornings did: with Thomas and Tristan knocking on our tents to wake us up, and shouting “breakfast!” As became the usual routine, Julia and I stayed in bed just long enough that the boys would have the tea brewed by the time we emerged. They’d […]

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