Essential Travel Guides

“Not until we are lost do we begin to understand ourselves.” Henry David Thoreau

Travel Guides

Welcome to the Essential Travel Guide section of Stumbling Across The World.

Here you’ll find everything Travel related, including City Guides, Suggested Itineraries, as well as Planning Tools and Tips.

Stumbling Across the World is about planning for the best trip of your life whilst preparing for some of the most challenging experiences you’ll ever face.

Life rarely goes according to plan, as you will see from the long list of my travel stumbles. I hope by sharing my stories, you’ll learn from my experience. But most importantly, learn that no matter how many times you stumble, you can carry on walking.

Whilst I write about my adventures across the world, I also want to share some stories about travelling closer to home.

Travel isn’t about the distance you cross or the miles you cover, it’s all about the experience you have.

Since I began my tentative journey towards becoming a full time traveller, I have visited (at last count!):

  • 4 continents (Europe; Asia; North America; Australasia)
  • 21 countries (Scotland; France; Spain; Italy; Germany, Austria; Portugal; Czech Republic; Hungary; Macedonia; Lanzarote; Malta; Netherlands; Hong Kong; China; Japan; Singapore; USA; Canada; Australia; New Zealand)
  • And over countless towns and cities! (Glasgow; Edinburgh; Paris; Alicante; Rome; Berlin; Salzburg; Prague; Budapest; Ohrid; Arrecife; Silema; Mellieha; Amsterdam; Zandaam; Rotterdam; Lisbon; Hong Kong City; Yangshao; Xi’an; Beijing; Chengdu; Lehshan; Shaolin; Tokyo; Hakone; Kyoto; Osaka; Hiroshima; Miyajima; Boston; New York City; Philadelpiha, Washington DC; Orlando; New Orleans; Houston; San Antonio; Dallas Fort Worth; Tulsa; Memphis; Amarillo; Santa Fe; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Santa Monica; San Francisco; Chicago; Vancouver; Toronto; Singapore; Melbourne; Cairns; Townsville; Agnes Water; Airlie Beach; Hervey Bay; Fraser Island; Brisbane; Byron Bay; Newcastle; Port Macquarie; Sydney; Auckland; Whitianga; Tauranga; Taupo; Kaikoura; Rotorua; Wellington; Lake Tekapo; Christchurch; Queenstown…)

It is my goal to visit every continent before I’m 40, and I am currently planning my next adventure to South America for 2022.

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