WildJunket’s favourite spots to spend Valentine’s

WildJunket’s favourite spots to spend Valentine’s

As the most romantic day of the year is approaching fast, it’s time to dig up some hot ideas to romance your loved one. Modern urbanites these days might find it quite a bit of a commercialized gimmick for romantic fools to empty their pockets and boost… [more]

What makes Australia unique

What makes Australia unique

So, every other traveler would kill or sell their passports for a chance to go Down Under. Most would fly from one end of the Earth to the other, just to experience the Outback.   But what makes Australia so special? I hear you say. Bet you’ve never… [more]

How to Live & Work in the UK/Australia?

How to Live & Work in the UK/Australia?

London always has this special place in my heart. Living and Working there allowed me to discover what I wanted in Life, and gave me  a push towards pursuing what I liked. It was the start of my journey away from home. Although I was never really a Harrods… [more]

Teaching English in Spain

Teaching English in Spain

While we’re on the topic of Making the Big Move, I thought I might share with you how I started teaching English in the saucy and vibrant capital of Spain, Madrid. Sassy and spirited, Madrid is just like a sultry Flamenco dancer - full of energy,… [more]

How to Take Baby Steps to Making the Big Move

How to Take Baby Steps to Making the Big Move

Through the past few years of moving from one city to another, many people have asked me these questions again and again, 'How do you get all that money to travel?', 'Have you considered carefully about what it will do to your career?' , and of course,'… [more]

Soaking up Paradise – Boracay

Soaking up Paradise – Boracay

In this little piece of heaven, we found peace and tranquility, and a kind of calm. For a moment there, I was in a paradisical high. It really felt like an escape from reality. Everything they said about Boracay was real. A tiny island that only… [more]

Beijing musings

Beijing musings

China was a whole new world.. a mixture between ecclectic modernization and in-your-face sorta tradtions. Besides the incessant spittings from the Chinese pple, and the weird tongue-rolling Beijing accent, we were constantly thrilled and amused by… [more]

Roaming the deserts of Egypt & Jordan

Roaming the deserts of Egypt & Jordan

Suddenly the desert is calling out to me again... The vast sand, endless desert, miles n miles of nothingness extreme heat in the day, extreme cold at nitesleeping under the stars, they'r so close that u feel u could grab them in ur palms. I close… [more]

Swahili time – Moshi

Swahili time – Moshi

Swahili time - oh yes, East Africans have their own way of telling the time. The day officially starts at 7am - which is 1am for them (saa moja asubuhi).It continues on until 7pm - the start of the evening/night for them, thus called 1pm Swahili time.… [more]


Adventure Travel

Adventure Travel

On a jaunty quest to uncover new gems

Working Abroad

Working Abroad

New job, new country, new home

Short Getaways

Short Getaways

Travel need not be far from home


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New to Wild Junket? Maybe you’d be interested in subscribing to our RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! ‘Your Wildest Adventure’ is a series featuring the most thrilling experiences from travel writers jaunting around the world. This week’s edition is an amusing yet harrowing story from Migration Mark who blogs over at Migrationology. He’s lived [...]

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While I’m out and about exploring my new city Seville, Bryant from Gustey.com is filling in as a guest blogger, rounding up 10 of the safest cities to travel. Some travelers still have qualms about traveling to certain destinations. For some,  it is a priority to know that the country you’re in [...]

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Buskers rule in Europe, especially in Madrid where artists, musicians and hippies take to the streets. Take a stroll around downtown Madrid on a Sunday and you’ll see the vibrant busking scene come alive. During a recent weekend stay in Madrid, we relived those days spent wandering through its labyrinth-like downtown while living [...]

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My second home, Granada, is a city poised on undulating slopes with Moorish towers and Catholic spires poking through its skyline, with the white mountain range of Sierra Nevada looming in the background.Because of its hilly terrain, there is a plethora of panoramic spots to take in a bird’s eye view of the [...]

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Photo by Steve Wampler

“How do you manage to travel all the time?” Friends often ask, puzzled by my packed travel schedule. What they don’t know is the side of me before a trip: scrimping on every penny I make and staying home instead of out partying. I’m a travel writer – life’s not as glamorous as [...]

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February 28, 2010 · Life, Recommendations, Travel Tips  
    
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Sailing on an ancient junk boat in Vietnam, riding a rickshaw in Japan or seeing the pyramids on camels – there are thousands of strange and oddly intriguing forms of transportation around the world. Inspired by my hero Charley Boorman who travelled from Ireland to Sydney using 112 modes of transport on TV [...]

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There are so many ways to travel. Whether you’re on a culinary tour around Italy, or ice-climbing in Patagonia, different travelers have their own style of travelling.  A cultural immersion often allows you to delve deeper into the soul of a country than a weekend holidaymaker usually would. Instead of standard sight-seeing, visitors [...]

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February 25, 2010 · Asia, China, Culture, Europe, Languages, Peru, South America, Spain, Vietnam  
    
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‘Your Wildest Adventure’ is a series featuring the most thrilling experiences from travel writers while jaunting around the world. This week’s edition is a story from Andy Jaroz who blogs over at 501places. He’s travelled to over 70 places but has never lost that passion to explore new places and to tell stories [...]

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February 24, 2010 · Your Wildest Adventure  
    
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Massive volcanic craters, acres of raw jungle and stretch of deserted sand dunes: the work of Mother Earth is beyond our imagination. Thanks to these natural wonders, our Earth has been blessed with gorgeous landscapes and undulating backdrops. Without environmental protection, they might be gone faster than we expect. To pay tribute to [...]

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A winter in Germany meant endless flow of mulled wine, sauerkraut (sour cabbages) and bratwurst (a type of sausage). The last leg of our trip through Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic found us clanging beer glasses in Munich. After having my first larger-than-life pork knuckle in Berlin in 2006, I was ready [...]

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February 22, 2010 · Europe, Food, Germany  
    

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