In the past two weeks I’ve been nominated by two lovely bloggers for The Sisterhood of the World Blogger Award.  Thank you to the wonderful Camila of Adventitious Violet and Pati of Travelekspert.  These awards are a great way of getting to know bloggers, so here we go…

Camila’s Questions

1. What first made you fall in love with travel?
I was very lucky to travel a lot as a child as my parents love travelling too, so I guess I have always loved travel!  My first big trip without my family was when I was 19.  I went to India and Nepal for nine weeks and I think that was the point when my love of travel was well and truly cemented as I saw a place that was so different from home and I felt like I learnt an incredible amount on that trip, things that have stuck with me 8 years later.
2. What one place would you choose to go to if money and time was no object?
As always, such a difficult question because there are too many places!  I would love to go to Tibet, mainly for the mountains and for the spirituality of the country. I think it’d be a great experience!

3. What one place would you absolutely recommend to visit?
I know it’s not really one place because it’s a whole continent, but South America! It has so much to offer and the natural beauty of the continent is off the scale.  You have the chance to see rainforest, beach, desert and glaciers, which is pretty special.  South America stole my heart long before I even visited it, and it still continues to!

4. Is there a destination you found disappointing? What did you do to counteract that?
I’ve been to very few places that I didn’t like.  I always think that there is something to like about a place, or an activity to enjoy, and after all it’s a holiday and what is not to like about a holiday?  The only place that I didn’t love would have to be Phnom Penh in Cambodia.  I have been to very hectic cities in Asia, but there was something about Phnom Penh that just didn’t charm me.

5. If you could give one advice to other women (bloggers, travellers, or just in general) out there what would it be?
Great question!  My advice would be to practise yoga 🙂  Yoga is something I practise every week and love so much, it teaches you to dedicate a small amount of time to yourself, to breathe and be in the moment, and it makes you physically stronger too.

6. Is there something you miss a lot when you’re off travelling?
I don’t like cold showers, no matter how hot it is outside!  So I’d have to say hot water.

7. Who is your favourite travel buddy?
So hard to choose!  I have travelled with my family, my partner, my friends, complete strangers and also solo.  I think the most important thing in a travel buddy is that you have the same outlook on the way you want to travel, probably the most important is whether you are looking for luxury or not as budget can be a contentious topic when travelling! 

8. Do you have a book or song or movie that inspires you?
This question made me think a lot and there are so many.  Currently the book that has most inspired me is The Life Changing Magic of Tidying as I am de-cluttering ready for my big move and this book made that all possible!

9. Road trips, train trips or plane trips?
Train would be my preferred way of travel as I think it is the most relaxing of the three.  I like that you can see out of the window but also wander along the carriages too – you aren’t restrained to your seat!  Having said that, there are too many incredible places in the world that are too far to reach by train, so I couldn’t live without planes!

10. Home is….?
London!  I grew up in London and have spent 20 of my 27 years here, I will miss it and all that it is about when I move to Chile next month!

Pati’s Questions

I started my blog in January 2014 for two main reasons; I was in a job that took over a lot of my time and made me feel like I didn’t have much time to do anything I enjoyed, I was craving a creative outlet and a blog was the perfect thing for that!  Secondly, because I had 20,000 photos on my computer (even more now…oops!)  that were just sitting there and I wanted a fun way to share them.  I never realised how kind and sociable the blog world is, and that is the main reason I’m so glad I started a blog!

2. When did you start travelling?
My first trip abroad was when I was three months old, does that count? 😉  I feel like I’ve always been into travelling because my parents are too so it was contagious!

3. What is the craziest thing you have ever done in your life?
I moved across the world to Chile after knowing my partner for 11 days… five and a half years later, I still know it was the right decision!

My home, London, is my favourite place as it’s the city I feel most comfortable in.  It’s a city with so much to offer, so many cultures to learn from, so many things to do and of course, my family live there.  The only point that could improve London is the weather and the greyness; London in the sun is perfect!

Mountains!  I just love them so much.  I love how they look so vast and I love trekking in them too.  Living in Chile made me love mountains even more because you get to see them everyday which is such a blessing!  Mountains are my favourite type of landscape and just seeing them makes me happy.

6. Is there any place you had high expectations of, but after visiting it is disappointed you?
As I said above, I always love where I go because I think you can always find something you like in most places.  I think it’s all about the attitude you have towards travelling, and I like to have positive one!