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HAPPINESS IS A CULTURE
I was thinking in ways to describe Bali in Indonesia and the word that always came back into my mind was happiness. The spirits of the...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 6, 20202 min read
BEACHES, PARTIES AND A GOOD VIBE
With long-stretch white beaches, a great party scene and an overall chilled out vibe, San Diego is the place to be. It is a city on the...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 5, 20202 min read
THE SOLO TRAVEL CLEANSE
One of the best things about travelling solo is that you get to do what you want to do, when you want to do it. You don’t have to worry...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 4, 20202 min read
THE MOST MAGICAL KINGDOM
I can still remember my 11 year old self being totally amazed the first time I visited Walt Disney World in Florida back in 2005. I’ll...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 3, 20202 min read
AFRICA'S SIDEKICK
I’ve visited this island more than ten times, and there’s a good reason why. Fuerteventura was my childhood holiday destination. Each...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 2, 20201 min read
MUNICH IS A HISTORY MEGA CITY
Munich is Germany’s answer to Disneyland. Sitting on the fringes of the snow-capped Bavarian Alps, multi-layered Munich is a city that...
Charlotte Dykes
Oct 1, 20202 min read
THE TALE OF TWO CITIES
There’s no other city like Budapest. With old grungy bars and ruin pubs, the city is the new hip place to be. As the title of this post...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 30, 20202 min read
THE GLITZ, THE GLAMOUR
I’m not going to lie, I was pretty excited to visit Hollywood when I travelled around the States last year. To me, this was the place to...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 29, 20202 min read
HOW TO PLAN THE BEST TRIP
If you’ve travelled much before, you know that the planning stage is the most stressful part of the whole trip. It can sometimes take...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 28, 20203 min read
CASTLES, MOUNTAINS AND ONE DRAGON
I’m so lucky to live near one of the most beautiful places in Wales. Anglesey, or as we know it in welsh as ‘Ynys Môn’, is an island...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 27, 20202 min read
CAGED INSIDE A ROYAL PALACE
Being Croatia's second-largest city, Split is a great place to experience the Dalmatian way of life. Always buzzing, this exuberant city...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 26, 20202 min read
THE WINE CAPITAL OF THE WORLD
I bet you wouldn’t think it, but city has got serious bragging rights. This is because it is the only world capital that produces the...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 25, 20201 min read
DOES TRAVEL KILL AMBITION?
It’s a crazy concept really, but it’s kind of true. We’re all brought up in a society where we go through compulsory school, then sixth...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 24, 20203 min read
HOW TO SURVIVE THE POST-HOLIDAY BLUES
We've all felt it. After the relief that our return journey has been successful and that we're finally back stood in our house - comes...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 24, 20202 min read
THE LAND OF FIRE AND ICE
The country of volcanoes, eruptions, spectacular waterfalls and raw-dropping landscapes, Iceland is a country not to be underestimated....
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
TRAVEL VIDEOGRAPHY - WHAT I'VE LEARNED
As I'd had this blog for a while when I took my trip to Iceland back in September, I thought that an investment into a GoPro Hero 5 would...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
THE ULTIMATE AIRPORT DO'S AND DON'TS
We all know the airport routine now if you've taken a flight anywhere before. You arrive, you check in your luggage, go through security...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
DESERT FOR MILES
If you're planning a road trip across the USA or on the West Coast of the USA, you're more than likely to come across the state of...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
HIKING A PIECE OF HISTORY
Hiking the Grand Canyon had always been at the top of my bucket list, and it didn't disappoint. Myself and a good group of friends of...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
HOW TO GET TRAVEL ORGANISED
This post is my forte! If you know me, you know that I love organisation. When I book a trip I have everything sorted so that everything...
Charlotte Dykes
Sep 8, 20202 min read
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