Environment

Overtourism, what we can do

We first heard the term "overtourism" when Venice, Italy talked of implementing a tourist tax. The small canal town was so overwhelmed with tourists coming off buses and cruise ships that it was...

Purchasing from South Pacific indigenous villages

When visiting traditional villages or local markets you may be able to purchase locally made totem poles, wood figurines, bamboo flutes, stone axes, pig tusks and Pandanus leaf carry bags direct from...

Eco Trekking in the Himalayas of Nepal

Nepal is a beautifully landlocked country in South Asia. It has the highest elevations in the world including Mount Everest (Sagarmāthā in Nepali) at 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) height on the border...

Our experience at a Japanese Ryokan and Onsen

This year we were lucky enough to experience our first Traditional Japanese Inn (Ryokan 旅館 ) and natural hot spring (Onsen 温泉). This is one of our most treasured experiences ever! Harataki...

5 Tips To Reducing Waste As You Travel

We all know that we need to reduce our waste - the world is literally running out of space for us to dump plastic. It's quite the hot topic, especially single use plastic. If we all make little...