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Our cheeky friends at Geckos have let us in on some more amazing facty things this week. This time its all about the Middle East. As experts of the region their tour guides know all the best haunts and have some hilarious tales to tell along the way. If you’re tempted to get the most out of a holiday in the Middle East, you should check out … Continue reading
Dreaming of a working holiday on the slopes of Canada? Brisbane photographer Holli Holmes let us in on what it’s like to work in the Great White North. About this time last year I was considering packing up and shipping out in search of the big wide world. What started out as a photography trip to Romania ended up as a working holiday in … Continue reading
At Student Flights, we’re all about cheap airfares. Ones that can take you all around the world for a fraction of the price. While we pride ourselves on our consistently low airfares, there are tricks of the trade you can adopt to make that cheap flight even cheaper. Follow these tips next time you book your next holiday and bag yourself a bargain. Book … Continue reading
Who doesn’t love a lost in translation lol. Where a sign trying to communicate something simple gets it oh so horribly wrong. While many of you may have come across a hilarious engrish sign throughout your travels, for those who haven’t, may we introduce the website www.engrish.com, dedicated home of all things engrish. Here we run through our ten favourites. Let the lols begin. … Continue reading
One must place their eating utensils together, fork facing up and knife edge pointing in, at a 12 to 6 or 10 to 4 position when they have finished dining. You didn’t know that? How dreadfully boorish of you. Even if you don’t know how to curtsy or fold a napkin swap, we all (hopefully) know that feet on the table, picking one’s teeth and … Continue reading
Watching a football game in South America is an exhilarating experience, though it’s not without its risks. Take the right precautions though and you’ll not only see some of the world’s best footballers in action, you’ll also have a travel tale to regale your friends with for the rest of your life. The driving forces of South American football are undoubtedly Argentina and Brazil, … Continue reading
If you’ve got your Alexander Wang heel on the fashion-industry pulse at the moment, you’ll know all too well of the happenings in Sydney this week. The fashion-crowd is snapping up a storm in the city at the moment as Australian Fashion Week is in full swing, pose and pout. If all the pretty people and pretty clothes have got you giddy with fashun … Continue reading
If there is an art to packing, then a carefully edited backpack is its masterpiece. As any backpacker knows, not many items make the cut as an essential item after weeks of lugging around a heavy pack stuffed with those can’t-live-without shoes, books and travel hairdryer. While packing needs may change depending on the destination, there are some basics that make the challenge … Continue reading
Thinking of taking advantage of our Adventure Sale? Then let us give you further fuel to add to your wanderlust fire by drawing your attention to Buenos Aires. With Macchu Pichu, the Inca Trail and the Amazon only a hop, skip and a short plane ride away, the Argentinean capital is the place to start your South American adventure. But don’t just take our word … Continue reading
There is no aphrodisiac quite like a foreign language, when words take on a sultry swirl and escape the lips of an exotic stranger. Language barrier? Challenge accepted. There is no language like the language of love, you feel me? There are more than 6,000 languages in the world with countless regional dialects, accents and colloquialisms, so choosing which are among the most seductive is … Continue reading
