Over San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to Muir Woods National Monument

Redwood trees at Muir Woods - Hipmunk

San Francisco is a city that invites you to look up. In a city known for its impossibly steep streets, an iconic bridge, and photogenic cable cars, the opportunities for skywards gazing are endless. Only a few miles away from this metropolitan melting pot, casting your eyes aloft puts you in a wholly different and […]

How to visit The Everglades on a flashpacker budget

How to visit The Everglades on a flashpacker budget

Grassy expanses on a horizon to clear blue nothing, amphibious reptiles lying languidly in the heat of the mid-day sun, birds gliding lazily on a tree-to-tree mission, mangrove forests lapped by the shores of a turquoise blue ocean. All this and more can be found in The Everglades, Florida. This isn’t a cheap part of the world […]

Hopes and fears for long-term travel: Miami, Nicaragua and Colombia

Hopes and fears for long-term travel: Miami, Nicaragua and Colombia

“I must be more nervous about this trip than I thought.” That’s what’s going through my mind at 3am this morning. I’m wide awake, random thoughts churning through my head. I only do this when I’m worried about something. Normally me and sleep are very happy bedtime buddies. Tomorrow I travel to Miami, the start […]