Author: The Travelling Sloth
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Growing up as a Third Culture Kid
In today’s day and age, our world is becoming more globalised by the second. There are more people travelling, exploring, living and working in foreign countries than ever before and inter-racial families are on the rise. There’s an increase of families taking life on the road and raising their children in cultures different to their own. These kids…
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Mistakes I’ve Made While Traveling: Lessons Learned
It’s not uncommon to make a couple of mistakes throughout your travels. Isn’t that how we learn best? Maybe. I know I’ve made my fair share of mistakes over the years but I gather myself after and learn how to overcome these or any other challenges. I would like to think it is part of being an adult….
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Inexpensive Ways To Enjoy London On a Budget
I’m a sucker for budget friendly destinations. My main reason for keeping my distance for the longest time was purely the cost of travel. I know what you’re about to say… “But Caroline, you’re from Norway… Surely London isn’t THAT expensive”. You’re right except I prefer to stretch my dollar as much as I possibly can….
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Scuba Diving: A Beginner’s Guide to the Underwater World
Ah yes. Scuba diving is such a beautiful thing. A friend, Storm, introduced me to the wonderful underwater world back in 2011. If you think about it, 70% of Earth is covered by water, that is 70% of the world left unexplored. How insane is that? Since I’m a self-proclaimed diving addict, I’ve decided to a series…
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Exploring the Wild: A Guide to Norway’s Iconic Trolltunga Hike
Social media popularizes many hikes, and for good reason. In my opinion, the most iconic is Trolltunga (Troll’s Tongue), located in the hidden Norwegian wilderness. It doesn’t need an introduction but here is one anyways. You usually have plenty of choices for hiking in Norway: Preikestolen, Kjerag, Månafossen and Galdhøppigen, to name a few. However,…
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Solo Female Traveller? How to Deal with Unwanted Attention
Most people only talk about all the good things that happened during their travels; the beautiful places, the amazing cuisines, the captivating culture and the people. It’s all rainbows and butterflies, which for the most part it is. I’ve been travelling (predominantly) solo for 3 years now and have since visited 17 countries. As a…
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Take on the Challenge of Hiking Kjeragbolten in Norway
This Instagram famous rock is not for the fate hearted, wedged between two cliffs, it sits about 1100m above Lysefjord. Kjeragbolten attracts base jumpers, paragliders and adrenaline fuelled hikers keen to stand on the boulder. Although a popular hike, it is considered one of the more challenging treks around the area because of the steep faces. Located about…
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Visual Diary: South West Australia
It has been 2o+ degrees Celsius in Norway this week, a good sign that summer is upon us! For those who know me, you can probably imagine how excited I am. It is undoubtedly my favourite time of the year and I’m usually chasing the sun. With such amazing weather, I’ve caught myself reminiscing about…