The World With Lizzy

I'm still looking for a catchphrase if anyone can suggest anything! 'Hello readers' is getting a bit overused! I'll put some thought into it. Last time, I left you just after I had flown from Washington DC , via Las Vegas (that was a cool 5 hours), to Portland , Oregon , where Zach lives. We stayed with his family for a while which was ideal, particularly because his Mum's cooking and baking were to DIE for, and Zach showed me around a bit. After taking a couple of days to settle down we met up with a few of Zach's friends for an event called the Street Dance, which, surprise surprise, is where we danced in the street. Everyone was drinking and jigging around to live music and eating hotdogs and nachos. It was a really fun night. Oregon is very green and very mountainous giving us loads of treks to trek and views to view. Zach drove me to Multonomah Falls , which was soooo tall. There was a bridge you could stand on a little way up but Zach ha...

Hi friends! Summer is here and the weather in England seems to have been tropical since my depart for America so I hope everyone is enjoying the heat! I, for one, have had a blast since arriving here, despite facing a tiiiny (actually pretty big) challenge: For personal reasons that I can’t discuss, I had to leave the haven that is Camps Kenwood and Evergreen, New Hampshire.  For those who don’t know, Camp was the reason I travelled to the US, so having to leave put a small dent in my Summer plans, to say the least. I made incredible friends there and had such a fun couple of weeks. I was heartbroken to leave, but I believe everything happens for a reason, so I took it in my stride, and I’m still making the most of my time here before my visa runs out. I should still mention a few of the antics that occurred at camp that made my time there so memorable. Besides having to put my back into sorting out my dance studio and choreography before the kids arrived, we activity specialist...

For those of you who don't know, I landed a summer job as a Dance Instructor and General Counsellor at Camp Kenwood and Evergreen in New Hampshire , USA , and the start date is almost here! Although I'm excited now that all the preparation is over, it was a long and painful ride up to now, so I'm here to give a few tips to make it less agonising for those thinking about applying.  First of all, I should mention what Camp America is. It's an international organisation that hires people from across the globe to work at the hundreds of children's camps in USA . The one thing I have learnt from the many people I have spoken to is that no matter where you end up you're going to have the best summer of your life (I have yet to experience- I'll update you after the summer). Before the nitty gritty begins you need to apply, which requires starting an application (duh) on the Camp America website (www.campamerica.co.uk). This is very similar to a CV...

After 4 close encounters with falling coconuts, 11 flights and MILLIONS of mosquito bites, I'm finally home. Mother Nature could clearly sense I was missing travelling because England , the rainiest of places, has had glorious sunshine since my return! Also before I start, I'd love to mention I've put together some AWESOME (if I do say so myself) travel videos for South East Asia ! The link to my YouTube channel is on my home page so feel free to check them out! This post is primarily for those off on their travels for the first time who are looking for a bit of advice. I jotted these tips down as and when they occurred to me during my most recent trip to South East Asia and I would have loved to have heard them before I set off as the inexperienced adventurer I was. I hope it comes in useful to you in some shape or form! Practical Advice Always be cautious of what you're eating. Of course you'll want to try the cuisine of different countr...

Welcome to The World With Lizzy! To all you amateur travellers out there dreaming of seeing the world, I’m one of you. Except I’m documenting all my ‘first times’ of travelling from my inexperienced point of view hoping to advise and inspire anyone and everyone who needs advising, inspiring... or simply entertaining, so sit back and enjoy the read! Lizzy xx

My final stop of my first ever travelling adventure was Indonesia and I’m so happy my trip ended on such a high.  My favourite boy from back home came to join me for my first 12 days. You might recognise Matthew from my Facebook page or my Instagram in pictures from Vienna and Paris- now we’re conquering country number 3! Since we were treating this as more of a holiday than a travelling destination we spent a tad bit more money than I have been doing for the rest of my trip. Bali is also notably more expensive than any other place I had been anyway so it limited me to a seriously small budget once Matthew had left. Our first stop was Gili Trawangan, an island off the coast of Lombok. I accidentally spent far too much on the ferry as I wasn’t quite used to the currency... there are so many digits!! (A latte costs you 38,000idn!) STA travel recommended and booked our hotel for us on Gili T, and we hit the absolute jackpot. The rooms were gorgeous, individual huts across a village...

I feel like I need a quirky catch phrase to open my blogs because I’m running out of ways to say ‘hello readers’. I’ll work on it.  Before I travelled further, while I was still in Cambodia, I made the decision not to stay in the rainforest, Taman Negara, Malaysia- the next stop of my original plan. I made the mistake of not doing enough research back in England and I didn’t have the right clothing or equipment. But since I crammed Cambodia into my trip as well I don’t feel like I have done Malaysia justice anyway, so I’ve promised myself to come back to stay in Taman Negara and visit plenty of other places here too. Moral of the story- do your research into the places you’re visiting or you may end up not visiting them! It was also around this time I began missing home. I’m surprised I hadn’t been homesick until then. It was snowing a lot back in England and I LOVE the snow. I miss wearing jeans and wrapping up warm. I got really excited to go and see my friends and family. I ...