Travel Experiences

Travelling experiences from all our STA Travel Explorers can be found here! From surfing volcanic ash in Nicaragua to watching inter-village wrestling in Senegal, these guys are out there trotting the globe and telling everyone about it…

This could be you!

I am: a 23 year old no longer happy to settle for the rat race so am off to have an adventure and blog my way around Asia
I love: to write, volunteer, dive, take photos and paint my nails
I’m going to: Japan, China, Thailand, Singapore and Bali
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Reclaiming My Future
Flickr: Toniwoni

I am:A girl who graduated from uni and realised she would rather travel than get a job
I love:Music, especially live gigs, photography and listening to podcasts
I’m going to:Australasia on a £10 Pom ticket!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Filling The Pages
Twitter: @fillingthepages

I am: a traveler at heart with a happy four years done so far. I left the London corporate lifestyle in October of 2008 on a boat bound for Australia and have ended up in Colombia
I love: experiencing new cultures, reading, language, cooking, entertaining, travel, outdoorsy stuff, gregariousosity and neologising
I’m going to: set up a great hostel in Bogota
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: AFOwen.com
Twitter: @alexfowen

I am: 23 year old graduate trying to delay getting a real job by having an around the world adventure with a friend
I love: lacrosse, live music, comedy
I’m going to: Thailand > Cairns then down the whole east coast of Australia to Melbourne > New Zealand > Fiji > LA > San Diego
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: People Say I’m Egotistical, But Enough About Them
Twitter: @lucychristopher

I am: a 22-year-old graduate keen to share the ups and downs of my travels online
I love: being outdoors, watersports, food and taking (bad) photos
I’m going to: New Zealand, Australia, then working my way from Singapore up to Bangkok, before travelling round Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Jamie and Laura’s Great Adventure
Twitter: @lauraball123

I am: a 23-year-old freelance journalist and amateur photographer, looking for unusual backpacking adventures
I love: Photography, movies and talking to people
I’m going to: the west coast of Africa for three and a half months - Senegal, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo and Benin
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Buy the Ticket Take the Ride
Twitter: @Traveldum
Flickr: AdamDriver

I am: a 24 year old freelance cameraman/editor
I love: football, photography and my super sexy aussie girlfriend
I’m going to:Melbourne, Australia to live and work for a year, whilst traveling around Australia and beyond
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: George Hulley
Twitter: @georgehulley

I am: a 22 year old Lancastrian who is a Politics graduate from Lancaster University
I love: football, rugby league, most other sports and photography
I’m going to:Bangkok for 4/5 days then onto Sydney to do OzIntro in Coogee. After that I’ll stay in Sydney until New Year then travel around Oz. At the moment I havent booked anything else but I want to go to Niue, Fiji, New Zealand, USA, Canada and Central America…and maybe Pitcairn and the Galapagos Islands, so if I could manage 5 of those that would be amazing!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Ten Pound Pom
Twitter: @tenpoundpom2009

I am: 22 year old and heading down under following muchos planning, new found singleness and a spontaneously booked 12 month travel visa!
I love: photography (my trade), partying and surfing (my nature)
I’m going to:Australia - cramming in East Coast, West Coast, South Coast, outback, cities, nature, culture, architecture and landscape
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Blog: The Wanderings of a Devonshire Boy
Twitter: @curiouscheese

I am:a 18 year old moving to Australia on a whim, but who will hopefully end up studying Hospitality Management…. eventually
I love:diving, dancing, boxing, new places and new people
I’m going to:Australia! I’ll be working in Sydney but I also plan to see as much of Australia as possible
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Blog: Alice Goes Walkabout
Twitter: @alice_walkabout

I am: a 21 year old girl who’s wanted to go travelling since I was 15 and finally getting there
I love: partying with friends, photography, random walks in random places, gigs and festivals and just having a laugh!
I’m going to: Australia and hopefully New Zealand
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Life is Beautiful Around the World
Twitter: @magicalfrog
Flickr: magicalfrog
YouTube: magicalfrog

I am: 22 years old, military background and obsessed with trekking in difficult and unusual ways
I love: anything thats outdoorsy and involves adrenalin, languages and photography
I’m going to: Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Borneo, Brunei, Cambodia, Burma, Bangladesh, Nepal and India
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Asian Adventure
Twitter: @trekkingnut

I am:a 20-year-old Geography student keen to share my experiences online
I love:Surfing, rugby and photography
I’m going to:Virginia, USA and from there down the East Coast of America to the South of Florida and then all the way to Michigan and Chicago!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: USA ‘09 - The East Coast
Twitter: @spintheglobe

I am:20 years old and on a uni exchange
I love:history, culture, new experiences
I’m going to:Mexico
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Emmasharpysharples’s Weblog Mexican Adventures

I am:taking my Gap Year to volunteer
I love:drama, theatre, films
I’m going to:Cusco, Lima, La Paz
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Frrank’s Weblog
Twitter: NickMT


I am: 19 year old writer looking for inspiration for my second novel
I love:sport, theatre, politics, Officer Training Corps
I’m going to: Kenya and Tanzania
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Karibuni Kenya

I am: a regular guy from London
I love: travelling, dogs, festivals, cheap jewellery, bubble wrap, illegal raves, bright colours, riding my motorbike at night with trance music playing on my mp3, foreign food, people who cook me foreign food, a good biro, a good bungee jump, great white sharks and creating as many new and diverse memories as possible for when I’m old
I’m going to:Australia
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Blog: Holeydel

I am:a 21 year old student backpacking for the first time with my mate
I love:strolling around cities, amazing locations, wild
I’m going to:Australia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Hip21’s Weblog

I am:a 25 year old Southhampton based chef looking to live the dream down under
I love:sport, wildlife and cooking
I’m going to:Australia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Romy’s Life Today

I am:a 26 year old hotel industry worker who decided to see things from the other side and travel
I love: photography and beaches
I’m going to:Australia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Martirtw’s Blog
Twitter: @mpedwards06
Flickr: MPEdwards06

I am: a Skincare Specialist for Clarins who loves to tell people my travel stories (often funny ones!)
I love: languages, art, dancing and laughing
I’m going to: revisit my former home of Porto, Portugal, as soon as I can get a flight; try to see a live Flamenco show in Seville in the next few weeks; and come face to face with history in Athens as soon as I can after that!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Velvet Fur
Twitter: @velvetfur

We are:third year students determined to interrail in style

We love:music, culture, good food and hidden gems

We’re going to:Spain, Italy, Vienna, Budapest, Prague, Amsterdam

STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Epic Interrail Romp

I am:a 29 year old from Nottingham who’s lived and travelled across SE Asia
I love:capturing people and landscapes through photography
I’m going to:Indonesia

STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: The Taipans’ Travel Blog from Around SE Asia
Twitter: @samuistu
Flickr: SamuiStu

I am:a 29 year old teacher from Somerset volunteering in a summer camp for kids
I love:running marathons, trekking, diving, church
I’m going to:Moscow, South Russia

STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Cathcollings’s Weblog

I am:off to change my life by studying Buddhism in the foothills of the Himalayas
I love:cats, new experiences, different cultures
I’m going to:Nepal

STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Isobel Jones’s Nepal Weblog

I am: looking for answers to questions I’ve not even discovered yet
I love: hedonism and debauchery
I’m going to: Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Canada and the USA. RTW for a year!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Gap Year Escape
Twitter: @gapyearescape
YouTube: Gap Year Escape
Facebook: Amar12321

I am: a 22 year-old software developer excited to share my experiences around the globe with my family and friends
I love: skateboarding, snowboarding, gaming, drumming and drawing
I’m going to: New York, Canada, New Zealand and Oz!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: gvee.co.uk
Twitter: @gvee

I am: a 22 year old fashion photography graduate wanting to enlighten and inspire myself & others to the photographic scene down under
I love: photography, pretty much anything in the arts and creative industry, books, music, and to round it up, the four f’s, fashion, family, friends & food
I’m going to: put the working holiday visa to the test in Melbourne, Victoria
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Samantha Kate Jourdan: A Photographic Journal
Twitter: @skjourdan
Facebook: Samantha Kate Jourdan

I am: wanting to soak up the world and everything in it whilst avoiding a suit and a 9 to 5
I love: waking up in a new place everyday and being out of my depth, it keeps you sharp
I’m going to:Moscow (Trans-Siberian) Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and who knows where else over 3 1/2 months (maybe longer)
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: work>travel>repeat.
Twitter: @michaelalpe

I am: a 32 year old sport sponsorship consultant who refuses to grow up, prefering to see and enjoy what the world has to offer and will be undertaking the International Mankini Challenge, wearing a Mankini in iconic locations of every country I visit after a bet with friends
I love: a challenge and to make people laugh (…also all sports)
I’m going to: Vancouver (Canada) for the Winter Olympic Games via Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, The Galapagos Islands, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatamala, Belize and Mexico, before finishing off with a road trip from Los Angeles up the Pacific Heighway!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: International Mankini Challenge
Twitter: @mankinimalph
YouTube: MankiniChallenge
Facebook: International Mankini Challenge

We are: looking for adventure filled days and crazy late nights…
We love: socialising, pushing boundaries, doing things which scare us, online networking, rugby, cars, the sea, photography, writing
We’re going to: Australia for a year, starting off with living in Sydney, then off around the world for as long as we can afford to eat!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Our Little Jaunt
Twitter: @ourlittlejaunt
YouTube: Our Little Jaunt

I am: a lady! Just graduated and off on some travels
I love: food, drink, bargains and a challenge
I’m going to: be upside-down in New Zealand. Hopefully find some work in the first half and party with the kiwi experience in the second half…and probably be very skint by the end!!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: The Great NZ Travel Unravel
Twitter: @jentravunrav
Flickr: The Great NZ Travel Unravel

I am:a 21-year-old student of Geology who spends too much time carrying a rucksack
I love:travelling (of course), cooking, fencing, alcohol, the off-beaten tracks
I’m going to:Fiji, Vanuatu, New Zealand, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Spain and Italy
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: The Travelling Editor
Twitter: @travelingeditor

We are: Andy & Steph, a young married couple from Worcester in the UK
We love: travel, stand up comedy, photography, movies
We’re going to: Thailand, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, America and Canada
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: The Wandering Warburtons
Twitter: @karmacrystals & @awarburton
Flickr: andy206uk

I am: a 26-year old journalist, traveler, volunteer and general nomad
I love: writing, dancing, horse riding and new experiences
I’m going to: Kenya, Mombasa, for two months to work at Twaayf children’s orphanage. Then I am back packing round Oz for 5 weeks, Vietnam for 3 and finally finishing off in Thailand, Rayong, to teach English in a primary school and spend my weekends trekking round the country!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Saz In Transit

I am: a 28 year old scientist who works in a major London Hospital
I love: travel, books, anime, films and indie-rock
I’m going to: Nice, Genoa, Turin and Milan. Next year am going to Hong Kong and Oz!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: The Random Thoughts of Andy Janes

We’re: Art student Beki and Ultimate Frisbee fan and music lover Mike
We love: Well, between us, snowboarding, music, making clothes, pretending to surf, playing guitar and whisky on the beach
We’re going to: Addis Ababa, Ghana, Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Oz and LA
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Bex’s Travels
Blog: Around the World in 6 Months

I am: a 24 year old graduate who has been running my own video production company for two years
I love: anything to do with film and/or travel
I’m going to: Sri Lanka, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand the US
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Brad’s Travels - Video Blog

I am: a 23 year old travel lover that manifests in a penchant for documentaries such as the Long Way Round and Tribe
I love: travel (obviously), golf, football, snowboarding and pubs
I’m going to: South East Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and the US
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Micky6’s Blog

I am: a 23 year old graduate heading round the world to work and play with my mate Ady
I love: food, gadgets, outdoor adventures, partying
I’m going to: North America, New Zealand, Australia, Asia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Around the World
Twitter: @basforsj

I am: a Scottish student travelling the globe all by myself
I love: guinea pigs, martial arts, java programming and drawing
I’m going to: North America, Australia, Asia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: HeartHand

I am: a 24 years old from Newcastle travelling the world and writing a book on people
I love: all sports, people, and decent music
I’m going to: India, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Australia, Chile, Argentina, Bolivia and Peru
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Nice to Meet You
Picasa: Pictures From Another Place

I am:a 22 year old graduate looking for the adventure to fill several lifetimes and what better way to remember it in all the multimedia glory that the internet has to offer
I love:reading, getting snap happy and any activity done in the water
I’m going to:Melbourne but after that I am leaving it up to fate. In January I am volunteering on a sea turtle conservation programme in Thailand and then back to Aussieland
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Glittering Seas
Twitter: @aileenelizabeth

I am: a 21-year-old geography graduate working for a digital marketing agency
I love: all things social media, five-a-side footy and hockey
I’m going to: Thailand, Australia, Fiji, New Zealand, America and Canada
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Backpack Geek
Twitter: @RobSandbach
Flickr: BPGeek

I am:a techie from Brighton getting creative with gadgets on the go
I love: Music, technology, art & design, photography, cooking
I’m going to: South America, New Zealand, Australia, Asia
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Random Projects
Twitter: @timminter

We are: graduates on a dream trip before we settle down
We love: wildlife, tours, adventures, wine
We went to: Spain, Asia, Australia, New Zealand, North America
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Neil and Megan’s World Travels

I am: 23 from Birmingham and eager for a round the world adventure
I love: yoga, kung-fu, cooking and the world of 19th century fiction
I’m going to: Russia, Mongolia, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, India, New Zealand, Chile, Peru and Brazil
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Jane’s Wanderings

I am: a 23-year-old English teacher from Aberdeenshire
I don’t love: the loss while travelling of a skirt, an eye mask to aid sleeping with the light on, the adaptor for my electric toothbrush, a pashmina, pyjama shorts…
I’m going to: Australia via a whole load of other places on the way and a whole load more on the way back!
STA travelbuzz posts…
Blog: Isla on Tour


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