Category: Travelling

  • Oh Canada – 149 Reasons to love The Truth North, Strong and Free

    Happy Canada day from the land of maple syrup, Bieber and beavers. To celebrate our Country’s 149th Canada I wanted to  share 149 things to love about travel, food and culture from Canada. If you live here, cheers! If you’re coming to visit, here’s 149 reasons you should. 1. Space to roam. We have big…

  • Layover at Gatwick? It’s not as Rough as it Sounds

    Fear not UK travellers, here are some tips from guest poster Alberta Dawson on how to make the best of a Gatwick layover… Having to endure a long layover in London isn’t so bad after all. There may come an unexpected moment when you find yourself stuck inside Gatwick Airport looking for things to do…

  • Luxe RV Holiday Dreams + Our First Birthday

    This week marks a couple of fun times for Anchors + Proteas. We celebrated the blog’s first birthday this week by making a giant chocolate cake that lasted all week long. As the weather starts warming up, my mind turns to summer trip planning. Enter: my adult fixation with Airstream trailers. For some reason Airstreams…

  • Pack your Ps and Qs: Bloggers share their mom’s travel advice

    Every time I’ve travelled everywhere my mom says the same two things: pack your Ps and Qs (pleases and thank-yous) and pack your common sense. Good manners and old fashioned common sense have helped me enjoy trips around the United Kingdom, Central America and Sub-Saharan Africa relatively incident free. Thanks mom! The last spot mumsy…