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New Contributor: Travel Photographer Ben Cooke

This week on AMW, we’ve got ultimate vagabond and travel photographer Ben Cooke, sharing a few of his (very real) experiences traveling and living on the cusp of poverty in India. This talented gent has recently returned from a 10-year stint backpacking the world. Yes that's right - 10 years of flip-flops, hostels and passport stamps! In 2006, Ben finished an Engineering degree and promptly bailed on western society to experience the giant global wonderland that is Earth. For an entire decade ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Amy Perkins from This Heart Fire

Amy Perkins from This Hearts Fire is the type of girl you want to get to know. With a nurturing, thoughtful and refreshingly no-nonsense attitude, this stylist-turned-spirit-junkie is on a life-altering journey through the rugged jungles and sandy shores of Central America. Before soaring over the Pacific a little over 6 months ago she created her blog, This Heart Fire, a little space on the interwebs where she pens her inspired thoughts and ongoing realisations about self love and ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Travel Writer Nina Karnikowski

After visiting all of the secret bohemian nooks and crannies around the world, you could definitely say that Nina Karnikowski is one of those truly free spirits, and the perfect example of an imaginative traveler. After spending two years as the full-time staff-writer for the Sydney Morning Herald's Traveller sections on Saturday and Sunday, she has decided to branch out on her own, having just launched her online folio and journal, Travels With Nina, which adds a different type of creative, ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Andrea Magrath of Some Kind of Wanderlust

This week's Weekly Wayfarer is the lovely Andrea Magrath, everybody's favourite foodie traveler living in London! Originally from Sydney, Australia, Andrea moved to the UK to pursue a life of food-inspired travel writing. This talented expat is certainly worth her chops in writing (yes, pun intended) - she is currently the London Correspondent for TRUFFLETravel.com, and has contributed to the who's who of publications including Daily Mail Online, Grazia Australia, The Huffington Post, Shop ‘Til ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Sarah O’Farrell from Fit Travels

The words 'fitness' and 'vacation' don't usually go together in the same sentence, unless of course you've booked a health retreat in Phuket in which case you're in for an "interesting" time getting real with your body. Have fun with that. Yoga Spas and Master Cleanses aside, what happens when you just want to keep up a bit of daily movement during your holiday? You follow Sarah O'Farrell from the Fit Travel blog that's what! From Bike Tours in Bangkok to Gym Reviews in Vietnam, Perth native ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Katie McKnoulty , The Travelling Light

She's the one with the long blonde locks and infectious smile; she's the fanciful detective infatuated with unearthing a city's very soul, and she's coming to a town near you! She's Katie McKnoulty, founder of The Travelling Light, a beautifully curated, visual-blog seeking out the special and secret places to visit around the world. I caught up with this lovely traveller currently on the hop from city to city, forever rummaging through the tourist facades in search of the perfectly hidden ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Bree Warren of The Wave Provocateur

Her gorgeous face has graced the pages of Asos.com, Cosmo and Shop, to name a few,  but it's the girl she is when the cameras aren't clicking that makes her the epitome of cool. Meet Bree Warren: Australian-born, NYC-based model; amateur surfer; global nomad, budding lifestyle-journalist and co-founder of The Wave Provocateur, a kick-ass blog she started with her boyfriend, Mitch McCann, to document their surfing adventures around the world. The beautifully-captured photographs and whimsical ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Wendy Kerby from Travel Drink Dine

Wendy Kerby is the face (and voice) behind Travel Drink Dine, a website born from her love affair of travel and a passion to share her unique experiences with others. Whether you're a solo-traveller or travelling with teens, this site dishes up guides and inspirational travel tips to make you feel like global travel is within reach. I caught up with the lovely Wendy about all things travel and here's what she had to say! Name a place your dying to visit? I would love to visit Montenegro, ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Natasha Darling… Artist, Illustrator and Spiritual Life Coach

Natasha Darling is an all round creative soul who produces wonderful visual artwork through the thoughtful use of her surroundings and experiences - wherever they may be. With a cross disciplinary background in all things design, she has also fulfilled a successful career as a Stylist with reputable publications and designers in London, Dubai and Australia over the past six years. It is through these wonderful experiences she caught the travel bug. And she hasn't stopped travelling since. Her ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Kaitlin Lange of Vital Whim

Even though it's early days for the Vital Whim blog, the ever-so-intruiging Kaitlin Lange is blasting full-speed ahead, churning out socially-minded yet humorous musings about her new life in Sydney coming from small-town Minnesota. Best described as an anthropological study of herself and fellow travellers, Vital Whim highlights the findings  Kaitlin stumbles upon on a daily basis. Her world is driven by an innate curiosity of the human race and the oddities of how people experience travel, so ... Read More

Weekly Wayfarer: Stephanie Be from Travel Break

Name a place your dying to visit. Antarctic of course! Then I could have tapped on every continent :) Name a favourite destination you would go back to. I am awful with favorites! I’m a sucker for Siem Reap (pictured), Sydney, Barcelona, Rio, Giant’s Causeway, Cliffs of Moher, Whitsunday Islands, Ha Long Bay, Cairns, Chiang Mai, Iguazu Falls, all things Croatia, Budapest, and Ibiza. I truly love every place I’ve been to, those are just a few highlights. What’s your plane ... Read More