A Modern Wayfarer

Shock Chic: The Cullen Hotel Melbourne Review

When I think of Melbourne travel I think boutique hotels. You know the ones I’m taking about, the little gems tucked away on inconspicuous laneways or roads just far enough from vibing main high-streets to feel like you’re in it but not actually on top of it... More specifically, I think of the Art Series Hotel Group. These three 5-star hotels are like cool party guests – always nailing fashionably late but never the last to leave! They are synonymous with the edgy and artful nature of ... Read More

Airbnb Treehouse: World’s Most Wish-Listed Listing

You've seen the mesmerising pictures plastered all over Instagram, the twinkling lights and suspended peter-pan-like footbridge set amidst lush foliage and pine trees. The romantic Airbnb Treehouse is a real-life fairytale you can visit for a relaxing few days holiday. But where exactly is the world's most "wish-listed" listing, and what's the story behind it? Lucy Wang, writer for Inhabit gives a little insight ... Located in the leafy suburban neighbourhood of Intown Atlanta, Peter ... Read More

24 Hours in Koreatown Los Angeles

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It’s official, the writing’s on the wall – K-Town is the new mecca. The infamous Los Angeles neighborhood just west of Downtown is littered with world-class Korean BBQ joints, edgy street-art and design hotels. It’s hard to imagine only two decades ago this low-rent area was ground zero for the LA riots and basically engulfed in flames! These days it’s home to more hipsters than hell-raisers and boasts some really cool rejuvenated buildings that house them. The great thing about KoreaTown Los ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: Road Trip, Top Things To Do In Palm Springs

Top Things To Do In Palm Springs I'm in a minivan (I'm actually pretending it's a 1950's Cadillac with the roof well down, wind in my hair etcetera etcetera), I've strategically put Fly Me To The Moon on my iPhone to set the scene while I gaze out the window, impossibly transfixed on the dusty desert landscape melting into the horizon. Not much else is happening outside the glass, save for a heap of cacti jostling in the crisp, light breeze and a few lonely power-lines standing to attention. ... Read More

Los Angeles Cool: AMW Top 4 LA Restaurants

For a city spanning 469 square miles, the Los Angeles food scene is overwhelming at best. Granted, a lot of that distance is serviced by a series of never-ending highways and intersections, but as the saying goes, every road leads to somewhere. And judging by the sheer scale of bitumen frantically darting from one edge of the horizon to the other from a Hollywood Hills vantage point, there's a lot of somewheres to be found. Unfortunately it's absolutely  impossible to try every single ... Read More

Lets Do The Time Warp Again: Cuba Travel Tips (part 2)

The second and final collection of Cuba Travel Tips from my trip to Cuba in December 2014. To view the first part, click here. Cuba is the country evolution forgot. Time gobbled it up in the 1950’s and spat it out as a fascinatingly dilapidated preview of it’s former self. Roads lead to rundown remnants of a once glitzy heyday – an era where the rum ran cold and US ties were tight. A period that for varying reasons, was never going to last. But last it did, sort of. Havana’s grandly ... Read More

Let’s Do The Time Warp Again: Cuba Travel Tips (part 1)

Cuba Travel Tips Cuba is the country evolution forgot. Time gobbled it up in the 1950’s and spat it out as a fascinatingly dilapidated preview of it’s former self. Roads lead to rundown remnants of a once glitzy heyday – an era where the rum ran cold and US ties were tight. A period that for varying reasons, was never going to last. But last it did; sort of. Havana’s grandly disheveled buildings with their rusted-raw metal and multi-coloured pastel paint peeling off like semi-healed scabs ... Read More

Where To Eat and Drink In Tulum

Where To Eat and Drink in Tulum With it’s laid back bohemian vibe and eco-chic retreats, Tulum may not be a club-goers reverie like Playa del Carmen or Cancun (thank god) but it’s certainly not lacking in the food department. Word all over the globe is it’s fast becoming a foodie force to be reckoned with and travellers are responding in droves. Whatever happened to the Tulum of old, you ask? The off-the-grid spiritual mecca where your safest bet for a meal was a fresh-caught fish taco at ... Read More

Tulum Highlights: Things To Do In Tulum Mexico

Tulum is my spiritual mecca. And by that I mean it's a place where sipping Mojitos on a white-sandy beach while having your palms read by a local healer is totally acceptable. It's all about the Yin and Yang, and striking that perfect balance between mindful, eco-conscious travel and blissful relaxation. A two hour drive south of Cancun, Tulum is devoid of those rundown all-inclusive resorts clinging like desperate has-beens to the Yucatan Coast. You won't find high-rises here. Instead you'll ... Read More

La Zebra Hotel Tulum Review: Rustic Beach Chic

Located on one of the most tranquil and pristine stretches of beach in the Caribbean, this luxuriously low-key hotel is a far-cry from those terrifyingly commercial all-inclusive resorts dotting more of the Riviera Mayan coast than I’d care to share.  With its 16 simple, yet modern bungalows and palm-lined private beach, La Zebra Hotel Tulum is the epitome of a chillaxed jungle-meets-seaside hotel where the point is to pretty much to do just that, relax. You could probably get a PhD in ... Read More

Desert Modern Commune: Ace Hotel Palm Springs Review

Ace Hotel Palm Springs is the coolest roadside motel since the ones from Thelma and Louise. Basically, if Elvis Presley and Young Hollywood teamed up to produce a place for the hipster bohemia to spend a few nights then this hotel would be it. On the outside, the kitschy, two-level buildings look like they were cryogenically frozen in the sixties only to rise in 2009 from their Austin Powers-like slumber with a lick of white-wash and some seriously edgy interior renovations. And in reality, this ... Read More

8 Unexpected Jobs Where You Get Paid To Travel

Travelling the world and getting paid for it is like the holy grail of wanderlust. But if you want to travel for work and have something completely unique to write home about then you have to get creative. The following unexpected jobs where you get paid to travel is a little more specialised than your average Au Pair vocation, but I'm sure you'll pick it up... Scottish Highlands Pilot We’re not talking about flying the regular route from Brisbane to Sydney! A Pilot with wanderlust could ... Read More

How To Travel With Your Family: The Stay Sane Guide

Given the success of the hugely popular post How To Travel as a Couple: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, I thought I'd address how to travel with your family, without actually wanting to strangle them! Travelling with your family is like downing a week-long cocktail of opinions, personalities and historic sibling angst. Someone’s bound to come along and set that rocket-fuel alight. So take three deeps breaths, pop the Valium and channel your best mediation skills, because your gonna have to suck ... Read More

So What Is A Modern Gypsy?

So what is a modern gypsy, exactly? The modern gypsy traveler likes the beautiful and the bespoke, the luxury and the low, but would prefer to stay away from the crowds. They like experiencing things for themselves, but are rarely ever truly alone. The modern gypsy is creative, but they aren’t too airy-fairy. They know what they want and when they want it, but they’re also happy to go with the flow. They want to feel something when they ... Read More

6 Qualities of A Modern Gypsy Traveler

A Modern Gypsy likes to plan, but never over-prepares. They value holiday spontaneity over strategizing.  They don’t feel the need to painstakingly plot every single intricate pre-holiday detail, right down to the cab ride from the airport! Sure, an imaginative traveler is well researched and versed on what to see and do in a city (after all, pre-trip planning is nearly half the fun), but these culture-hunters live for spur of the moment experiences and won’t baulk at diving headfirst into the ... Read More

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