As seasoned travellers here is what we have learned.

  1. Always take your passport with you. ALWAYS.
  2. Take the shared shuttle bus from the airport to your hotel. If you are lucky you will be the last one dropped off and you get a free city tour.
  3. Bring as much luggage as you possibly can, you never know what will come up.
  4. Talk to drunks in bars (general life advice, not just for travellers).
  5. Walk as much as possible. Its the best way to explore.
  6. Get a local SIM with a data plan, its cheaper and faster than the hotel internet.
  7. Travel alone.
  8. Take dinner advice from the bloke in the Chilli Shop not the French ponce in the hotel.
  9. Get made redundant before you travel.
  10. Don’t write a blog, its hard work and your wife will hate you for it.
  11. When in the passenger seat of a car take a vow of silence.
  12. Avoid airports and NASA. Anything that flies.
  13. If you do have to go through an airport, always put a bottle opener in your carry on bag to give them something to do at the security screening.
  14. Carry spare underwear in your wife’s handbag.
  15. Take the city bus tour, unless the tour guide is called Larry.