My name’s Sam and I have a confession: I’m a travel addict. Seeing the world, embracing new cultures, meeting new people – it’s my favourite pastime. So when I found myself at one of life’s crossroads aged 31, I decided it was time for another […]
29th January After three super-chilled nights on laid-back Lanta, it’s time for a change of scenery once again, so today we’re taking another ferry – this time to Krabi. Each ferry ride takes a couple of hours, costs about 350 baht per person (about £8) […]
20th January 2018 For this particular island-hopping adventure we fly directly into Phuket from Gatwick for three nights, then a two-hour ferry to Phi Phi for three nights, then another ferry to Koh Lanta for three nights, then a ferry to Krabi for – yes, […]
19th January 2018 Right, Thailand! I need your help. (“Again?!” I hear you mumble, raising your eyes heavenwards.) Sorry, yes. I need you to fix me. Just saying your name is like drizzling honey onto my soul, giving me the sugar high I need to […]
So the bad thing about jetlag is being wide awake from 3am. The good thing about jetlag is that I’ve done two blog assignments and written this poem – and all before 8.30… I’ve always valued experiences over things, and this is never clearer in […]
I. Love. Travelling. No surprises there – who doesn’t, eh? A boost of vitamin sea is usually just what the doctor ordered; a reminder of the rich tapestry of Mother Nature’s creative artwork that lies beyond the short-sighted humdrum of the nine-to-five. Travelling the world […]
My last trip to Goa saw me tripping like a hippy at a hilltop rave. Unfortunately, this was not due to imbibing some fantastical mind-bending substance and having a “spiritual awakening” – you know, the kind those faux-Rasta gap yah brats bang on about […]
My fourth blog, written in February 2016, documenting the adventures of the 3 musketeers (ok, volunteers, but that sounded better): De Mama (my mum), Andy (my partner) and I, as we travelled to San Jose, Costa Rica, to help disadvantaged children living in the capital, […]
My third blog, Sam Goes Solo (aka No Emotional Thais: New Beginnings…Happy Endings?) was written in 2014, when I went travelling around the Thai islands on my tod…. www.samgoessolo.blogspot.com Sam x Fancy reading my back-story before you go any further? You can find […]
My first ever blog, written September 2008 – March 2009 :A 6-month round-the-world backpacking adventure with my then-husband Liam… www.worldwidewalsh.blogspot.com Sam x Fancy reading my back-story before you go any further? You can find my other blogs at: www.costaricachica1.blogspot.com www.samgoessolo.blogspot.com www.mummymission.blogspot.com www.worldwidewalsh.blogspot.com Follow me: Twitter: @SamanthaWalsh76 (Life:ABird’sEyeView) […]
I fell in love with clubbing long before I was old enough to set foot in one. Well, legally anyway. At fifteen, I papered my bedroom walls, door and even the ceiling with flyers for raves and club nights, signing up to the Flying Squad […]
Having travelled to some far-flung places and met people from all walks of life, I’d say that some of the happiest, most grounded people I’ve ever met were the ones who had the least ‘stuff.’ helping at a school in Vietnam Now don’t get me […]
