Fleur Bernadine

mostly london, sometimes hampshire

Gap Year Travel: Fiji & Travelling Home

Fiji ➙ Auckland ➙ London

So I won’t lie, by the time we got to Fiji we had practically no money meaning we had to spend a lot of it just chilling on the beach, but hey there are worst ways to spend five days! We read a lot of books, played a lot of card games and soaked up the last few moments of g…

Gap Year Travel: New Zealand

Auckland➙Rotorua➙Taupo➙Wellington➙Abel Tasman➙Wanaka➙Queenstown➙Christchurch (and everywhere else in-between; there are many stops on Kiwi)

We stayed with family friends in Auckland which was a dream after spending so long in hostels it felt like a luxury to have my own room! I was very fortunate …

Gap Year Travel: Australia

Sydney ➙ Bryon Bay ➙ Fraser Island ➙ Airlie Beach ➙ Whitsundays ➙ Cairns


To say our Australian leg of our trip started badly is a bit of an understatement, long story short: FI had a visa for Australia and for some reason Flo’s hadn’t gone through properly. It was a very stressful experience and th…

Gap Year Travel: Thailand

Bangkok ➙ Phuket ➙ Koh Phi Phi ➙ Krabi ➙ Koh Tao ➙ Koh Samui ➙ Elephant Hills

The Thailand stint of our trip started in Bangkok, now I had to admit neither of us was particularly fond of the city. It was extremely hot and busy and we just weren’t the biggest fans so we shamefully did spend a lot of…

Gap Year Travel: Cambodia

Phenom Pen ➙ Siem Reap

Next stop was Cambodia, potentially my favourite country we visited in South-East Asia. We went to Phnom Penh and Siem Reap, I so wish we had time to visit other places but alas just means I’ll have to go back! Whilst we were in Phnom Penh we went to the killing fields which …

Gap Year Travel: Vietnam

London ➙ Hanoi ➙ Hue ➙ Hoi An ➙ Ho Chi Minh

The night before travelling I felt like I was in this bizarre bubble, all these months of preparation and here I was on the brink of going - it was surreal. The morning of I packed up my last few bits and waited for Floss and her mum to pick my mum and m…

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