It’s a muggy, overcast afternoon as we board our speedboats for Tioman Island. Usually, a ferry is available to reach Tioman Island. Yet, a more adventurous mode of transport is fitting in order to reach Malaysia’s rugged island wilderness. Rain-jackets are a must, especially when the boat roars across the waves, coasting along boisterous barrels […]
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A trip out to the Batu Caves while spending time in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is one of many spiritual ways to get a solid grounding in this country. Kuala Lumpur is representative of its country in that it melds cultures in a seemingly harmonious way. To experience the Hindu aspect of Malaysia, Batu Caves is
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Today’s post is sponsored by Webjet.com.au Australia and New Zealand’s leading online travel agency for cheap flights and cheap holiday packages. Tasmania can be chilly but is warmly welcoming, cosy and easily explored from a vegan perspective. All you need to do is book in a few days, or a longer cheap holiday package, to
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There has never been a time in history when it’s so easy and convenient to use a food delivery service so we can experience our favourite food from in-demand restaurants. Because it’s now so convenient and accessible, we’re insatiably spoilt for choice. Gone are the days of ordering just pizza or Chinese food from the
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When you think of the word ‘joy’, what comes to your mind? If you look up the definition of ‘joy’ you’ll find one very simple definition. Oxford defines joy as simply “a feeling of great pleasure and happiness”. In the context of vegan travel, joy can be found very easily. It’s only when you wind
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Being a vegan traveller means being a passenger for a great chunk of that time while on the road. However, in the last six months I have succumbed to the law of the land here in my hometown of Melbourne. I have also been a passenger in my everyday life. I am a proud, fully-fledged
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There are only nine days before I head off for some more vegan travel and the time for travel packing is inching closer. I don’t know about you, but I have always been a last-minute travel packer. Don’t get me wrong, I’m an organised person. Yet, travel packing has always been a last-minute task for
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Part of my motivation for starting the Fire & Tea blog is my passion for travelling through the city in which I live. This week, Melbourne was voted the world’s most liveable city in the world for the seventh year in a row. Seventh year in a row! Thinking back, I’ve been vegan for almost
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“Who are you?” enquires the Caterpillar in Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. “I’m afraid I can’t explain myself, Sir,” Alice confesses in a perplexing tone. “Because I’m not myself, you know?” The Caterpillar inhales scented smoke from his hookah before heaving it from his lungs in a barrel towards Alice. “I do not
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Travel along Maroondah Highway in the outer east of Melbourne and the trail leads road-trippers to the leafy township of Warburton in the Warburton Valley. It’s well under an hour from where I live in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs and about an hour’s drive from Melbourne’s city centre. Strip shops line the main street – their
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