• Adventure Thrifts: Venice

    It was mid-September, summer was practically over and autumn term was fast approaching. With two weeks left until the big university move, we chose to book one last spontaneous flight to Venice (the cost of one flight was the equivalent to a coach journey to London thus we had...
  • Adventure Thrifts: Travelling on a budget

    As the slog of the winter semester begins to draw to a festive end, many of us are without money; many more of us have yet to do Christmas shopping and even more of us are fantasising about a holiday before the exam season kicks in. But, why fantasise?...
  • Daily Persuasion: Morocco

    I travelled around Morocco for 6 weeks this summer with other students from around the world, here’s some of my advice about visiting and why you should go:   Cheap cost of living I think the happiest I was all trip was when we found a place doing breakfast for...
  • Unlocking Jiufen: The treasure of Taiwan

    For some of the less seasoned travellers out there, an article about Jiufen, Taiwan seems incredibly alien at first sight. Never fear, for IMPACT Travel’s Karmen Truong is on hand to give us the lowdown on one of the treasures of the East. How to get there? Recommended route:...
  • Studying Abroad: Sometimes tough, always rewarding

    With the beginning of the new academic year, many of the languages students and others with study abroad opportunities have ventured off to various corners of the world. While some of us are just starting our year abroad adventures, others are mostly settled in their new locations. I myself...
  • A foodie’s experience in Palma, Majorca: Where to eat

    A few weeks ago I paid a visit to the beautiful island of Majorca. However, it was a different kind of visit to my previous one, which could be described as a massive drunken haze. Last time, a miasma of Rushkinoff vodka, loud chart music and inappropriate people doing...
  • A-Z of Capital Cities: Warsaw

    A city of conflicting identities, Warsaw is rather mysterious. Romanticism and communism are still very much evident in this proudly urban capital. Understandably, the picturesque Old Town is the most touristic neighbourhood. It seems familiar but is still somewhat elusive; a semblance of Frankish medievalism seeps between the cobblestones...