by Lillian Zahra | Mar 15, 2019 | Money Diary, Travel
Money Diary: A Week In The Seychelles A 31-year-old living in Dubai spends a week in the Seychelles and spends some of her money on avocados… They Seychelles isn’t an obvious budget destination but it’s only a four hour flight from Dubai. My...
by Lillian Zahra | Nov 16, 2018 | Dubai, Travel
Planning Your Trip to Dubai (updated February 2021) It’s coming up to two years since I moved to the desert so I’m finally putting together a little guide for planning your own trip to Dubai. I first visited Dubai in 2007, returning every other year or so...
by Lillian Zahra | Sep 12, 2018 | London, Travel
The best thing about being back in London (besides friends, family, weddings and drinks outside)? The breakfasts. Even with my favourite avocado on toast off of the menu (for now while my body has – hopefully temporarily – decided it doesn’t like a...
by Lillian Zahra | Aug 14, 2018 | Hong Kong, Travel
Just a metro or boat trip away from our base in Lantau, we ventured into Central for a day of exploring. I’d snapped the above pic a few days earlier on the way back from a Junk Boat outing, sitting on the front of the boat watching the skyline get...
by Lillian Zahra | Aug 9, 2018 | Hong Kong, Travel
My second trip of 2018 to Hong Kong – back in March I visited with Lauren, staying in an appropriately-named hotel in Central and spending our days wandering, chatting and stopping for avocado on toast. Fast forward a few months and a much hotter and more humid Hong...
by Lillian Zahra | Jun 19, 2018 | Bali, Travel
Exploring Bali isn’t the easiest – party because the traffic is awful (a 15km journey from the airport to Canggu taking two hours) and partly because the temptation to just relax and do nothing is too strong. We managed a few day trips which were well...
