The Girl Who Faked a 42 Day Backpacking Adventure Across Asia

Zilla Van Den Born convinced her friends and family into thinking she was travelling Asia, from her bedroom!

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These days with social media sites such as Facebook, Instagram etc. at the forefront of our daily lives, its almost too easy for us to believe everything we read or see online. Of course on your online profile you are going hide the things you don't want people to know about you, and emphasis things to make yourself seem more interesting. But nobody really discuss the elephant in the room, bar Zilla when she staged a 42 day adventure across Asia, from her sofa.

For a final year university project, Zilla decided to focus on this topic:

Surfing on the West Coast | Lahinch, Co. Clare

It's not unknown that I am a big fan of the surfing culture. I'm only a newbie I'll have you know, and if you've read my previous post on the topic, you'll know where I stand in the matter. So I Went Surfing   

But two weeks ago one of my best mates and I took an ole' roadtrip up the west of the country, to county Clare. Whilst I'd been there before, I only managed to see a small portion of the eastern part of the county, the countryside. This time our sole focus was the coast, and with surfing a main priority of the adventure, Doolin was the ideal place for the craic, the site-seeing & the coast. Doolin is known for its traditional Irish music scene and in more recent years, Dusty the dolphin. We didn't manage to meet Dusty, but we did get a nice taster of the pub-life.

Plaits, Feathers n' Baggy Tee's | Being You | OOTD

Giftcard Giveaway | Canadian & USA Readers | 25$ for HOTTT.COM

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I entered a giveaway recently on a blog I adore, and guess what? I won! What are the chances? But as I went to use my giftcard I realised that they only delivered to Canada and the United States, and being from Ireland, this wasn't going to work out. I was so bumbed as I had fallen in love with a few really pretty bracelets! But instead of letting this 25$ giftcard go to waste, I said I'd give my Canadian and USA readers the chance to win a -

25$ giftcard for HOTTT.COM

If you haven't already heard of this site, take a trip on over there now :)

They sell a range of cool accessories from jewellery to home décor, stationary to bike accessories!

Personally I love their bracelets and necklaces!

Unfortunately this competition is only valid for Canadian and USA readers, so keep in mind you won't be able to use this giftcard if you are from anywhere else :( But not to worry I will hold another giveaway over the next few months for all readers :)

So to enter this competition all you have to do is -

1. FOLLOW MY BLOG ON BLOGGER
2. FOLLOW ME & MY BLOG ON BLOGLOVIN'
3. ANSWER THIS QUESTION IN THE COMMENTS BELLOW:
"If you were to travel anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?"
4. EMAIL ME ONCE ALL STEPS COMPLETED AT:
thetravelbibleblog@gmail.com
with your name (the one used in your comment bellow) &
bloglovin name

I will be selecting the winner (as long as all steps above are completed) based on most fascinating answer to my question :D

GIVEAWAY DEADLINE IS - 05/09/14 at 5PM (You've got a week to enter)

Ahh I'm so excited to hear which locations ye'd choose if ye were to travel anywhere in the world! :O



Unsure of how to do step 1 & 2 of the competition, well here's how :)

How to follow on Blogger -
On the right side of my blog, bellow my blog archive, there is the members tab. Click join this site and follow the steps required.
or
On your blogger home, scroll down to your reading list towards bottom of the page. Click the add button, and enter my URL (http://thetravelbibleblog.blogspot.ie/). Then click follow.

How to follow on Bloglovin' -
Above on my navigation bar (where it says home, about, contact & bloglovin) select bloglovin and you will be directed to my bloglovin' page. Click follow on my page. Make sure you are following both my bloglovin' page and thetravelbibleblog bloglovin' page.



Let the competition begin :D

Until next time,

Sinéad
x



DISCLAIMER - I have nothing to do with HOTTT.COM, I am giving away my own 25$ giftcard

You Know Your Irish When.. You Use These Phrases on a Daily Basis!

Irish Sayings, Slang & Phrases

NON IRISH FOLK READ HERE

Your travelling to Ireland this year, or maybe your just back from visiting and your trying to figure out what that crazy old farmer with the woollen cap shouted at you as you walked through his field (probably trying to find that neolithic monument a local told you about on the hush hush)! If your visiting the emerald isle I highly recommend that you make your self known to a few of these sayings and phrases. Because if you fail to do so, you may just have a very hard time trying to understand us.

IRISH FOLK READ HERE

Your like myself, just your average Irish gal (/guy maybe in your case), who tends to speak in such rhythmic jargon from time to time, that leaves many foreigners clueless as to what you just said. But to us its just everyday language. I myself really enjoy reading articles on Irish sayings, my most adored being - The Book of Irish Mammies by Colm O'Regan and Stuff Irish People Love (this isn't particularly about Irish sayings but you'll love it, if your Irish that is). Mind you I never read the books hahaa, but I did read extracts and watched Clisare's video on Stuff Irish People love, and I was laughing all the way to the end. You can watch it here. Infact just skip on over to her channel altogether because she's great for the craic! You can do that after you read my post ;)

As the title of this post so clearly boasts, you know your Irish when... you use these phrases on a daily basis. So for those of you with an Irish passport, I think its time you put your identity to the test. Are you really Irish? Well if you use these phrases bellow on a daily basis, you most defiantly are 100% Pure Irish baaaai. (Baaai - Cork slang - meaning 'boy' - pronounced biiii-yuh - used commonly among us rebellious southerners)

NON IRISH OR IRISH YOU CAN ALL READ HERE

So without further a-do.... here are some popular Irish phrases!

Self-Confidence | #ShineStrong TAG | Controversial Chit Chat

Self-Confidence in my opinion, is the vital cog that allows the machine of self-happiness to turn. It's the vital element that allows you and me, to enjoy our own presences. Yes, great friends and family, great memories and experiences among other positive encounters increase our levels of happiness and therefore self-confidence. Because each state depends on each other, without self-confidence one isn't happy, and without happiness one is generally not self-confident. But. There is a fine line between confidence and self-confidence. Let me explain.

Dolphins?

About three weeks ago I was sunning it up in the beautiful town of Rovinj, Croatia. If you havn't heard already about this countries exquisiteness, well its about time you hit that google search bar with the letters C-R-O-A-T-I-A. Whilst I only managed to squeeze in five days in the north-west of the country, only a smidgen of the amount of beauty Croatia has to offer, I was in love. I stayed in Rovinj for the majority of the trip, a gorgeous old town with narrow alleyways and stone pavements jutting right out into the Adriatic Sea. Can you visualise it? Well here's a few pictures to prove it.

It was here, that I saw some Dolphins, for the first time in over 3 years! I was super excited when I spotted