Mid-November favorite blog posts

It’s that time again! Here are my favorite reads this month:

Science, sustainability and veganism

• Creamy vegan pumpkin pasta
• Cage-diving and white shark conservation: I went cage diving in this same area (Gansbaai, South Africa) and although I’d take some claims with a grain of salt (two behaviors, grabbing the bait and hitting the cage, that she said are rare occurrences both happened on my one excursion), there are a lot of good points.

General travel

• 5 destinations on my 2020 travel bucket list
• 5 helpful travel sites you should totally bookmark: I love Rome2Rio and feel it’s not as well-known as it should be!

Travel destinations

• Highlights from the TBA Escapes Jordan Ancient Wonders tour: Although I can’t see myself doing group travel like this (especially with a $5000+ price tag), but it gives me inspiration to plan one of my own trips to the Middle East.
• Glasgow Mural Trail guide and map
• Beautiful villages you need to visit in Cornwall
• 11 best places in South Wales to explore: Can you tell I miss the UK?
• Two-week Mexico itinerary
• A weekenders guide to Florence, Italy
• Southern Ireland roadtrip itinerary
• 17 fun ways to spend a weekend in Toronto
• North Wales travel guide
• 9 reasons to visit Russia immediately
• Visiting the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland
• 20 things to know before visiting Ethiopia
• One night on Mount Rinjani
• Special shoutout to Chloe’s Thailand series, through which I relived my own trip I took in June!

Lifestyle, blogging and entertainment

• Why I don’t rate books
• Book review: The Turn of the Key by Ruth Ware
• 50 best books about time travel
• Take better photos on your phone
• Journal prompts for 2020

Photo by Max Andrey.