Lydia Swinscoe

6 days ago | msn.com | Lydia Swinscoe

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6 days ago | standard.co.uk | Lydia Swinscoe

Lifestyle | Travel365 days, £7k, 15 countries, and a lifetime of memories. Travel writer Lydia Swinscoe reveals how she backpacked around the globe on a seriously low budget — and how you can do it tooPexels/Ketut SubiyantoLydia Swinscoe1 minute agoSign up for the best picks from our travel, fashion and lifestyle writers. I would like to be emailed about offers, event and updates from Evening Standard. Read our privacy notice.

1 week ago | cntravellerme.com | Lydia Swinscoe

While Colombo is often skipped on many a traveller’s seven-day Sri Lanka itinerary due to time constraints, this fascinating, colourful city, brimming with colossal ancient trees and quaint streets, deserves just as much attention as Kandy, Ella or Jaffna. Colourful tuk-tuks adorned with slogans zip around town, day and night. The sound of sweeping and Beethoven’s Für Elise, trickles out from mobile bakeries each morning.

1 week ago | marieclaire.com | Lydia Swinscoe

Solo travel is having a moment. For me—a backpacker at heart, with a penchant for arty, boutique hotels—that moment began around 20 years ago when I embarked on my first solo sojourn to Central America, inspired by the Latin-American handicraft store I was working in at the time. After saving relentlessly, I took off, and the solo travel bug firmly took hold. I haven’t looked back since.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Lydia Swinscoe

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Lydia SwinscoeSolo travel is having a moment. For me—a backpacker at heart, with a penchant for arty, boutique hotels—that moment began around 20 years ago when I embarked on my first solo sojourn to Central America, inspired by the Latin-American handicraft store I was working in at the time. After saving relentlessly, I took off, and the solo travel bug firmly took hold.