A Travel, Photography and Points Blog
Read this if you’re thinking about starting a travel journal and not sure if TRAVELER’s Notebook is right for you.
I recently re-started my travel journal to document the trips we’ve been taking since moving to USA at the end of 2023 from Australia.
Starting with journalling about my recent trip to the stunning Yosemite National Park in California.
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This is my honest review and experience after using the PRVKE Lite for 3 years, as my carry on travel backback for domestic trips around Australia and trips overseas, as a traveller and photographer.
In 2021, Wandrd released a follow up line up of their very popular PRVKE 21L backpack.
When I got the opportunity to pick the backpack I wanted to try, I chose to try the smallest backpack of the PRVKE lineup. The 11L PRVKE Lite backpack in a beautiful green, subtle and classy.
If you’re a traveller who takes photos while travelling, whether it’s for personal or client work, you need to think about getting a good camera bag for your travels.
Lets dive in!
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If you didn’t already know, I’m a bit of a Wandrd fan. They’ve been around in the camera bag and accessory making space since 2015. They debuted onto the scene with the original PRVKE backpack targeting wanderers, explorers and travellers. It was the bag that first caught my eye all those years ago. Being an avid traveller and photographer myself, I was probably their target market!
Since then they have come up with a big line of up camera bag and accessories to help photographers and travellers travel better. I previously reviewed the Wandrd DUO backpack if you want to check it out.
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Hotel Ella in Austin, Texas was a last minute find when our Airbnb hotel cancelled our 1-night stay for our trip to Austin to watch the Austin F1 Grand Prix in October 2023.
I’m glad we found this little 48 bedroom boutique hotel. It’s a circa 1898 landmark mansion, in the Greek Revival style of architecture.
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We arrived in Texas in August 2024, the peak of the summer heat in Texas.
It was a persistent and scorching hot 38 to 42 degrees celsius everyday. It was not a pleasant start to starting settling into life in a new city that’s for sure!
Houston is also not a city made for walking. It’s truly a driving city, with roads and complex highways that easily connect one part of the city to another.
Houston is a sprawling concrete jungle of a city with a population of ~ 2.3 million.
It’s actually the 4th largest city in the United States by population size! As a big city, there are a ton of restaurants, bars and eateries to choose from. Being a big city in Texas, Texmex and barbeque are two of it’s most well known cuisines.
Today, I’ll be highlighting the first 5 eateries we checked out in our first month of living in Houston.
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