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Serena Star Leonard

Serena Star-Leonard is a business coach, writer and blogger travelling around the world for 5 years and counting. As well as capturing stories of inspiring people who are making a difference to their communities, her passion is to help people find a way to do the things they love for a living.

The Ultimate Barcelona Travel Guide – Discover Barcelona Like a Local!

October 17, 2017 by Serena Star Leonard
Magdalena and Michael

During our adventures in Latin America we met a lovely German couple who are now launching a Barcelona travel guide!

Categories All, Armchair Travel, Blog, Travel in Spain, Travel Planning Tags barcelona, Barcelona by locals, Barcelona Travel Guide, Local Travel Guide, slow travel, Travel Guide, Travel in Spain, Travel Planning, travelguide Leave a comment

Travel Tips: How to find Vegetarian Restaurants

November 8, 2015October 26, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Vegetarian Restaurants

Finding Vegetarian Restaurants in new countries can be a bit of an adventure! Here are our tips for filling your belly with vegetarian goodness!

Categories Making a Difference, Vegetarian Travel Tags Vege Food, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Restaurants, Vegetarian Travel 6 Comments

Dealing With Car Trouble In the Middle of Nowhere…

September 8, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Car stuck in the mud

Car trouble is bad enough when you can call for help, but when you are a desert or remote highland, the only option you have is creative ingenuity!

Categories All, Armchair Travel, Blog, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel In Bolivia, Travel in Peru Tags long term travel, Travel Problems 8 Comments

Dear World – The Thing about Animals and Kopi Luwak

November 4, 2015July 22, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Kopi Luwak - Animal Cruelty

We settled down for an amazingly special coffee, sadly the taste of cruelty lingers long after the caffeine is gone…

Categories All, Blog Tags Animal, Animal Rights, Animal Welfare, Deforestation, Kopi Luwak, Wildlife conservation, Wildlife Preservation 5 Comments

Goodbye My Beloved Kathmandu Backpack

July 8, 2015July 8, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Kathmandu Backpack at Uyuni Salt Flats, Bolivia

It’s not until I decided to upgrade my Kathmandhu Backpack that I realised the adventures we have had together, am I ready to let go of a friend?

Categories All, Armchair Travel, Blog, Couples Travel, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel Gear Tags Kathmandu BackPack, Travel Gear, Travel Gear Review, Travel Luggage, Travel Tips 19 Comments

Review: GoToobs Travel Bottles – By Human Gear

July 3, 2015July 3, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Review GoToobs Silicone Travel Bottles

I review the wonder of GoToobs silicone travel bottles (or travel tubes). Will these change your life? Do they work with coconut oil or whiskey? Lets find out!

Categories All, Blog, Travel, Travel Gear, Travel How To, Travel Product Reviews Tags Go Toobs, HumanGear, Silicone Travel Tubes, Travel Bottles, Travel Gear Review, Travel Product Review 6 Comments

Welcome to Siem Reap, Cambodia!

July 1, 2015June 29, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Angkor Wat - Jumping

We arrived in Siem Reap for 4 days and are staying a month! This is why we have fallen in love with this special Cambodian town.

Categories All, Armchair Travel, Blog, Couples Travel, Featured, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel How To, Travel in Cambodia, Travel Planning, Vegetarian Travel Tags Cambodia, Siem Reap, Travel blogging, Travel in Cambodia, Vegetarian Travel Leave a comment

Vipassana Packing List: Malaysia

June 24, 2015June 23, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Vipassana Malaysia

We recently did the Vipassana 10 day meditation retreat in Malaysia! It was amazing, and here is my suggested packing list if you are headed that way.

Categories All, Blog, Travel, Travel Blog, Travel How To, Travel in Malaysia, Travel Planning Tags Malaysia, Packing Guide, Packing List, Vipassana, Vipassana Malaysia 8 Comments

A Random Act of Kindness: Help Fatima Save Her Home!

June 22, 2015June 22, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Save the house of Fatima

When Fatima needed life saving surgery her house was put up as security. This is a opportunity to help her save her home.

Categories All, Blog, Inspiring Stories, Making a Difference, Travel in Morocco Tags Random Acts of Kindness, Travel in Morocco 3 Comments

Karana Camera Dry Bag: Travel Gear Review

June 11, 2015June 11, 2015 by Serena Star Leonard
Karana Dry Camera Bag Review

Review of the Karana Dry Camera Bag – will it keep your camera gear dry when kayaking or when it rains? We test it out!

Categories All, Blog, Travel, Travel Gear, Travel Product Reviews, Travel Reviews Tags Karana Dry Camera Bag, Travel Gear, Travel Gear Review, Travel Product Review 4 Comments
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