If you’ve never experienced long term travelling before, you’ll likely be surprised by how much downtime you have. The fact is, unless you’re a millionaire or have the energy of a toddler, you just can’t be skydiving and white water rafting everyday. Travelling boredom is something you’re going to have to deal with. You might be on a 5 hour bus journey or you might be staying in tonight because you blew your weeks budget last night; at some point you’re gonna be looking for cheap ways to entertain yourself.
We just spent nearly 2 weeks unable to leave our room due to illness, so had to find ways to stay sane (and not kill each other). Here are our top things to do to save money and beat travelling boredom.
Get a good VPN
Beat travelling boredom the way you would beat boredom at home. A good VPN provider means you can watch your favourite shows from any country in the world. We’ve been watching BBC iPlayer and Netflix — both UK versions from our Thai guesthouse’s WiFi. We use the Hotspot Shield VPN app from the iOS store. It comes with a 30 day free trial — we can’t recommend it enough. As well as keeping you sane during downtimes, it’s also a nice slice of home. When you can watch Strictly Come Dancing and Match of the Day from hundreds of miles away, then speak with your family and friends about it over FaceTime, it’s pretty…
