When you are recovering from jet lag you have to look at several factors to recover as quickly as possible.  Since jet lag can severely affect a trip or holiday, leaving you sleepy and disorientated for up to a month, helping your body recover from jet lag is hugely important for any trip you decide to make.

So here are some steps to show you how to recover from jet lag!

1) When treating jet lag, the first thing to do is to reset your watch to local time.  This may seem obvious, but resetting your watch will let you adjust to local time, and help you recover from jet lag much more quickly.

2) Eat a protein filled breakfast, and plenty of nuts or seeds for energy.  These will help to keep you awake until the local time for sleep.

3) Spend your time in natural sunlight, let your body know what the time is by exposing it to sunlight.

4) Get some exercise, even if it is just walking outside for a while every few hours.

5) If you really need sleep take a nap for an hour, no more, and do not nap after 2pm.

6) Go to bed at a reasonable time, around 9pm is usually the best.

7) If you have trouble sleeping melatonin, lavender oil and chamomile tea can help.

Do not oversleep, wake up no later than 8am, and do something active as soon as you get up.

Follow all these tips on how to recover from jet lag, and you should be back to normal in no time, wherever in the world you travel to.

How to File for a US Passport

It’s surprising how many US residents do not have a US Passport, when you want to travel outside of the United States however a US Passport is an essential requirement.

Filing for a US passport is a piece of cake, and in this simple how to guide we will show you how!

1) Pick up an application form, you can find these at your local government offices, or online at the US Gov Website.

2) Get two passport sized photo’s from a registered store.  Be sure to follow the passport photo guidelines to ensure your passport photo’s are accepted.

3) Fill out the passport application you picked up earlier, and remember to attach your two passport photos.

4) You will then need to take your passport application to the nearest passport application agency, or government offices.  Remember to take some form of identification such as an original birth certificate.

5) If you need the passport urgently ask for the expedited service.  This comes with an additional fee, but greatly improves the speed with which your passport application is processed.  You may need further documentation to follow this process.

6) Await your new passport, this can take anything from 6 weeks to three months if you did not request the expedited service.

I hope this guide on how to file for a US passport was helpful!

Spontanious Road Trip

I have been on a few road trips in my time. In fact over the years I have covered most of Europe, and pretty soon plan on heading over to America.

But if you have decided to just dump everything around you and go on a road trip, first I will tell you what you DON’T need!

You don’t need to quit your job, just convince your boss to give you a couple of weeks holiday last minute!

You don’t need a new car, the last two road trips I have done spanned over 4,500 miles each.  Each time me and my friend bought a car off ebay which cost less than £400 ($600).

You don’t need a lot of money, you can sleep in the car, take a tent or find cheap hostels!

You will need some things however. Depending where you plan on going you will probably need some, or all, of the following.

• Phrase Book
• Road map
• A few large bottles of water
• A few bits and bobs food wise, which can be eaten anywhere.
• Portable Stove – Gives you a bit more choice when eating on the road.
• Sleeping bag (Even if you did not take a tent)
• Torch
• A copious supply of cigarettes and alcohol
• Deck of Cards

Once you have got these basics in the car you can head out on to the open road.  You do not really need a plan, just get in the car and drive.  It definitely helps if you leave your country, or at least state if you are American.

If you are travelling with a few people the easiest thing to do is keep a fuel pot. Everyone keeps putting an even amount of money in to the pot, and whenever it runs out you all put some more in.

Keep a pack of cards handy, even if you do not play poker, there are plenty of travellers out there who love to play a friendly game of cards!

Be aware of local laws, taking a tent and camping off road can be a great, free way to travel in a lot of countries.  In others however, camping outside of a designated camping zone can result in a fine.

Remember that the joy of spontaneous road trips is the unplanned events.  Whatever you do don’t get stressed out because of set backs, they will occur.  All you can do is laugh at your own misfortune and move on!

I hope these tips help you when you try to figure out how to have a spur of the moment road trip!