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My name’s Vicky, although most people know me as VickyFlipFlop. I’m a travel and festival blogge and am now your regular columnist here.

I love a good flip flop adventure so I thought I’d use my travels to give you a few new ideas for cool places to explore, and which flip flops to bring with you from the great selection on here.

After a disastrous flip flop month in August where I tripped over my broken suitcase in the middle of the road in Montreal and snapped my green and silver Havaiana slims I was happy to get some new ones this month. I’d had to get by on some New York Yankees specials from Walmart, which lasted all of about a week in the Adirondacks in New York before they looked like I’d had them all my life.

So this month I have mostly been wearing my Roxy Sevilla in Brown for smart and the Havaiana Slim Fresh in Black and Pink for daytime and all other activities.

It’s been a busy month for my flip flops, although they definitely

Packing for long-term travel can be tough - and by long term travel we mean anything lasting longer than a fortnight. What do you need? How many pairs of underwear should you pack? How many litres should your rucksack be? What even is an ESTA? It’s so easy to get lost in packing your whole life into a bag, that it’s easy to forget the essentials (other than your passport and money, of course). Luckily for you, we’ve been there and learnt the hard way about not taking these top ten essential items!

From Scotland’s army of midges or mozzies the size of pterodactyls in India, there is always a need for some reliable bug spray whilst on the road. If you’re not into pouring Deet all over your body, a splash of water lily oil smells like you’ve just stepped out of The Little Princess and keeps those pesky biting insects away. Win, win.

Buy a travel first aid kit from your nearest outdoor store and then double up on zinc oxide tape, plasters and hand sanitizer. Whether