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The Savvy Scot

Personal finance and lifestyle blog

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Road Trip of California on a Budget

By savvyscot

Road Trip of California on a Budget

I am pleased to bring you a guest post today – combining 2 of my favourite things – saving money while traveling! 😀 Enjoy As the self-proclaimed “tightest man in the world”, my better half’s grand idea of going on holiday to California for 2 weeks, was not my first choice when we came to… Read more

Filed Under: Guest Posts, Travel Tagged With: budget travel, California on a budget, California Travel, Cheap trip to california, road trip

Goodbye Roatan – We got Certified!

By savvyscot

Roatan

We leave Roatan tomorrow 🙁 !! We have a gruelling 26 hours of travel ahead of us, but today became certified RESCUE DIVERS!! 😀 We also had one of the best ever dives – I will leave you with a picture before I check out. Talk to you from the other side of the pond… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Travel Tagged With: Diving, Roata, Roatan, Roatan Turtle, Turtle, Turtle Kiss

Roatan String of Pearls

By savvyscot

Roatan String of Pearls

Today I have a story to tell you, but first check out these shots 🙂 We came across this plaque today whilst visiting the Jumbilima Park in Roatan (After ziplining through the trees)! How cool is that…. Someone actually spent 24 years looking for butterflys!! How do you like this one that looks like a… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Reflection, Travel Tagged With: bioluminescence, bioluminescence string of pearls, Butterflies of the alphabet, butterflies Roatan, Diving, diving pearls, Letter Butterflies, Macaw, Macaws, Night Diving, Roatan, Roatan Diving, Roatan Flower, Roatan Macaws, Roatan Night Dive, Roatan Zip Lining, String of Pearls, Victoria's Secret Scent

Diving in Roatan – Part 1

By savvyscot

Diving in Roatan – Part 1

Still haven’t quite nailed the time difference yet (+7 hrs) but getting there. I managed to sleep until 6 am this morning which was good. We made the fatal mistake of going for a ‘nap’ on our first day at around 4pm and turning of the alarm! That was probably the first time that I… Read more

Filed Under: Adrenaline Junkie, Food, Travel, Updates Tagged With: Conch, Coral Reef, Diving Honduras, Diving Roatan, Diving West Bay, Diving with Turtles, Diving with Turtles Roatan, El Aguila Wreck, El Aguila Wreck Roatan, Lobster, Moray Eel, Moray Eels, Roatan Beach, Roatan Conch, Roatan Coral Reef, Roatan Lobster, Roatan Marine Park, Roatan Reef, Salva Vida, Scuba Diving, Scuba Diving in Roatan, Scuba Roatan, Turtle Roatan

Paradise Exists

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Paradise Exists

This place is unbelievable… This place is amazing, the water is warm and crystal clear and the beaches are beautiful and unspoilt. I almost don’t want to tell everyone how great it is so that it stays this way and remains largely undiscovered! Our trip with United/Continental Airlines was absolutely fantastic. We travelled Economy (of… Read more

Filed Under: Travel Tagged With: Continental Airlines, Honduras, Paradise, Roatan, United Airlines, West Bay, West Beach

BBQ’d Out My Nut

By savvyscot

BBQ’d Out My Nut

Hello world!! London has been experiencing a strange heat wave. It has been high 20s (C) for the last week and I am LOVING it!! It is strange how some heat and sunshine makes everything different. The streets, parks, buildings and sky is totally transformed. Everyone’s spirits are lifted and smiles appear on faces. If… Read more

Filed Under: Food, Travel Tagged With: BBQ, Cycling, Dolphin Diving, dream vacation, Haggis, holiday, Honduras, honeymoon, John Lewis, JP Morgan, River Thames, Roatan, Scottish Food, Shark Diving, Sunshine, Waitrose, Weber

Whisky and the Speeding Alternative

By savvyscot

This is going to be the shortest post ever, but I couldn’t wait to tell you all that I have been offered the Driver Awareness Training Course as an alternative to 3 penalty points and a £60 fine! Although this costs £85, I don’t have to face a hike in insurance costs!! 😀 I had… Read more

Filed Under: Scotland, Travel, Whisky Tagged With: Jura, Jura superstition, Jura whisky, peat whisky, scottish jura, scottish whisky, single malt, superstition, whisky, whisky drink

Our Wedding in Thailand Explained

By savvyscot

Shortly before I started writing this blog, I got married to the most beautiful and amazing girl in the world, my best friend and my soulmate – Mrs Scot 🙂 As you all know by now, we live in the UK; but being the non-stereotypical couple that we are, we didn’t want to get married… Read more

Filed Under: Reflection, Saving Money, Travel Tagged With: Married Abroad, Thailand, Wedding, Wedding Abroad, Wedding Planning

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