Hi there! I’m Ailsa Prideaux-Mooney. I’ve lived in many places, and travelled to many more. I had a lot of fun getting there and being there, wherever there happened to be at the time. I climbed a castle wall in Czesky Krumlov, abseiled down cliffs to go caving in the west of Ireland, slept on the beach in Paros, got chased by a swarm of bees in Vourvourou (ok that wasn’t fun, but it was exciting), learned flower arranging in Tokyo, found myself in the middle of a riot in Seoul, learned to snowboard in Salzburg, got lost in a labyrinth in Budapest and had my ice cream stolen by a gull in Cornwall.
And I’m just getting started.
If you’ve enjoyed what you’ve read so far, I’d love you to follow my travelogue. Remember, anyone who tries to tell you it’s a small world hasn’t tried to see it all.
Where's my backpack? 
Hi Alisa,
You have some nice photos here. Nice blog!
Cheers,
Edy
Thanks Edy 🙂
You have a very nice blog!
Thanks tinker3333 🙂
good to have come across your blog! look forward to seeing more 🙂
Hurrah, very glad you found me, Raunak, looking forward to sharing adventures! xxx Ailsa
Hi Ailsa. Your photos are lovely and the prose is even better (if that’s possible!). I will be following – not just because I love what I see, but because I see so many similarities to what my husband and I are doing. My primary blog is bushrangerridesagain which is a chronicle of our attempt to see the eastern North American continent by boat (although the boat we pick is balking at the mission – she is still without an engine after a year). So, we are still enjoying the scenery in northern Mississippi….I will need to live vicariously through you…
Wow, that sounds amazing, just followed you now to see how you get along. What an adventure! So great to meet you! xxx Ailsa
Same here. If you get to Mississippi in your adventures, give me a call!
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Your USA roadtrip sounds tempting, great pictures!
Thanks diandian! Nice to meet you. 🙂
great work Ailsa …keep travelling and keep writing.
Thanks boskybhardwaj, you too! 🙂
Welcome – I’m inviting you to the Līgo Circle of Appreciation: http://esengasvoice.wordpress.com/2012/10/01/ligo-circle-of-appreciation/
http://the-serenity-space.com/2012/10/08/ligo-circle-of-appreciation/
I really enjoyed reading your blog. Beautiful photos!!
Thanks Nao!
Thanks for following my blog – fellow travellers in blog land!
An unexplored country, this blog land you speak of. Nice to meet a fellow traveller, Kevin!
I’ve nominated you for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award! See my post on it for details. 🙂
Thanks so much, Dieu, just read your post and I agree that polka dots, stripes and plaid can and should be mixed as often as possible! 🙂
Just wanted to let you know I have nominated you for the Beautiful Blogger Award. I hope this will be welcome news for you. Some people choose not to participate, others enjoy the opportunity to visit new-to-you blogs and to be visited by new-to-you bloggers. To read more about the award and accepting this nomination, visit my post at http://globetrottersara.wordpress.com/2012/10/13/speeches/
Hurray, thank you so much, Sara. I have to ask – you blanked George Clooney 3 times in 48 hours? I HAVE to know more!
ehrm… yeah, well… a friend of mine had a little role in one of his film (Ocean’s Twelve) so I was visiting my friend. No offense to Mr Clooney, of course, but I was a bit distracted. I suppose I must have missed other big names in those 2 days. I remember Julia Roberts waved hello from afar. Now, I am sure she must have mistaken me for someone else, because we’ve never been introduced LOL oh, the funny things that happen on movie sets 😉
Haha, love it!
I write mainly travel articles too and also post poems from people around the world. Would you like to send me one too? Any theme, as long as it’s written with love…
I’m glad I’ve found your blog & am looking forward to reading it! saludos
Thanks Kalizamar, glad you enjoyed my travelogue. xxx Ailsa
We just wanted to let you know, we nominated you for the Very Inspirational Blogger Award! We love your blog! http://adventuresweseek.com/2012/10/15/blogger-awards/
Thanks you guys, and I must confess to being a huge James Bond fan also. 🙂
Hello Ailsa , your blog is awesome so I decide to follow it, best wishes
Yaay, thank you so much. ocelot81, very glad to meet you and I am glad you are following along on my adventures. xxx Ailsa
You sure have been to a lot of places with interesting adventures!! 🙂
That’s the truth, Shelley, thanks for stopping my and checking out my travelogue. xxx Ailsa
You have a beautiful blog on your travels. I’ll use it as my resource for my trips in future.
Thanks Opalla, I’m glad you enjoyed looking through my travelogue – and if you visit any of the places I’ve written about I’d love to hear about it! xxx Ailsa
I’ve invited you to an Appreciation Circle growing through October 22nd – for more info, please visit my post at: http://teedeevee.wordpress.com/2012/10/17/a-circle-of-friends-the-ligo-circle-of-appreciation/
Yaay, thanks so much for the shout out, teedeevee! xxx Ailsa
You have a very interesting travelogue and I am sure I’ll be back to read more. Hope you are coming to Canada soon!
I hope so too, I’ve only ever visited Vancouver before, so most of Canada remains unexplored territory for me, Opalla 🙂
Dear Ailsa,
Am sure someone already nominated you for the Beautiful Blogging Award. You are my nominee too because I know you deserve it. Thank you for sharing your world to us.
Oops, just getting caught up now on comments, thank you so much for the nomination, and congrats on your award, bebs1 xxx Ailsa 🙂
Ailsa,
I’ve enjoyed your blog so much I decided to put a link to it in a recent post so others could “discover” what you’re doing! Hope that was okay! You can see the mention at http://haroldkingjr.com/2012/10/18/capture-what-you-see-enjoy-and-do-in-photos/
Keep up the good “work!”
Harold King Jr
https://twitter.com/haroldkingjr
Hurray, thank you so much for the mention, Harold, I am humbled – just getting caught up on comments, it’s been pretty busy recently so I just now am working my way through the comments on my ‘about’ page. Happy New Year to you! xxx Ailsa
you’ve created a wonderful travelogue!
Thank you so much, frizztext. It’s been quite a year and I’ve enjoyed every moment of it. xxx Ailsa
Ailsa,
I’m glad we’ve connected over blogging! Thanks for sharing your world. I truly enjoy your writing and adventure stories and I hope your words hold true to all of the beauty and emotions that you have during the experiences. Cheers and keep it up!
Hurray, thanks Laura, hope your new year is starting off filled with joy! 🙂
Cheers to you and your travels. Happy that you liked my little corner of the world today. Thanks!
Thanks Pierr! 🙂
Hey! I’ve seen you around before. What fun your blog is for us travelophile folks! Thanks for following up on us out here in Kathmandu. Stop bye if you are ever in our neck of the woods.!
Excellent, you’ve got yourself a deal! 🙂
Hi Alisa, I love travel too, so now your blog is on my “follow” list, so I can actually follow your way : )
Hya talkavino, very nice to make your e-acquaintance! 🙂
Hi! I just saw your blog here. As a fellow lover of travelling the world and of cultures, I’m loving what I see here! I saw that you grew up in Ireland and now live in the States? I grew up in the States and now live in Ireland. It’s fun to have that in common. I’d love to hear more about that. We’ve been here 9 years now. Love it most of the time. I chuckled at your post about summer and Ireland. This one was a VERY cool one. But I guess most of them are. What can I say, it’s still a great place!
Haha, so true Stacey, it’s a pretty great place! How fun that we went in the opposite direction! Although I’ve been zigzagging back and forth a bit. 🙂
Ailsa, Your blog is absolutely stunning. Traveling the world and appreciating other cultures are two of life’s most precious treasures! … Mindful Magpie
Thanks for the visit, Mindful Magpie, Happy New Year to you! xxx Ailsa
Lovely blog.
Thanks for stopping by, myinnermystic, glad you enjoyed your visit 🙂
Stunning photos! Your blog is very inspiring to those of us who are finally getting our travel boots broken in. Better late than never for me. Wish I’d had travel as a priority a long time ago.
Better late than never, justabackpackandarollie, I’m happy to hear you’re getting your travel boots broken in! Sorry about the tardy response, it’s been pretty busy on my travelogue recently, so I’m just now catching up! xxxx
Fantastic writing and photos. Looking forward to exploring more along with you!
Hurrah, glad you’re along for the ride, lkallmeyer 🙂 Happy New Year to you! xxx Ailsa
Hi Ailsa !
I LOVE your blog. To show my appreciation for your blog I have nominated you for the beautiful blogger award. Look forward to seeing many more posts from you 🙂 xx
http://emmahicks76.wordpress.com/2012/10/28/beautiful-blogger-award/
Yaay, thanks for the shout out, Emma, just getting caught up on my comments stream now, it’s been a busy couple of months. Happy New Year to you! xxx Ailsa
I started replying to your comment then something strange happened. Then I went to check to see if it had in fact posted, and could not for the life of me find it in the jungle that is your world of blog awards haha !
Um, go you ! Yaay is correct Ailsa. Hope you have been wandering somewhere exciting.
Happy 2013 xxx
Hee hee, you can see how busy I’ve been trying to keep up with comments, Emma. Happy 2013 right back to you! xxx
awesome blog you got! :
Thanks so much, thefreakartist 🙂
I love your blog. Travelling is the one thing I want to do in life, but right now, reading the adventures of others is helping fill that void 🙂 I can’t wait to read more about your travels!!
Ooh, I do hope you get to do some travelling of your own sometime soon, Ruby! xxx Ailsa
I’m absolutely in love with your blog!
Yaay, glad you enjoyed your visit, just read Macarons and Nudges, what a wonderful trip!
Ailsa, in appreciation for the continued enjoyment I receive from your blog, I have nominated you for the “Beautiful Blogger” award. Details are here, http://travelgardeneat.com/2012/10/29/so-many-beautiful-lovely-blogs/, if you would like to pass on the award, but please feel no obligation to do so. Just continue your adventuresome posts! ~ Kat
Hurray, thanks for the shout out, Kat. I loved ‘Little Women’ too, but my favourite book in school was ‘Wuthering Heights’ – oh that Heathcliff.
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Hi @Ailsa, just to let you know, i have nominated you for three blogging award. Hope that you happy with this news. If you prefer not to accept, of course I understand. http://campanulladellaanna.wordpress.com/2012/10/29/blogging-award-nominations-you-can-get-it/
Thanks for sharing my friend 😀
Yaay, thank you so much, I just saw this now, congratulations on your awards too, my friend! xxx Ailsa
I miss travelling very much. Will travel vicariously with you via Follow 😉
Yaay, welcome aboard the adventure, Pam! xxx
Thanks for allowing me to travel vicariously through your words and images – what a great way to see the world!
Oops, just getting caught up on comments, earthstills, it’s been pretty busy here recently! You really have some lovely images on your blog. xxx
🙂 Keep blogging!
I shall indeed. Happy New Year to you, Vision Fairy! xxx Ailsa
I am really enjoying your blog- thank you for sharing your wonderful images and writing! I’ll be following.
Thanks Tina! xxx Ailsa
Interesting site….!
Thanks, theroadtriphound, glad you enjoyed your visit.
Love your gravatar emblem. Your photos are wonderful. Thanks for stopping by.
Haha, thanks Eva, it took me ages to come up with it, I’m pretty happy with how it turned out! 🙂
Hi there, I love your pics! I’m no photographer, but I do love to travel and am an experience hunter too. Enjoy everything 🙂
Nice to meet a fellow ‘experience hunter,’ missvolcanicity. Happy New Year to you. 🙂 Ailsa
I love your pictures–looking forward to seeing more!
Thanks for the visit, Leslie, glad you enjoyed my photography. 🙂 Ailsa
Hi, I nominated you for The One Lovely Blog Award. It’s not mandatory but I hope you’ll like it 🙂
You can find out more about the nomination here: http://fotshot.wordpress.com/2012/11/03/one-lovely-blog-award-nomination.
I like your blog, all articles and tips. I hope to have a possibility to use as many of them as possible 🙂
Yaay, thank you so much for the shout out, Ewa, and congrats on your award too! xxx Ailsa
oh umm .. did you get a pingback from this post of mine ?
http://the-serenity-space.com/2012/10/19/r-e-a-l-i-t-y/ …
i was remiss in not notifying people directly of my nomination and relied only on the pingbacks … something I will not do in the future lol
Hi Jenn, thank you so much for the nomination, and congratulations on your award too! 🙂
you’re very welcome and thankyou 🙂
Hi Ailsa
I’ve nominated you for the One Lovely Blog Award. For more details, see here! http://denisediscovers.wordpress.com/2012/11/04/other-great-blogs/
Yaay, thanks so much, Denise, I’ve been playing catch up with all the comments on my travelogue, it’s been pretty busy recently. So happy for the nomination and congrats on your award too! xxx
11.4.2012 http://sofiesdiary.com/about/ has nominated me for the Very Inspiring Blogger Award. In turn I would like to nominate you for the same award.
For all the details follow this link: http://patriciaddrury.com/2012/11/04/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/ Congratulations!!!
If you choose not to do the deal, just know I admire you and just wanted to send kudos your way!
Yaay, just saw this now, Patricia, thanks so much for the shout out, and congrats on your award too! xxx Ailsa