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Plastic Bottle Village
Blog post written by and all images reserved to ambs111 After spending 3 months travelling around beautiful Costa Rica and feeling amazed by the wide variety of wildlife it has to offer, I was also very disappointed with the poor effort to reduce the amount of plastic use and the general...
Diversity Champions Award
Last summer the Global Gemz team were asked to work alongside the University of Manchester as part of the Diversity Champions Project (Diversity Champions blog). After the hugely successful trip to Krakow in Poland, this group of inspiring young people were able to spread their knowledge of...
Guatemala - An unexpected adventure
Team GG's Lizzi gives us the low down on how she unexpectedly fell in love with this beautiful country... Welcome to Guatemala- the land of adventures! I’m ashamed to admit that Guatemala was never on my travel list- I ended up here completely by accident after a teaching job in Mexico...
Five summer music festivals in Europe you probably don't know about...?
Thanks to our friend and founder of fashion brand Bambis Den, Leren Connor, we recently had the pleasure of having our Instagram story takeover series come from a music festival in Bulgaria which we'd never previously heard of, called Meadows in the Mountains (check out our blog and Instagram...
The meaning behind the merch
The new Global Gemz clothing merchandise range means so much more to our brand than just the designs, the fit, or even the fashion statement. The clothing represents a way for us to help bring together a community of like-minded people, who value travel on a much deeper level than your average...
Meadows in the Mountains
Written by Leren Connor... It was on Wednesday 6th June that I embarked on my solo journey to Bulgaria, to attend and trade with my brand Bambi's Den at a beautiful and remote festival called Meadows in the Mountains, I've been fortunate enough to travel to a number of countries in my time, both...
Mini Trips and New Adventures
Leren Connor, founder of fashion brand Bambis Den gives a sneak peak of her time spent in Leipzig Germany during summer 2017, and an insight into her plans to move the brand forward going into 2018... I’m writing this blog at 5.30am on a Flixbus to Berlin, after spending a couple of...
Swiss Gemz - Klöntalersee
We here at Team GG love Switzerland, and we think you will too...that's if you don't already! We've decided to make it our mission to discover some of the countries most prized 'Gemz' and hope we can inspire you, our community to want to do the same. First stop Klöntalersee... Watch the...
The Palawan Diaries Vlog 2: Port Barton
Vlog #2 and the third in Global Gemz eight-part collaborative travel series with Ambassador and filmmaker Jacob Steenson "The Palawan Diaries". In this Vlog, the gang show us around the beautiful town of Port Barton and the surrounding paradise islands. Watch the Second Vlog Here: The...
The Palawan Diaries episode 1: Mouth of the Cave
Following on from the first vlog ‘The Palawan Diaries’ episode one is the second in an eight-part series which follows the journey of Global Gemz Ambassador Jacob Steenson and friends across the paradise islands of the Philippines. In this episode they take us through their enchanted...
The Palawan Diaries Vlog 1: Sabang
‘The Palawan Diaries’ Vlog one is the first in an eight-part series which follows the journey of Global Gemz Ambassador Jacob Steenson and friends across the paradise islands of the Philippines. The adventure begins in Sabang, a small village located on the western coast of the...
GG Ambassador: Jacob Steenson
"Every mistake is a learning opportunity". Global Gemz is very happy to announce Jacob Steenson as an Official Ambassador!! Jacob is a talented filmmaker whose vision of travel alines perfectly with the ethos of the Global Gemz brand. As a start to this partnership, Jacob and Global Gemz have come...
Global Gemz X Jamaican Eco retreat experience Summer offer
Summer Special Offer! Read on for more information What could be more blissful than heading to an eco-retreat in Jamaica’s beautiful countryside just outside of Kingston? A cosy cabin with breathtaking mountain views, located upon a hilltop fruit farm. *Indoor...
More than just a tour guide
Having a local tour guide can certainly be useful when visiting a new destination...after all, they should at least have the inside knowledge on the do’s and don’ts, perhaps the best places to eat, and for sure the must-see locations. Not all, however, will genuinely make the effort to...
Jamaica | Sweet & Spice
"Suh Wa Gwarn" With toes in the sand, the sun shining on your face, some jerk chicken in your mouth, and reggae in the background - Welcome 'inna' Jamaica! With a laid-back reputation and the birth place of reggae music - you can instantly see and feel this in the culture of...
Hakuna Matata: The Zanzibar Experience
"Zanzibar - The happy island, where you’re able to put your whole life into perspective. HAKUNA MATATA, life is good". Zanzibar is one of the beautiful Gemz that our world has to offer. It’s a fabulous tropical island which offers beautiful scenery, incredible beaches, amazing...
Watch: Ticino | The mediterranean soul of Switzerland
"Ciao Ticino! The mediterranean soul of Switzerland" Ciao Ticino! The mediterranean soul of Switzerland - for us in the north of swissyland its called the paradise of the south. Everything changes when you drive past the Gotthard Railway; the weather, the buildings, the smell...
Road Trip - Switzerland to Croatia
"Zrce beach provides a breath taking location to host Hideout, with mountain view backdrops from the numerous clubs that line the beach." Croatia has long been established as one of the countries that could make a rightful claim to be king of the summer music festivals. Fresh Island, Soundwave,...
A Quick Trip To Phuket
"Phuket is a rain forested, mountainous island and so some of our favourite memories of the trip came simply from travelling to different areas on our mopeds and taking in the breathtaking scenery along the way." After landing in Phuket, the next thirty minutes of our first Thailand experience...
Discovering The Irish Charm
"Guinness served up in Ireland does taste that much better than a Guinness served up anywhere else in the world!" WATCH as the GlobalGemz Team Explore the Gemz of Ireland .. Temple Bar, Dublin. In June of this year, we visited Ireland for the first time, which may be correctly referred to...
"That time in..."
We say better late than never so Team GG would like to thank everybody who shared their travel/holiday/trip stories during the recent #thattimein mini-campaign that ran throughout our Instagram community...there were stories that made us laugh, cry, and feel every emotion in between, just...
Welcome to Global Gemz
Welcome to Global Gemz - the company on a mission to inspire travel for a community, and be inspired to travel further from our community. We are firm believers that travel is the best form of education and absolutely every single person should give themselves the opportunity to experience...
Mobile app beta signup testing
If you’re passionate about travel or tech (or hopefully both) we’re urging that you sign up to become one of our beta testers for the forthcoming Global Gemz mobile app. We require as much feedback as possible to ensure we can deliver the best final product for the travel community, and...
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