Category: Guest Houses

Backpacking In São Tomé🇸🇹: My Writer’s Lair At Casa De Ferias, The Coolest Place To Stay In The Capital

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Backpacking In São Tomé: Casa De Ferias Is The Only Place To Stay In The Capital!! “Everything in its right place” – Radiohead. You don’t study international tourism and hospitality management for nothing, and you’re not the coolest hotel owner by chance. Some things are meant to be. Fate, fame, life and love intertwined, I Read more about Backpacking In São Tomé🇸🇹: My Writer’s Lair At Casa De Ferias, The Coolest Place To Stay In The Capital[…]

Backpacking In Guinea: My Stay At Hotel Du Golfe, Conakry, Guinea

Backpacking In Guinea🇬🇳: My Stay At Hotel Du Golfe, Miniere, Conakry

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“All that I know is there’s nothing here to run from” – Coldplay. After getting an online evisa for Guinea in December 2023, it was time to fly in. My visa was confirmed on Monday 18th December 2023. On that same ill-fated day, there was a fatal oil explosion in Conakry, Guinea. Ouch.   As Read more about Backpacking In Guinea🇬🇳: My Stay At Hotel Du Golfe, Miniere, Conakry[…]

Backpacking In Guinea Bissau: My Stay At The Pensao Creola Hostel, Bissau

Backpacking In Guinea Bissau🇬🇼: My Stay At The Pensao Creola, The Best Hostel In Bissau

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After getting my visa on arrival in Guinea-Bissau, I was ready to explore this smaller African country. Guinea-Bissau houses just over 2 million people, and its capital city, the eponymous Bissau houses a huge 500,000 of that. However, when backpacking in Bissau, it feels like a calm over-sized town. On Christmas Eve 2023, particularly, the Read more about Backpacking In Guinea Bissau🇬🇼: My Stay At The Pensao Creola, The Best Hostel In Bissau[…]

Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau

Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau🇬🇼: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau

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Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau Bissau, the eponymous capital city of Guinea-Bissau, might be one of the calmest capital cities you ever visit. It is certainly up there with Andorra La Vella in calm stakes. It is a relaxed capital with a very welcoming vibe. Read more about Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau🇬🇼: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau[…]

Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: My Stay At The Glen Mona

Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: My Stay At The Glen Mona Hotel

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“I don’t know what tune that the orchestra played but it went by me, sickly and sentimental” – Crowded House. Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is the fifth closest country to my home country Read more about Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: My Stay At The Glen Mona Hotel[…]

Backpacking In Nepal: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu

Backpacking In Nepal🇳🇵: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu

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Backpacking In Nepal: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu My green vibe continued on my latest travels to Asia. On this trip to Asia, I visited two new countries on my journey – Pakistan and Nepal. I needed a visa for both – the Pakistan one I was able to get online (after Read more about Backpacking In Nepal🇳🇵: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu[…]

Backpacking In Uganda: Sleeping At Stay Cleverly Self Catering Apartments, Walvis Bay

Backpacking In Namibia🇳🇦: Sleeping At Stay Cleverly Self Catering Apartments, Walvis Bay

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” All I wanna do is live by the sea” – Noel Gallagher. In February 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic had just started, I managed to visit 7 African countries on a whirlwind trip and make it back to Poland before the first lockdown started (in March 2020). Let’s namecheck them before it or I Read more about Backpacking In Namibia🇳🇦: Sleeping At Stay Cleverly Self Catering Apartments, Walvis Bay[…]

Backpacking in Uganda: Our Night In A Tiny Room At Gloria's Guesthouse, Tororo

Backpacking in Uganda🇺🇬: Death Bikes Then Our Crazy Night For $1.75 In A Tiny Room At Gloria Guest House, Tororo

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“I go crazy. Oh so crazy. Living on my own. Dee o de de dee o de de. I don’t have no time for no monkey business” – Freddie Mercury. Trust me when I say this was one of the craziest and scariest nights of my life, and I’d say so for my travel buddy Read more about Backpacking in Uganda🇺🇬: Death Bikes Then Our Crazy Night For $1.75 In A Tiny Room At Gloria Guest House, Tororo[…]