“When your turn comes round” – Neil Finn. I finally made Mozambique my 34th African country in April 2023 (and it was also my 216th recognised country). It helped me complete a jigsaw of the South of Africa. I had already been in 4 countries that border the Bique. They were South Africa (2011, 2020), Read more about How To Get A Mozambique Evisa Online Before Your Trip[…]
“Don’t say a prayer for me now. Save it for the Madagascar🇲🇬” – Duran Duran. Island countries seem to be my weak point in life and when I look at the long list of countries I still haven’t been to – no surprise most of them are islands. Despite 4 trips to the Caribbean, I’ve Read more about How To Get A Madagascar 🇲🇬Tourist Visa On Arrival At Antananarivo Airport[…]
What has started to annoy me is the amount of countries that fake that we don’t need a visa – what utter bullshit. If you need to pay for entry to a country or need to fill in an advance form before a flight/boat/train/bus etc. then that’s a visa!! Yes it’s a visa stupidly disguised Read more about How To Get A Cape Verde Visa Online Before Your Trip[…]
“You lied to me” – Mark Morrison. My recent two trips to The Caribbean have involved a lot of red tape. I’ve always been paperwork loyal but since COVID began in December 2019 it’s been manic street preaching for all sorts of documents. It was 17 PCR tests in 2021 for me as I backpacked Read more about How To Get An Immigration Pass For The Dominican Republic (Another Visa In Disguise)[…]
“As the day was dawning my plane flew away with all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. On my December 2022 to January 2023 backpacking trip, I decided to backpack both countries I recognised on the island of Hispaniola. This meant Dominican Republic 🇩🇴 and Haiti 🇭🇹. Haiti was much more famous Read more about How To Get A Haiti Tourist Visa On Arrival At Port Au Prince Airport[…]
My arrival into Mauritania in July 2022 was a completely spontaneous accident, it was another completely wacaday journey for me. I was supposed to be in Poland. But my lifestyle has never been predictable or obvious. Here I was in The Sahara Desert again. This defied belief yet one more time, and proof that Read more about How to get a Mauritania Visa On Arrival At Nouakchott International Airport[…]
As a visa veteran, travel geek and ultimate nerd for the insane wacaday nations that are unrecognised, I love the challenge of getting new visas. Whether it’s a visa for Iran, an expedited passport (pronto!) or indeed a china tourist visa, I have experience in all fields and so here are my top 5 tips Read more about Top 5 Tips For Getting Visas on My Travels[…]
I aim to give excellent expert first hand experiences on all the aspects of my travels to help you on your way. In 2013, I got my first ever Visa for Sri Lanka. It’s not very difficult to get so I thought, I’d give you a very quick and easy rundown of how I did Read more about How To Get A Sri Lanka Visa (E-visa)[…]