** STOP PRESS!! This article was written a while back and scheduled long before this week’s fire on the Belfast to Dublin train, so please bear that in mind…** (this is the first time since starting DSL in 2007 I have had to do this…) // I’m sure a lot of you reading will be Read more about World Borders: How to get from Northern Ireland to the Republic of Ireland (Belfast to Dublin train)[…]
Brunei has featured quite a bit recently – it was officially my 70th country on my lifestyle of travel hit list so as you can tell I was pretty perky when I was backpacking my way round it. Dinner had to be something local, so we headed down to the harbour in Bandar Seri Begawan Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Soto Biasa in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam[…]
As a veteran of travelling in France (first trip 1989 – most recent trip was 2011), I thought I’d do a weighing up of the seasons in France. France is one of those countries that you can visit any time of year, whether it’s high or low season and still find most of the touristy Read more about Travelling in France: Winter or Summer?[…]
Puns and comedy rank highly with me on my travels and today’s Thirsty Thursdays warps me back to Cambodia last year and the city of Siem Reap and a trip to a bar with a pun in its title. Most of you will know Siem Reap for its association with the Angkor temples, most notably Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Whiskey Buckets and T-Shirts at the Angkor What? Bar in Siem Reap, Cambodia[…]
I’ve written a fair amount on Irish Pubs on here, and even also about the time I worked in Sydney, but here today on Working Wednesdays I’m reminiscing on that surreal time in the land down under where I worked in a pub modelled on the Crown Bar in Belfast! The pub, once owned by Read more about Working Wednesdays: Barman in PJ Gallagher’s Irish Pub in Drummoyne, Sydney, Australia[…]
I spent a year living and working in London, and a fair bit longer travelling there to and fro over the years. It’s a city oozing in passion, but it’s all a bit too “business like” for me. Full of people in suits and briefcases, people with phones that do stuff only computers used to Read more about The Day I…Dressed as a Frog on the London Underground System[…]
Travel blogs, travellers and nomads we’re all guilty of one thing: We sometimes pretend everything is easy. But it’s not always the case. We write so much positive stuff that we gloss over the bad times of travel and make things sound just a bit too good. You don’t hear of someone visiting Machu Picchu Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Booking Stuff Online[…]
You know what, I’m making a habit of promoting FREE things to see and do on here recently, and why not!? Everybody loves FREE things on their travels, and even those who don’t travel. The problem is, most of us don’t actually take advantage of FREE festivals and events going on right in front of Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: FREE Festivals and Events[…]