Gatlinburg, also known as the “Gateway to the Smokies,” is a charming mountain resort city located 39 miles southeast of Knoxville in eastern Tennessee. The mountain town has just a population of 4,200. However, despite the small number of people residing there, Gatlinburg receives over 12 million visitors annually, making it one of the most…
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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…
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“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…
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Friday’s Featured Food: The Delicious Quantico Patacon and Pina Colada, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic I was feeling peckish just before the sunset while backpacking through the beautiful old town of Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic. Little was I to know the sheer treat that lay ahead here in Quantico Restaurant! This was not only…
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If you are getting fed up of the cold, wet and wind and looking for somewhere to head on your 2023 summer holiday, there has never been such a good time to start your search. One such destination that is proven continuously popular with travellers is Majorca. The largest island in the Balearic Islands and…
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“Name’s Bond, James Bond” – James Bond. On my 2022 – 2023 Christmas and New Year trip, my last destination in The Caribbean on that trip was The Bahamas. I chose to stay on the island of New Providence, which houses Nassau, the capital city and I went backpacking glory days loyal by choosing a…
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For years I have known that the two closest top division football stadiums in the UK are those of Dundee FC and Dundee United FC, both on the same street in the city of Dundee, Scotland. However, until 2022 I had never even been to Dundee. So if I finally made it to Dundee, my…
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“The day we went to Bangor” – Fiddler’s Dram. Some people might glorify the fact that Notts County FC and Nottingham Forest FC in England are separated by a river – the Trent. Other people might glorify the fact that Dundee FC and Dundee United FC are separated by a road – Tannadice Street. And…
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“And across the dark Atlantic, Belfast lies asleep” – Tim Wheeler. This is an attempt to list my entire global journey in chronological order, before I get too old to remember what I actually did in life. Originally I thought this was way too ambitious but I wrote this entire blog post on a bus…
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“I write this alone on my bed. I’ve poisoned every room in the house” – Richey James Edwards. It was in Northern Ireland growing up in the 1980s that I discovered pencil and paper, or pen and paper. I discovered writing and it was brilliant. I also did some drawing, but it was writing that…
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