Situated in the state of Nevada, Las Vegas is world famous and its reputation precedes it. Casinos, bars, shows and spontaneous weddings make this place a hit with everyone who ever visits. At first Las Vegas can be bright, daunting and you can become overaud by it all. This quick fire list of top five Read more about Backpacking in the USA: 5 Things to Get You Started in Las Vegas, Nevada[…]
In my ongoing world borders series I bust down border crossings to their simplest form to ensure you can all easily replicate my journeys, cross the same borders as me and realise there is more to travel than flying in and out of countries on a 6 day holiday (as much as I love that Read more about World Borders: How to Walk From Gibraltar to Spain (Gibraltar Town to La Linea de la Concepcion)[…]
I’ll continue to type up the rest of my posts from Tunisia, despite the fact that in all honesty it is a dirty, over-rated and disorganised nation. So much so that our friends there and our couchsurfing hosts also admit that, and they dream of escaping their native land to earn money abroad. We toured Read more about Backpacking in Tunisia🇹🇳: Top 7 Sights in Mahdia[…]
I met Graham Askey in the Why Not Hostel in Tbilisi Georgia in 2013. His type of travel intrigued me and he is a man I have a great deal of respect for. He avoids the obvious backpacking scene and gets to the heart of alternative destinations, some of which are torn apart by war Read more about World Travellers: Graham Askey From Inside Other Places[…]
I’m delighted to release my latest e-Book, The Backpackers Guide to the Inca Trail! Back in 2010 I hiked the real Inca Trail in Peru and it was always my dream to release a book about it to help others interested in doing the popular hike. The book is a detailed 102 page guide to hiking the Inca Read more about My New e-Book: The Backpacker’s Guide to the Inca Trail by Jonny Blair[…]
My travels through the USA are quite scattered and show no obvious route, and they also take in the most popular cities and two of the most populated – Los Angeles and New York City. So, 4 visits in and still I don’t know anything about the USA other than how to find a good Read more about Backpacking in the USA: Top 5 Memories From Los Angeles[…]
Disneyland Paris is not the most obvious backpacker resort of course but there are those travellers who like to meet up with Mickey Mouse now and then! EuroDisney is shockingly actually a cornerstone of French industry these days, money comes in and it helps the economy no end. In fact, it’s the top tourist destination in Read more about Backpacking in France: 5 Great Tips for Disneyland Paris[…]
I’m going to be posting some articles on the website in the next few months, which didn’t make the cut for my book, nor does it merit another e-Book of its own due to the lack of detail. That’s not to say that it wasn’t cool, just other stuff pushed them out. I still haven’t written Read more about Backpacking in Canada: My Cousin’s Wedding and Touring Winnipeg in 2001[…]
Burnt out trucks, tanks chasing me, a country that doesn’t exist, a once vibrant city that is completely destroyed, angry stray dogs, dead end roads, rubble. My Halloween experience in 2013 was a tad eerie, spooky, scary and extreme. It was up there with my visit to Saddam Hussein’s House of Horrors in Iraq, the Venezuela border Read more about The Front Line: My Halloween Visit to the Destroyed City of Agdam, Nagorno Karabakh[…]
Rajasthan, formerly known as Rajputana or the ‘land of the kings’, is one of the most popular tourist destinations while backpacking in India. Being located at the forefront of Indian civilization, the state of Rajasthan has been a witness to the age of kings which is why it is popularly known as ‘the land of Read more about Backpacking in India: Rajasthan – The Land of Kings[…]