Backpacking in Austenasia🟡🔴: Becoming the First Tourist to Visit Wrythe, the Capital

Posted on March 28, 2015September 4, 2024 by Jonny Blair

On my landmark milestone week where I crack my 100th real life country to have visited, I decided on a few other quirky adventures on the way, this involved visits to see my friends and family on route as well as a few small nations, unknown countries and disputed regions. I was very enthusiastic about my visit Read more about Backpacking in Austenasia🟡🔴: Becoming the First Tourist to Visit Wrythe, the Capital[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Guyanese Food at Germans in Georgetown, Guyana🇬🇾

Posted on March 27, 2015September 4, 2024 by Jonny Blair

It’s not immediately obvious which food is Guyanese and which is not when you tour Guyana. We decided to ask the tourist board for the most authentic and real place to try Guyanese food and oddly, it turned out to be a restaurant called “Germans” in the capital city, Georgetown. Where is Germans? It’s on Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Guyanese Food at Germans in Georgetown, Guyana🇬🇾[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Beers🍺and Lunch in Europe’s “Longest Bar”, The Square Peg, Birmingham, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Posted on March 26, 2015September 9, 2024 by Jonny Blair

I love quirky records on my travels. You may have read that I drank in the southernmost Irish Pub in the world in Ushuaia, the highest Irish Pub in the world in La Paz and the southernmost hotel in Australia. So on my recent trip back to Birmingham, my top mate Lock In Lee and Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Beers🍺and Lunch in Europe’s “Longest Bar”, The Square Peg, Birmingham, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿[…]

World Borders: How to Get to Wrythe, Austenasia🟡🔴(Within Carshalton, England)

Posted on March 25, 2015September 4, 2024 by Jonny Blair

The route to my 100th (FIFA recognised) country couldn’t have been more bizarre really. To spice things up, and in true fashion of the way this journey has gone, I decided to visit a few small countries/micronations on the way. My fascination for disputed regions, breakaway republics and self declared nations possibly comes from the fact Read more about World Borders: How to Get to Wrythe, Austenasia🟡🔴(Within Carshalton, England)[…]

Summer Holiday Destinations in Himachal, India

Posted on March 23, 2015April 13, 2016 by Jonny Blair

The advent of summer heat brings with it the thought to undertake a trip to the cold retreat that is Himachal Pradesh. This is also because the state offers a wide array of options from sightseeing to adventure, from temples to tribal villages and from beautiful lakes to majestic mountains. The serene hills and rolling Read more about Summer Holiday Destinations in Himachal, India[…]

World Travellers: Stephanie Mayo from The World As I See It

Posted on March 23, 2015March 14, 2015 by Jonny Blair

It’s time for another in my World Travellers series as I interview Canadian solo traveller Stephanie Mayo, who runs two blogs as well as working full time and travelling as much as she can. Who are you? I’m Stephanie, a single lady from Canada who loves solo travel, wildlife, writing and hiking! I’m pretty busy Read more about World Travellers: Stephanie Mayo from The World As I See It[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Every Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning’s End

Posted on March 22, 2015February 28, 2015 by Jonny Blair

“My idea of love comes from a childhood glimpse of pornography” – Richey James Edwards I’ve been brewing up many of these Sunday’s Inspiration posts but these days I’m a bit more strict on myself so I haven’t cooked them. Like an established artist I delete some and I only pick the ones I feel Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Every Beginning Comes From Some Other Beginning’s End[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Fish Stew and Stout in Pingvinen, Bergen, Norway

Posted on March 20, 2015February 28, 2015 by Jonny Blair

In catching back up to my huge catalogue of meals I’ve eaten yet never written about on Friday’s Featured Food, I thought I’d do a recent one – my only meal eating out in Norway. There are a few reasons why I didn’t eat out in Norway. One was that everywhere I stayed included breakfast, Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Fish Stew and Stout in Pingvinen, Bergen, Norway[…]

Best Fly-Drive Holiday Destinations for 2015

Posted on March 19, 2015April 13, 2016 by Jonny Blair

So backpacking takes its toll and you just want a good old “fly drive” holiday. Decision made, this year it’s going to be a fly drive holiday, but where are the best places to go, to enjoy the wide open spaces? The USA Mention fly-drive to most people in the UK, and they immediately think Read more about Best Fly-Drive Holiday Destinations for 2015[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Touring the Tequila and Mezcal Museum in Mexico City, Mexico

Posted on March 19, 2015March 8, 2015 by Jonny Blair

“It’s another tequila sunrise, stirring slowly across the sky.” – The Eagles While backpacking in Mexico sooner or later you will try tequila and mezcal. You might not know the difference, how it’s made or why there are thousands of different kinds. In my time in Mexico we did a Mezcal tasting, a tequila tasting Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Touring the Tequila and Mezcal Museum in Mexico City, Mexico[…]