Category: Guest Houses

Backpacking In The Maldives: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort Day Tour With Maldives Traveller

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort🛖🌊Day Tour With Maldives Traveller

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“Have I gone up in the world or has the world gone down on me?” – Robbie Williams. As a hardcore long-term backpacker, who is currently single and loveless after too many ruined romances and disaster relationships, I only ever wanted to visit The Maldives with a lovely lady. That was the dream. That was Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Adaaran Prestige Vadoo Resort🛖🌊Day Tour With Maldives Traveller[…]

50 metres from a beach and 50 metres from a pool

Sleeping In Paradise: My Relaxing “Small World”🌎Time at Seasons Lodge🛖🏚️, Pongwe, Zanzibar🇹🇿

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“Though the oceans are wide and the mountains are high, it’s a small world after all” – Sherman Brothers. Seasons Lodge! Well this is just a wild one. Seasons Lodge is the place to be. But perhaps this time, this story is more phenomenal than the destination, and a crazier one than many that have Read more about Sleeping In Paradise: My Relaxing “Small World”🌎Time at Seasons Lodge🛖🏚️, Pongwe, Zanzibar🇹🇿[…]

Backpacking In Zanzibar: Staying At Bottoms Up Backpackers In Stone Town, Unguja Island

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“I ain’t got no time for no monkey business” – Freddie Mercury. After a horrific time trying to get out of The Maldives through India and Ethiopia, I never thought I’d actually make it to Zanzibar, which was supposed to be new country two on the Rainy Summertime tour. In the end, I had 6 Read more about Backpacking In Zanzibar: Staying At Bottoms Up Backpackers In Stone Town, Unguja Island[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Stay At Chao Guest House, Maafushi Island

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  In The Maldives, I ended up backpacking 4 islands. I could have done more in 4 days, which almost ran into Day 5, but this was enough for me, and enough of The Maldives, for this lifetime. The fourth and final island in my The Maldives tour was Maafushi. It promised so much yet Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Stay At Chao Guest House, Maafushi Island[…]

Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Bargain £10 Stay At Wind Stay Hostel, Male

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“You might prove them wrong” – Del Amitri. Forget all the preconceptions that Male and The Maldives is a haven for rich suitcasers, business capitalists and shrewd money bankers. I blew that into oblivion by spending less than £15 Northern Irish pounds (“UK” pounds) in my first 24 hours here!! (£10 hostel, £0.70 coffee, £0.80 Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Bargain £10 Stay At Wind Stay Hostel, Male[…]

Backpacking In Mayotte🇾🇹: My Stay In L’Escale Apartment In Mtsapere After Nuts Days

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“All’s well that ends well” – William Shakespeare. I arrived into Mayotte in July 2025, and it was the last new country on my Rainy Summertime tour. The tour had many flaws, more downs than ups and some ridiculous hiccups that threatened to amalgamshake my entire backpacking journey and make me skip 3 of the Read more about Backpacking In Mayotte🇾🇹: My Stay In L’Escale Apartment In Mtsapere After Nuts Days[…]

Backpacking in Central African Republic🇨🇫: The ONLY Place To Stay Is The Fantastic Gust Hotel, Bangui

Backpacking in Central African Republic🇨🇫: The ONLY Place To Stay Is The Fantastic Gust Hotel, Bangui

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“Here is a sunrise. Ain’t that enough?” – Teenage Fanclub. First things first here – don’t even consider sleeping anywhere else in Bangui. Gust Hotel is your place to sleep in the capital city of Bangui, Central African Republic. This was my home, Marek’s home and should be your home in the enigmatic chaos that Read more about Backpacking in Central African Republic🇨🇫: The ONLY Place To Stay Is The Fantastic Gust Hotel, Bangui[…]

Backpacking in Benin🇧🇯: Sleeping At The Famous La Guesthouse Etoile, Cotonou

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Backpacking in Benin🇧🇯: Sleeping At La Guesthouse Etoile, Cotonou “Slight return” – The Bluetones. In December 2024, I found myself back in Benin! Benin is a wild one, with Cotonou being the country’s biggest city, the beast yet not even the capital. 2024 saw my second trip to Benin, this time for Christmas. On both Read more about Backpacking in Benin🇧🇯: Sleeping At The Famous La Guesthouse Etoile, Cotonou[…]

Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou

Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou

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Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou I’ve camped out so many times in my life that I’d forgotten the charm of it the last few years. I ended up renting flats so lost the wildness of tent loyalty. It had been a long time coming. As Read more about Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou[…]

Staying at the Lovely Lakeside🏞️Bonverde Hotel🏨Wannsee in Berlin, Germany🇩🇪

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I have been to Berlin around 10 times in my life and in that time, I have stayed in a lot of different places from hotels to hostels. This time, in 2024 we decided to stay on the edge of the city at the Bonverde Hotel Wannsee. This hotel is well located right next to Read more about Staying at the Lovely Lakeside🏞️Bonverde Hotel🏨Wannsee in Berlin, Germany🇩🇪[…]