Backpacking in Lebanon🇱🇧: A Super Time at Mady’s Hostel in Beirut
New Year’s Eve has seen me bed hop, city hop and country hop a lot in recent years. 2018 ended in a similar fashion, as I began 2019 in Beirut, capital city of Lebanon. I…
Backpacking in San Marino: My Stay at the Affitta Camere Franciosi Hostel, San Marino City
“On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago” – Jarvis Cocker. When I look back on my early travel adventures, I forget how many obscure and ridiculous cities I was crackpacking through. Quite simply, I…
My Charming Stay at Antica Corte Milanese B and B in Novate Milanese, Italy🇮🇹
Arrival back into Italy in June 2016 meant I would be based in and around Milan for my first few days. I flew into Bergamo airport, which is 45 kilometres from Milan city centre. Rather than…
Staying at Maison Abaka, N’Gor Beach, Dakar, Senegal🇸🇳
I was out in West Africa (Senegal and The Gambia) on a challenge with MoneySupermarket.com recently and it was such an awesome adventure, I can’t wait to write more about it. You may have already read…
Backpacking in India: Staying in Paradise at Mowgli Guest House in Virupapuragaddi, Hampi
When you’re backpacking in India, Hampi gets mentioned in almost every conversation about what your plans are in the country. My initial hunch was to avoid it and go directly from Panjim to Bangalore. But…
Backpacking in India: Staying at the Travellers Inn, Mumbai
“Down in a den in Bombay. Slack jaw, not much to say. I said to the man are you trying to tempt me? Because I come from the land of plenty” – Men at Work.…
Backpacking in India🇮🇳: Staying at the Popular Smyle Inn in New Delhi
When I arrived in India for the first time in 2016, my first port of call was the capital city, New Delhi. I found out about the highly rated Smyle Inn Hostel and made this…
Backpacking in Uzbekistan🇺🇿: My Stay at the Lovely Hotel Xiva Atabek in Khiva
After the madness of the wacaday adventure in the barely known republic of Karakalpakstan, it was time to get back to some textbook Uzbekistan sightseeing and the city of Khiva was on the agenda. I…
Backpacking in Uzbekistan🇺🇿: Staying at Gulnara Guesthouse in Tashkent (the Capital)
My final stop on my Uzbekistan overland trip was in the capital city. It was here that I finally felt at ease with the Uzbeks when I arrived in their glamorous, northern swanky hub of Tashkent. The…
Backpacking in Afghanistan🇦🇫: My Hotel Stay in Masar e Sharif
This is probably the first hotel review I ever do where I won’t mention the actual name of the hotel. There are security reasons for this of course and I was there on tour with…