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 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[…]
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Officially as of My 2024, I have now been to Italy 14 times (spanning back to 2008) yet I have still only scratched the surface of this country and only been to 14 cities in it! This as well as border crossing into Seborga, San Marino, SMOOM, Vatican City and Venice, all of which I Read more about Backpacking In Italy🇮🇹: Old Town Charm At Hotel Lucciola In Bordighera[…]
In May 2024, I made the crazy trip from the coastal town of Bordighera in Italy up the mountains to The Principality of Seborga! Of course, Seborga borders Italy but it’s easy to organise such a trip away from the UK these days. A brand such as awayresortsuk are currently running Hundreds of June getways under Read more about Backpacking In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸: My Stay In Antico Castello (The Old Castle)[…]
“Never go back you tell me, it’s the worst thing you can do, but I must go there till I find out where it is I’m going to” – Highly Likely. When it was arranged that Northern Ireland would play Romania away in a football friendly in 2024, I just had to go. It was Read more about Backpacking In Moldova🇲🇩: My Dorm Stay At City Center Hostel, Chișinău[…]
“Omam-Biyik? Oh and he scored” – Football Commentator (1990). I finally lived out a childhood dream in March 2024 when I arrived in Cameroon! Ever since Omam-Biyik’s header in 1990 for Cameroon against Argentina, I have followed Cameroon’s football results. I have a soft spot for them, despite my clear bias of Northern Ireland. Back Read more about Backpacking In Cameroon: My Cool Stay At Foyer du Marin, Douala 🇨🇲[…]
Backpacking In São Tomé: Casa De Ferias Is The Only Place To Stay In The Capital!! “Everything in its right place” – Radiohead. You don’t study international tourism and hospitality management for nothing, and you’re not the coolest hotel owner by chance. Some things are meant to be. Fate, fame, life and love intertwined, I Read more about Backpacking In São Tomé🇸🇹: My Writer’s Lair At Casa De Ferias, The Coolest Place To Stay In The Capital[…]