“Could you tell me how to get? How to get to Glentoran Street?” – Adapted from Sesame Street Theme Tune. Actually, I can tell you how to get to Glentoran Street and my Dad especially can. For years and years, Glentoran Street was on my mind. I knew about it, I knew where it once Read more about Reminiscing Where Dad Was Born: Glentoran🟢🔴⚫Street, East Belfast, Northern Ireland[…]
“Way on down south London Town” – Mark Knopfler. Back in 2006, a year before this blog even started, I got a job in London working in PR for Bite Communications. I needed to find somewhere to live there pretty fast. I got flat hunting and spent a few weeks trying to locate a cheap Read more about Living In London: Overview Of Some Neighbourhoods To Stay In[…]
“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🇹🇿[…]
Moving On To OlsztynðŸž️: The Last VanðŸš(Train🚂)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone “I travelled round the world from year to year, and each one found me aimless, one more year the worse for wear…I tried to find a place to settle down where my mixed up life could mend” – Cold Chisel. I’ve moved on again. Read more about Moving On To Olsztyn🏞️: The Last Van🚐(Train🚂)Out Of Warszawa’s Definitely Gone[…]
Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau Bissau, the eponymous capital city of Guinea-Bissau, might be one of the calmest capital cities you ever visit. It is certainly up there with Andorra La Vella in calm stakes. It is a relaxed capital with a very welcoming vibe. Read more about Backpacking In Guinea-Bissau🇬🇼: My Stay At The Quirky, Arty, Colonial Style Coimbra Hotel in Bissau[…]
“What you leave behind, you don’t miss anyway” – Paul Hewson. Friday 26th September 2003. That’s twenty years ago today. Madness. This was the day when life unknowingly all changed for me. It did for me and it could for you too and you will never expect that. I certainly wasn’t ready for a new Read more about 20 Years Ago Today: How My Life Changed Forever On Friday 26th September 2003[…]
“Operation Peter Pan. America – The Devil’s playground” – Manic Street Preachers. In December 2022, I decided to finally backpack in Cuba, flying into Havana from Madrid on what was to be my second Christmas in a row backpacking the Caribbean. After COVID and many personal moments of clear depression and exposition of liars, it Read more about Backpacking In Cuba🇨🇺: My Quirky, Arty Stay At Malecon 663, The Trendiest Hotel In Havana[…]
“And into the sea. Goes pretty England and me” – Damon Albarn. My days living in England seem a lifetime ago now and in fact they were actually two decades ago. That’s quite staggering. I moved to Bournemouth in Dorset, England in September 2003. I spent just over 6 years in England in total, also Read more about My Days In England: Every Place I Lived In[…]