Backpacking in Africa Jonny Blair
Africa is a dream holiday destination; it is a vast expanse that features some of the most impressive and awe-inspiring scenery that you will ever experience. It is famous for safari and animals, as well as fantastic cuisine. There is plenty to see and do, and it’s essential that you prepare in advance so that Read more about Global Backpacking: 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Africa[…]
“Work is the curse of the drinking classes” – Oscar Wilde. The Kingdom of Lesotho is often deemed “The Kingdom in the Sky”, a moniker it totally merits due to its lofty altitude. On my first visit to Southern Africa in 2011, I somehow skipped this place, preferring to backpack overland from South Africa to Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 9 Bars in Maseru, Lesotho[…]
“Living in a land Luanda oh yeah heh” – fake words of Men At Work. The first thing to note is that Luanda is huge, and chaotic. The city responsible for capitaling 2006 World Cup debutants Angola🇦🇴 hosts a whoppaday 7 million people. In one city – more people than the entire island of Ireland!! Read more about Backpacking in Angola🇦🇴: Top 17 Sights in Luanda[…]
“In the jungle, the mighty jungle, the lion sleeps tonight” – The Tokens. Officially writing, I have been to Kenya three times. It will probably never make my top 50 countries visited, but it certainly provided mayhem, madness and inspiration. On my 2013 odyssey through Tanzania with Shadows of Africa, and onto Ethiopia for the Read more about Backpacking in Kenya: My Top 5 Memories[…]
“Gerry Armstrong, what a worker he is” – John Motson. In February 2020, when I hit country 186 on my personal list of recognised separate states, one of my priorities was to watch a football match there. That country was Lesotho and I arrived into the capital city Maseru ready for the big match. That Read more about My 100 Top Football Moments From 100 Countries[…]
“So give me hope Joanna, give me hope Joanna” – Eddy Grant. As a perpetual tourist, I love ticking off a textbook “tip”, “point” or “peak” on my wacaday journeys. Memories of such achievements in days of yore came reeling back, and they continue to do that on life’s sentimental worldic curveball. I remembered vividly Read more about Backpacking in South Africa: The Most South-Western Tip of Africa, The Cape of Good Hope[…]
“Going up to the spirit in the sky” – Norman Greenbaum. “The Kingdom in the Sky” Lesotho 🇱🇸was neglected by me way back in 2011. That time on my first ever African adventure, I chose instead to visit South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland /Eswatini. Yet I was mightily close to Lesotho on my night bus Read more about Backpacking in Lesotho🇱🇸: Touring Thaba Bosiu, The Spiritual Heart of the Sotho Kingdom[…]
“The animal instinct in me” – Dolores O’Riordan (The Cranberries). Don’t you hate it when some buck eejit decides on a final list and they expect you to adhere to it. They are right. Everybody else is wrong. And they try to destroy everyone who disagrees with it. That is how I feel about the Read more about Screw “The Big Five” African Animals: Here is My Real Top (Twenty) 5 Animals![…]