“Cut yer hair and get a job” – Jarvis Cocker. First up – I have NEVER in my life dry shaved. I don’t own an electric razor, I don’t want one and I don’t need one. I always wet shave with soap or shaving foam and razors! Always! When Backpacking in India, my beard had Read more about Beardslashing in India🇮🇳: Top 1 Sight in Hampi – Me Getting My Beard Chopped Off✂️🔪🧔♂️[…]
“A song of empty matter which might explain the absence of any precious jewels to save mankind.” – Nick Jones I’m not sure where to start with this one, but this journey tops the lot so far in terms of crazy sentiment rather than adventure or off the wall republics. Have you heard of GRODIG? Read more about The Barmby Madness: From Goa to Grodig (with Bishkek in Between)[…]
Goa could just be a backpackers paradise. It’s like the India I never thought existed, only because I was too lazy to come here earlier in life. Even two days before my trip south to North Goa, I was in a hotel in Ahmedabad trying to secure a permit to buy alcohol. Here in Goa, Read more about Backpacking in India: Staying at the Jungle Hostel by The Hostel Crowd in Vagator, Goa[…]
“My life is my message” – Mahatma Gandhi. When you backpack your way to the “dry state” of Gujarat in India, your world may never be the same again. Ahmedabad (the former capital of Gujarat) is far and away the most chaotic city I have ever been to. I thought Chiayi, Xinying, Jakarta and Mexico Read more about Backpacking in India: Top 6 Sights in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State[…]
When life took me to the “dry state” of Gujarat in India, my Northern Irish soul could think of nothing else but Michael Palin’s journey here and the trouble he went to just to have a few beers in his hotel room. I wanted that too. So I made a beeline for the city of Read more about Backpacking in India: Staying at the Hotel Formule 1 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State[…]
“In Camden Town; we walked there as the sun went down.” – Suggs I can’t believe it’s been 9 months since myself and two of my best friends, Millwall Neil and Hippy James backpacked through Primrose Hill and Camden Town. London. Whatever the word “hippy” actually means, for me there is a peace with it. Read more about Whackpacking in India: From Camden to Christiania to Becoming a Hippy in Goa[…]
“Keep on chasing down that rainbow. You never know what you might find. Over the sunset on the horizon, it may be a dream but it tastes like poison. I’m going to take that tiger outside for a ride.” – Noel Gallagher. “A wee carryout, yeooo!!” shouts an Ulsterman! Another of my “must dos” in Read more about How To Get An Alcohol Permit at the Grand Bhagwati Hotel in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State, India🇮🇳[…]
When backpacking in India, I decided to visit the country’s strictest “dry province”, that is to say, “alcohol free province”, the north western province of Gujarat which borders Pakistan. My reasons for visiting Gujarat dated back to a Michael Palin documentary where I remember Palin had to fill in a certificate or document to collect alcohol. Read more about How to Apply Online For An Alcohol Permit For Gujarat, India’s🇮🇳Strictest ‘Dry Province’[…]