Backpacking In Stan: Completion Of Them – I’ve Been To All My Recognised Stan Countries

Posted on October 29, 2023October 29, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“My tea’s gone cold, I’m wondering why” – STAN! (By Eminem Featuring Dido) Firstly this is no raconteur rhetoric, it’s just a reflection of a journey which took me 17 years from the first Stan (Stansted) to the last Stan (Pakistan). Yes, Iran-borderic Pakistan ðŸ‡µðŸ‡° was the last of my FIFA ðŸŒðŸ†⚽️Stans when I finally Read more about Backpacking In Stan: Completion Of Them – I’ve Been To All My Recognised Stan Countries[…]

Backpacking in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: Seriously A Visa On Arrival in Dammam😂

Posted on October 8, 2023October 8, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Maybe maybe it’s our nowhere towns” – Brett Anderson. In April 2018, I headed to The Hotel Show in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia with the Young Pioneer Tours crew. To get the visa that time, we were supposed to be “working” there. It was a really difficult visa to get, easiest the hardest visa getation of Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦: Seriously A Visa On Arrival in Dammam😂[…]

How To Get An Online Tourist Visa For Pakistan 🇵🇰

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Jonny Blair

How To Get An Online Tourist Visa For Pakistan ðŸ‡µðŸ‡° The more I travel, the more countries I swallow, the harder it all gets. That’s the way it goes. It doesn’t get easier. Don’t kid yourself. The reason for this uphill struggle is that usually the toughest visas to get are the ones left until Read more about How To Get An Online Tourist Visa For Pakistan 🇵🇰[…]

Pakpacking In Pakistan🇵🇰: Top 10 Sights In Lahore

Pakpacking In Pakistan🇵🇰: Top 9 Sights In Lahore

Posted on October 1, 2023October 7, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Instead of stressed, I lie here charmed” – Placebo. My first stop in Pakistan was Lahore. After the online visa application (rather taxing), I was booked in to stay at The Rose Palace Hotel in Lahore. From here I would backpack the sights of the city, head out to Wagah for the famous border parade Read more about Pakpacking In Pakistan🇵🇰: Top 9 Sights In Lahore[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Dāl Bhāt With A View At Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵

Posted on October 1, 2023October 1, 2023 by Jonny Blair

When in Nepal, the dish Dāl Bhāt will raise its head a few times. In such a case, it’s usually better to try it, than backpack a country, leave it and realise what you missed. My main two meals when backpacking Nepal were probably textbook tourism but I didn’t care. I first tried Momo in Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Dāl Bhāt With A View At Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵[…]

Backpacking In Nepal🇳🇵: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu

Posted on September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 by Jonny Blair

Backpacking In Nepal: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu My green vibe continued on my latest travels to Asia. On this trip to Asia, I visited two new countries on my journey – Pakistan and Nepal. I needed a visa for both – the Pakistan one I was able to get online (after Read more about Backpacking In Nepal🇳🇵: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu[…]

The Live Human Cremations At The Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Backpacking In Nepal 🇳🇵: Watching Live Human Cremations At Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Posted on September 19, 2023September 19, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“As long as the stars are burning, as long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it” – Meatloaf. Kathmandu was a holy place for sure. Something in the air told me that. I enjoyed a ram packed, action whacked brace of days here in Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. It was actually a Read more about Backpacking In Nepal 🇳🇵: Watching Live Human Cremations At Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu[…]

World Borders: How To Watch The Famous Pakistan 🇵🇰 To India 🇮🇳 Border Ceremony At Wagah

Posted on September 17, 2023October 1, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Over the borderline” – Madonna. I copied Palin again. These journeys are wild. As a child and teenager, I’d watch a load of Michael Palin travel documentaries. I never really thought I’d be able to replicate him. I watched 80 Days Around The World, Full Circle, New Europe, The Hemingway Adventure, Pole To Pole…it was Read more about World Borders: How To Watch The Famous Pakistan 🇵🇰 To India 🇮🇳 Border Ceremony At Wagah[…]