Long overdue then this one! Seventeen years ago this week I was backpacking in the North Island of New Zealand. Across a brace of trips to New Zealand, I have backpacked the North Island and the South Island but not yet Stewart Island. I ended up in Rotorua where I have backpacked through twice. I Read more about Backpacking in New Zealand🇳🇿: My Night As Chief At Tū Te Ihi, Tamaki Maori Village[…]
*** AFTERSHOT!! ☢️💉💊⚕️🧪🟡🔵🟣** “A bitter aftertaste and a fantasy of how we all could live” – Robbie Williams. “This Is The Next Century” starts where “Backpacking Centurion” ended. Long term backpacker Jonny Blair had lived his dream of visiting 100 countries by the age of 34. However, it certainly didn’t end there as another century Read more about This Is The Next Century: Volume 1 Aftershot ☢️💉💊⚕️🧪🟡🔵🟣Out Now[…]
“This Is Where It All Begins” – The Back Four. “Can’t stop this thing we started” – Bryan Adams. Football Question: Where was the world’s FIRST EVER competitive international football match played? The correct answer is of course: BELFAST, Northern Ireland(then known as Ireland, but still the Irish Football Association/IFA). What’s the craic with it being Read more about Visiting Ulidia Playing Fields, Belfast, Northern Ireland💚🔴🤚☘️⚽️: Home Of The World’s First Ever Competitive International Football Match ⚽🏆🥅[…]
“The liberty ship disappeared a long long time ago, searching the seas for love” – Noel Gallagher. Since I was a kid, I have always loved ferry travel. I used to build Lego ferries and I often took ferries on summer holidays. Caught in the here and now, whackpacking a world that’s been and gone, Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Ballycastle To Rathlin Island[…]
Thirsty Thursdays: I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga Back in 2022, I thought I was hardcore by visiting over 50% of the bars in Alderney in one weekend. On Rathlin Island in the same year, I did 1 out of the 2 bars there (the other was shut) and on Sark in 2009, I Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinkpacking A WHOLE Country – I Pub Crawled EVERY Bar In Seborga💙🩵🤍👑👸[…]
World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵ðŸ¤ðŸ‘‘👸 – Local Minibus From Bordighera “I know the roads on which your life will drive” – Noel Gallagher. I thought it would be a wild one. I knew it would be a wild one. Yet despite all that, and my years of backpacking 🎒 Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Italy 🇮🇹 To Seborga 💙🩵🤍👑👸Local Minibus From Bordighera[…]
“All this talk of getting old, it’s getting me down my love” – Richard Ashcroft. My early days of travelling were walking, cycling, car and ferry. I wasn’t really aeroplane loyal when I was young. Last month, I realised that I had Jumbo-jetted my aeroplane status by taking my 747th flight! Yes, I have now Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Getting The Ferry From Portaferry To Strangford[…]
“I’ve been a wild rover for many a year and I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer” – The Pogues. Northern Ireland is my home country and it has some hidden gems for the thirsty traveller. Not only does it boast Ireland’s Highest Pub (The Ponderosa on the Glenshane Pass) and Ireland’s Oldest Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Touring the World’s Oldest Whiskey Distillery, Bushmills, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]