Lackpacking in England: Top 5 Things to Do in Bed When You Can’t Travel
“This is a low, but it won’t hurt you” – Blur I was recent lackpacking in England. Basically I wanted to get my backpack and go out and explore then I got what seemed to…
Tuesday’s Travel Problems: Visiting the Dentist
The most important thing when we travel is of course health. It’s always number one. Without health we are bound to one place. Until this year, I had been relatively lucky in terms of dentist…
Tuesday’s Travel Problems: Diarrhoea (Verbal, Chronic and Travellers)
Diarrhoea. This happens to everyone. Not just travellers. But moving countries, trying different cuisines and beverages takes its toll on your bowels and you end up with “traveller’s diarrhoea”. Otherwise known as “the shits”. I’ve…
Friday’s Featured Food: “Space Cake” and Coffee in Amsterdam, Netherlands
Twenty three years after my first trip to the Netherlands I was back. By this time, January 2014 serving “Cannabis Coffee” was now illegal in Amsterdam, allegedly. That’s right – something illegal in Amsterdam. You…
Friday’s Featured Food: Belarussian Porridge in Bobruisk, Belarus🇧🇾
It’s a long time since I wrote anything about Belarus (even though I once wrote a chapter for a book on my trip there). And as it’s yet to feature on my Friday’s Featured Food…
Tuesday’s Travel Problems: How to deal with Soroche (Altitude Sickness)
Today on my ongoing series of Tuesday’s Travel Problems, I look at altitude sickness and the best ways to avoid it, deal with it and get through it. Altitude sickness is also known as soroche.…
Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Saving Money On Water On Your Travels
. It’s an essential part of your backpacking days and you simply need to drink water. Over the years I’ve learned not to waste money buying water as every traveller seems to do. Here are…
Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Avoiding Insect Bites!
Today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials combines a few of the things I have written about before. You might have read my posts about Anti Malaria tablets and Insect Repellent before BUT I cannot stress enough how essential…
Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A First Aid Kit
No matter how long or short a trip you are on, or even where you are going, an extremely handy thing to have is a first aid kit. On long trips I always carry my…
Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Sun Cream
Today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials concentrates on sun cream. Yes I call it “sun cream” but you might also know it as any one of the following: – sunscreen – sun lotion – sun block –…
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