I’m pretty excited at this new idea, whereby you don’t have to go through customs and immigration on arrival in the USA. After a flight to the US on arrival you have a customs procedure which can take up to 45 minutes to get through depending on which airport, time of year, queues, delays etc. But Read more about Thru the Q: An Easier Way to Get to the USA[…]
You know that feeling you get? You just want control. You want to be your own boss. You want to own your own island and stick your own flag in it and pour an ice cold beer from that fridge as you watch the sun sink. Yeah, that one. This is the book for it. Read more about Buy Your Own Island by Danny Flood: The Ultimate Guide to Breaking Free and Making Your Dreams a Reality[…]
You might have seen my social media updates about this release of my first ever travel blog, so here it is in a post to explain a bit more. As I head to my 100th country this month, I wanted to get my first ever travel blog released to get it out of the way. Read more about My New eBook: My First Ever Travel Blog, School Trip to the Netherlands, 1991[…]
Out of all the countries in South and Central America, Nicaragua was the one that suffered most from my busy lifestyle. I only dedicated 5 days to the country in the end (a month in Guatemala and two weeks in Honduras were ‘to blame’) and for that reason, I decided to only visit Leon and Granada. Read more about Backpacking in Nicaragua: Top 13 Sights in Granada[…]
So as I near my 100th actual real life country, I thought it was a good time for a post on my personal favourite passport stamps from the first 99 countries on my route. It has been a long journey through the years, weary long and slow border crossings, huge visa delays, forms filled in Read more about Travel Collectables: Top 5 Passport Stamps From My First 99 Countries[…]
“How we like to sing along, though the words are wrong. It really really really could happen” – Damon Albarn, 1995. This is a post for any regular readers out there that follow my journeys. I don’t always document my upcoming plans and I thought I’d give a nice easy to understand account of where Read more about My Travel Plans for My 100th Country and The DSL🟢🔵⚪Book📚📖Launch[…]
I had already dipped in and out of Honduras before I visited Belize so this was my second time to enter the country. After a great week in Belize (including touring ATM caves, staying in San Pedro and Belmopan) we decided to get the boat to Honduras which only leaves once a week. So you Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Belize🇧🇿To Honduras🇭🇳(Ferry from Placencia to Puerto Cortes)[…]
Looking back on when I first started travelling, there was no Facebook, I didn’t have an email address or a laptop and I had just bought a mobile phone. That was the mid- late 1990s when it was harder to travel than it is now. Back in those days though, instead of the internet I Read more about Guess the City Quiz from Teletext Holidays[…]
This is the third consecutive year I have compiled a list of the best Northern Irish Travel Blogs out there. Following on from last year’s 2014’s Northern Irish Travel Blogs and 2013’s Northern Irish Travel Blogs, here are the best 12 out there this year in 2015! That’s an extension of 2 on previous years where Read more about Top 12 Northern Irish Travel Blogs 2015[…]
Your mental travel life continues to surprise. I was absolutely convinced that the town of Siauliai would be coming down with backpackers. I was ready for the onslaught and sharing 2 litre bottles of cider on quiet street corners. Not so. Siauliai is 12 kilometres from Kryziu Kalnas and makes a decent stop over on route Read more about Backpacking in Lithuania: Top 6 Sights in Šiauliai[…]