Category: Guest Houses

Staying At Explora Prestige Guest House by Blue Bay Beach🔵, Indian Ocean🇮🇳🏝, Mauritius🇲🇺

Staying At Explora Prestige Guest House by Blue Bay Beach🔵, Indian Ocean🇮🇳🏝, Mauritius🇲🇺

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“Now the sun’s gone to hell; and the moon’s riding high” – Mark Knopfler. Although Mauritius is a small island, I still decided to stay relatively close to the main international airport – Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. I was here on a stopover between France and Reunion Island and the way things worked out Read more about Staying At Explora Prestige Guest House by Blue Bay Beach🔵, Indian Ocean🇮🇳🏝, Mauritius🇲🇺[…]

Backpacking In Saint Malo, France: The Time I Stayed In A Hotel Called Hotel!

Backpacking In Saint Malo, Brittany: The Time I Stayed In A Hotel Called Hotel!

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“Eponymous” – Rapid Eye Movement. It was summer 2009 and my life was in disarray. I was coming towards the end of a 12 month renting lease on a flat in the seaside district of Southbourne in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Times were changing and looking back at that now (here in May 2023), it is Read more about Backpacking In Saint Malo, Brittany: The Time I Stayed In A Hotel Called Hotel![…]

Backpacking In Reunion Island: My Dorm Room Stay At Hotel Kaz, Saint Denis

Backpacking In Reunion Island🇷🇪: My Dorm Room Stay At Hotel Kaz, Saint Denis

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Backpacking In Reunion Island: My Dorm Room Stay At Hotel Kaz, Saint Denis I was looking for a budget option while backpacking in Reunion Island and I decided to stay in the capital city, Saint Denis. This was part of a tour where I backpack The European Union in Africa! Logistically Saint Denis was perfect Read more about Backpacking In Reunion Island🇷🇪: My Dorm Room Stay At Hotel Kaz, Saint Denis[…]

Backpacking In Malawi: Cosy Dorm Bed At Mabuya Backpackers Hostel In Lilongwe

Backpacking In Malawi🇲🇼: Cosy Dorm Bed At Mabuya Backpackers Hostel In Lilongwe (The Capital City)

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It’s often said that capital cities of Africa are usually not the best spots to backpack through to experience that there country. Underwhelming and lackadaisical could be said of a few of my prior capitals on that there continent. Examples that springbourne to mind are Porto Novo (Benin), Lome (Togo) and Kampala (Uganda). In Malawi, Read more about Backpacking In Malawi🇲🇼: Cosy Dorm Bed At Mabuya Backpackers Hostel In Lilongwe (The Capital City)[…]

Backpacking In Jamaica: Staying At The Famous Dancehall Hostel in Kingston Town

Backpacking In Jamaica: Staying At The Famous Dancehall Hostel in Kingston Town

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Cancelled flights, Marley songs, Bolt runs and Robbie Earle goals…it was finally time for me to visit the home of The Reggae Boys. 💚🇯🇲I would be arriving by jet plane into the realms of Kingston Town… “And my queen will come at dawn. She’ll be waiting in Kingston Town” – UB40. I got wind of Read more about Backpacking In Jamaica: Staying At The Famous Dancehall Hostel in Kingston Town[…]

Backpacking In Curaçao: Dorm Pod Life At Bed And Bike, Willemstad

Backpacking In Curaçao: Dorm Pod Life At Bed And Bike, Pietermaai, Willemstad

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“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges” – Ernest Hemingway. Curaçao was an unexpected oddball bonus for me. I wasn’t really supposed to be here! But by way of four cancelled flights on my 2022 – Read more about Backpacking In Curaçao: Dorm Pod Life At Bed And Bike, Pietermaai, Willemstad[…]

Backpacking In Cuba: Casa Amada - Sleeping In An Old Colonial House In Havana

Backpacking In Cuba: Casa Amada – Sleeping In An Old Colonial House In Havana

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In December 2022, I decided to finally backpack in Cuba, flying in from Madrid on what was to be my second Christmas in a row backpacking the Caribbean. After COVID and many personal moments of clear depression and exposition of liars, it always felt like a great escape from the horrors of Europe. Plus as Read more about Backpacking In Cuba: Casa Amada – Sleeping In An Old Colonial House In Havana[…]

My cosy dorm room at Park Hostel, Port Au Prince, Haiti

Backpacking In Haiti: My Stay At The Best Backpackers Hostel in Port-Au-Prince – The Park Hostel

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“Did you decide that all by yourself? There’s no time for moderation” – Louise Wener. Two cancelled flights in, a delay on the third one, a night in a cosy dorm, a football groundhopping adventure, sunset beers, spicy spaghetti from the street food vendors, a central square, a night on the rip, a swanky spontaneous Read more about Backpacking In Haiti: My Stay At The Best Backpackers Hostel in Port-Au-Prince – The Park Hostel[…]