When you travel to the more obscure places, finding budget accommodation can be a problem sometimes and part of my backpacker’s dream is to end up every so often in cities or towns that don’t have a hostel. Once you are in a town without a hostel, you know you are a rare tourist. Starogard Read more about Backpacking in Poland: Staying at Noclegi Rekord in Starogard Gdański[…]
Arrival back into Italy in June 2016 meant I would be based in and around Milan for my first few days. I flew into Bergamo airport, which is 45 kilometres from Milan city centre. Rather than be based in Bergamo or the city centre of Milan to start with I decided to stay in Novate Milanese, Read more about My Charming Stay at Antica Corte Milanese B and B in Novate Milanese, Italy🇮🇹[…]
“Happiness lies in your own hands.” – Madonna. At some point, this lunatic journey around the planet will reach a peak. From which zenith, it will continue back down the same hill I climbed up and I know I’ll look back with pride and tell you all how much fun it has been travelling around Read more about My Five Star Paradise: Living It Up🍹at the Coco Ocean Resort🏝️and Spa, The Gambia🇬🇲[…]
Having spent my first two days in Senegal by the beach, at Maison Abaka, I overlanded back and forth into the Gambia and then I decided on a downtown Dakar hotel to finish my crazy challenge (the #MSMLostLuggage challenge) on a high and in the heart of bustling Dakar. This city pumps a vivacious beat Read more about Staying at Hotel Baraka in Downtown Dakar, Senegal🇸🇳[…]
“Before you take my heart; reconsider.” – Texas. On route to Afghanistan from Uzbekistan, I had a night and half day to “kill” in the city of Termiz. Billed as a backpacker’s classic, this joint arguably looks out of place in Uzbekistan. I could easily have jigsaw puzzled this place into El Salvador, Honduras or Read more about Sleeping In The Southernmost Hotel In The Former Soviet Union Near the Afghanistan🇦🇫Border: My Night at Sorxan Atlantic Hotel, Termiz, Uzbekistan🇺🇿[…]
When I decided I would be in the holy city of Vrindavan for the famous Holifest, I had to sort out somewhere to stay quite sharpish. Hotels and hostels fill up and though I normally wing it, this time I set in stone my dates to ensure I could enjoy some luxury amongst the madness Read more about My Luxury Stay for Holifest at the Nidhavan Sarovar Portico Hotel, Vrindivan, India[…]
“This is my world and I am world leader pretend” – R.E.M. Jonny Blair to Port Blair? Are you serious? Deadly! Imagine spending a night in a town which I own. Well not really, but my Chennai to Port Blair journey was a completely ridiculous and unexpected trip for me. I booked a last minute Read more about Spending a Night in my Town: Marine View Hotel, Port Blair, Andaman Islands, India[…]
When I booked my spontaneous trip to the Andaman Islands, it was all because of Port Blair. The chance of a lifetime to fly from Chennai (Jonny) to Port Blair (Blair) and fulfil my name in travel was too hard to resist. However, I had no idea of the paradise that was to await me Read more about My Stay in Paradise🏖️at the Peerless Sarovar Portico Resort, Corbyn’s Cove, Andaman Islands, India🇮🇳[…]
When life took me to the “dry state” of Gujarat in India, my Northern Irish soul could think of nothing else but Michael Palin’s journey here and the trouble he went to just to have a few beers in his hotel room. I wanted that too. So I made a beeline for the city of Read more about Backpacking in India🇮🇳: Staying at the Hotel Formule 1 in Ahmedabad, Gujarat State[…]
When I arrived in India for the first time in 2016, my first port of call was the capital city, New Delhi. I found out about the highly rated Smyle Inn Hostel and made this my base for my first three nights in New Delhi before night training it to Mumbai. When I Facebooked the Read more about Backpacking in India🇮🇳: Staying at the Popular Smyle Inn in New Delhi[…]