** As of July 2022 I have since backpacked through Mauritania, including riding the iron ore train, staying in the Sahara desert, camping by the Atlantic Ocean, touring the sights of Nouadhibou and backpacking to the western most tip of Saharan Africa. It’s 5 a.m. on a Monday morning in May 2016 and I land…
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It feels weird that I can’t write “backpacking in The Gambia” as I’d be lying. I have never gone backpacking in The Gambia, but I have been travelling there and I still was able to see the sights I wanted despite being on an insane lost luggage challenge with MoneySupermarket.com and without my notorious backpacking brace…
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“7 Seconds Away” – Youssou N’Dor. It feels weird that I can’t write “backpacking in Senegal” as I’d be lying. I have never gone backpacking in Senegal, but I have been travelling there and I still was able to see the sights I wanted despite being on a lost luggage challenge and without my notorious…
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This is an odd entry in my world borders series. It sounds really easy and it should be, but it turned into a topsy turvy adventure and I really didn’t know what was ahead, looking back it appears to have run smoothly, though on the day it wasn’t quite like that! The Gambia is completely surrounded…
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While I was really out in Africa to prove why travel insurance is so important and to prove that it is difficult to cope without your belongings, there were some odd benefits to it, some which I would never have expected had I not experienced this lifestyle. You can read about the problems I had…
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“No woman; no cry” – Bob Marley. In my attempts to try and pretend I am a hardcore backpacker, and could slay any beast at the drop of a visa issuance, I headed to Africa on a crazy 12 day trip away from my laptop, my backpack and almost everything I had previously backpacked the…
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“There goes the fear. There it goes.” – The Doves. When you leave your hometown gloriously behind, these are the days you live for. The idea of stroking and touching a fully alive, awake and undrugged crocodile had me buzzing. There’s no time for any scaredy cat nonsense here. You run on adrenalin and you…
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“You’ve been so busy lately that you haven’t had the time.” – Damon Albarn. Yes I found a computer and this is a live blog!! This is ridiculous, how did life get this busy? Yet somehow, I found time and a laptop at this hotel to write this, I had to get it down while…
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“Number 8 number 8 Harry Arter.” – North Stand lads, Dean Court. So the crazy journey to Senegal started at Dean Court, it was a simple Dean Court to Dakar adventure and what better way to kickstart my no luggage journey with Money Supermarket.com than a visit to Dean Court. Dean Court in Boscombe, England…
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“There’s a million voices to tell you what she should be thinking. So you better sober up for just a second.” – Youssou N’Dour (1994). “Seven Seconds Away, just as long as I stay” – same song. So over the last week or so I have hinted at another crazy trip ahead of my return to…
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