Backpacking in Africa Jonny Blair
I just love stuff like this. I grew up in the small town of Bangor in Northern Ireland. It was bliss but we never had places like this. A pink lake? Yes, a lake with a pink tint. But on my ridiculous journey around the globe, this wasn’t even the first pink or red lake…
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“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…
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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…
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I was out in West Africa (Senegal and The Gambia) on a challenge with MoneySupermarket.com recently and it was such an awesome adventure, I can’t wait to write more about it. You may have already read my introduction post about it and followed my journey from Dean Court to Dakar, either on here, on my Facebook…
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My journey to Senegal and the Gambia included lots of moving around. I was out here on the #MSMLostLuggage Challenge, without any backpacks or luggage on a lunatic mission by Money Supermarket.com. For my last two nights in the Gambia, I stayed in an excellent enclosed apartment complex right in the middle of a traditional…
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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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As I head to Senegal on a secret trip, it seems a lifetime ago that I was backpacking in Tanzania and Ethiopia. It was a trip of a lifetime where I got to feed hyenas mouth to mouth, at dusk, in Harar as well as 4-5 days of hardcore Tanzania safari in and around the…
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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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Just as I try to slow my travels down, I have possibly two of the craziest journeys coming up in May and June 2016. In May, I am off to Africa on a crazy challenge with MoneySupermarket.com. They are sending me to a secret location (which I’ll reveal on the 5th May 2016) without ANY…
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