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

Posted on May 7, 2023May 8, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“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🇲🇺[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Zebra Loin Steak, Salad And Chips At Joe’s Beerhouse, Windhoek, Namibia🇳🇦

Posted on May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 by Jonny Blair

On my last big trip (February 2020) as COVID was beginning, I toured seven African countries – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Although our first flight landed in Luanda, Angola – our first country to leave the airport on that trip was Namibia. I was here with two friends, Malina (from Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Zebra Loin Steak, Salad And Chips At Joe’s Beerhouse, Windhoek, Namibia🇳🇦[…]

Backpacking In Reunion Island🇷🇪: Day Trip To Saint Gilles Les Bains

Posted on May 6, 2023May 6, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Alone on the beachðŸ‡·ðŸ‡ª, on my own, out of reach, but you just passed me by” – Noel Gallagher (quoted by Jonny Blair when referring to someone who let me down). When I went backpacking (or whackpacking) in Reunion Island, I was here mostly to chill out, get a glimpse of the lifestyle, backpack the Read more about Backpacking In Reunion Island🇷🇪: Day Trip To Saint Gilles Les Bains[…]

Backpacking In Malawi: My Stay At Mufasa Eco Lodge in Monkey Bay

How To Backpack The “European Union” 🇪🇺 in Africa

Posted on May 5, 2023October 12, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Nayim from the halfway line ” – Tottenham Hotspur fans. Is it possible to go to one continent and yet class yourself as backpacking a different continent? ðŸ˜‚ðŸ¤£ Well I did a bit of research and it turns out that it is possible to backpack The European Union while also backpacking Africa. You can even Read more about How To Backpack The “European Union” 🇪🇺 in Africa[…]

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

Posted on May 5, 2023May 6, 2023 by Jonny Blair

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[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawl in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, The Azores

Posted on May 4, 2023May 5, 2023 by Jonny Blair

In the glory days before COVID arrived I used to love doing pub crawls. I even helped set up the first organised pub crawl in Bishkek Kyrgyzstan in 2016 and did a Monopoly Pub Crawl in London and a superb pub crawl in Gdansk, Poland. But COVID closed the bars and that avenue of pleasure Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawl in Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel Island, The Azores[…]

How To Get A Mozambique🇲🇿Evisa Online Before Your Trip

Posted on April 27, 2023August 25, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“When your turn comes round” – Neil Finn. I finally made Mozambique my 34th African country in April 2023 (and it was also my 216th recognised country). It helped me complete a jigsaw of the South of Africa. I had already been in 4 countries that border the Bique. They were South Africa (2011, 2020), Read more about How To Get A Mozambique🇲🇿Evisa Online Before Your Trip[…]

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

Posted on April 26, 2023May 14, 2023 by Jonny Blair

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)[…]