Backpacking in Cape Verde Islands🇨🇻: My Stay at the Praia Maria Boutique Hotel, Praia, Santiago Island

Posted on April 30, 2022June 16, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“And so I cry sometimes when I’m lying in bed. Just to get it all out what’s in my head. -4NB. April 2022 saw me visit Lisboa in Portugal for the fourth time, and after that it was a brace of Portuguese speaking Islands. I first toured The Azores ðŸŒŠ⛱️ðŸ‡µðŸ‡¹ before a direct flight from Read more about Backpacking in Cape Verde Islands🇨🇻: My Stay at the Praia Maria Boutique Hotel, Praia, Santiago Island[…]

Backpacking In The Seychelles🇸🇨: Top 22 Sights In Victoria, Mahe Island

Posted on March 27, 2022August 25, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Come eat tomatoes with me” / “I’m Vicky, not Victoria” – (East Belfast’s) Vicky Everitt. Victoria isn’t your awe inspiring, roping you in capital city. It’s not the Oceanic Belfast of tomorrowyear nor the Seychellian Warszawa from yesteryear nor even the Victoria of Hong Kong in days gone 1997ly for a Burton. This Victoria however Read more about Backpacking In The Seychelles🇸🇨: Top 22 Sights In Victoria, Mahe Island[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Bar Hopping🍻on Mahe Island in The Seychelles🇸🇨

Posted on January 6, 2022August 25, 2024 by Jonny Blair

For about 4 years of this blog, my Thirsty Thursday series was regular, at one point I was doing a new one every week! Since depression kicked in during 2016, the posts may have been less often but I still have easily 500 Thirsty Thursday posts unwritten. They will never be written unless you find Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Bar Hopping🍻on Mahe Island in The Seychelles🇸🇨[…]

Backpacking in The Seychelles🇸🇨: Staying At Le Château Bleu🔵in Anse Aux Pins, Mahe Island

Posted on November 25, 2021August 26, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“I’m blue da ba dee da ba dai da ba Dee” – Eiffel 65. “Everything’s blue now, so lucky you” – The Lightning Seeds. Arrivation into the Seychelles wasn’t high and mighty even though this was country number 190 on a dream even I care less about now. It wasn’t a cause for celebration. I Read more about Backpacking in The Seychelles🇸🇨: Staying At Le Château Bleu🔵in Anse Aux Pins, Mahe Island[…]

6 Things About Travelling To Cairo You May Not Have Known?

Posted on September 8, 2021September 8, 2021 by Jonny Blair

Egypt is one of the most attractive places for travellers and I wrote fondlay about backpacking Egypt before. The pyramids and the ancient historical sites that are incredibly intact and portray the same pictures as it was in the past. If you are planning to visit the incredible Egyptian pyramids, we have some of the Read more about 6 Things About Travelling To Cairo You May Not Have Known?[…]

Global Backpacking: 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Africa

Posted on February 27, 2021 by Jonny Blair

Africa is a dream holiday destination; it is a vast expanse that features some of the most impressive and awe-inspiring scenery that you will ever experience. It is famous for safari and animals, as well as fantastic cuisine. There is plenty to see and do, and it’s essential that you prepare in advance so that Read more about Global Backpacking: 10 Reasons Why You Should Visit Africa[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 9 Bars in Maseru, Lesotho

Posted on November 26, 2020July 28, 2022 by Jonny Blair

“Work is the curse of the drinking classes” – Oscar Wilde. The Kingdom of Lesotho is often deemed “The Kingdom in the Sky”, a moniker it totally merits due to its lofty altitude. On my first visit to Southern Africa in 2011, I somehow skipped this place, preferring to backpack overland from South Africa to Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 9 Bars in Maseru, Lesotho[…]

Backpacking in Angola🇦🇴: Top 17 Sights in Luanda

Posted on November 2, 2020August 7, 2023 by Jonny Blair

“Living in a land Luanda oh yeah heh” – fake words of Men At Work. The first thing to note is that Luanda is huge, and chaotic. The city responsible for capitaling 2006 World Cup debutants AngolaðŸ‡¦ðŸ‡´ hosts a whoppaday 7 million people. In one city – more people than the entire island of Ireland!! Read more about Backpacking in Angola🇦🇴: Top 17 Sights in Luanda[…]