“Rainy Summertime” – Noel Gallagher. As the days, weeks, months and years go on, we start to run out of time in life and lose our ambitions and goals. I know that it won’t be possible for anyone to ever visit every country in the world that everyone recognises – I have counted 626 countries Read more about Rainy🌧☔💦Summertime☀︎🌞: My July 2025 Writing✍️🧑🏻💻Dream To 4 New Islands🏝️[…]
“An extraordinary guy can never have an ordinary day” – Noel Gallagher. During Christmas 2024 I finally hit the 230 mark of recognised countries I have backpacked through, the latest piece of that wacaday jigsaw fell on unassuming Central African Republic. Of those 230, some of those countries I have only been to once. But Read more about One Hit Wonders: The First 7 Countries I Went To ONCE And Never Returned To[…]
Fancy escaping Mumbai’s maddening chaos for a breath of fresh air? There’s something magical about piling mates and family into a vehicle and hitting the open road – but let’s be honest, these dream getaways often crash and burn before you’ve even reached the halfway mark. Squashed together like sardines, luggage practically on laps, and Read more about Mumbai Road Trips: How to Choose the Right Tempo Traveller for Your Group[…]
Thrillophilia Japan Reviews My sister and I finally planned our dream trip to Japan with Thrillophilia. It was a beautiful trip that I am sure we both will relish forever. I was going through our pictures in the gallery, which is when I decided to write this review of Japan tour with Thrillophilia. We got Read more about Travelling In Asia: Thrillophilia Japan Reviews🇯🇵[…]
“Fly me down to capital city in the sun” – Noel Gallagher. Inspired by Nomadic Backpacker Trevor Warman’s post on capital cities he skip-packed on his journeys, here is a list of capital cities that escaped me to date (as of September 2024). For whatever reason, I have visited all these countries below but I Read more about Countries I Have Backpacked In But Skipped Their Capital City🇦🇶🇧🇴🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇩🇻🇨[…]
It’s summer, and you’re longing for a nice change of pace. Why not visit Halong Bay to immerse yourself in one of the world’s most magnificent seascapes? And if you need some guidance, take a look at how I just had one of the best moments on the amazing Orchid Cruise. How I chose Orchid Read more about How It Feels Travelling On A Luxury Junk Boat With Orchid Cruise[…]
Here is a full list of My Printed Book Anthology By Jonny Blair (1980 – 2024) Backpacking Centurion Series – A Northern Irishman’s Journey Through 100 Countries My first book series is Backpacking Centurion which covers my journey from country 1 (Northern Ireland) to country 100 (Tunisia), from 1980 until 2015. This series of four Read more about My Printed Book Anthology By Jonny Blair🔴✋️☘️[…]
While North Korea is hardly world renowned as a wacaday “party country” or somewhere to get ridiculously drunk and go on pub crawls, of course there are bars and restaurants there that are open to foreigners. Anyone who believes the biased western media excrement is stupid – the country has bars and they know their Read more about Thirsty Thursdays🍺: My Top 12 Bars When Backpacking In North Korea🇰🇵[…]