📚 Backpacking Centurion is a travel memoir series by Northern Irish globetrotter Jonny Blair, chronicling his journey through over 100 countries. It’s not just a collection of travel tales—it’s a deeply personal narrative that blends adventure, emotion, and reflection. 🧠What’s the series about? It traces Jonny’s life from his childhood in Bangor, Northern Ireland,…
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The Backpacking Centurion series is a travel‑memoir trilogy (with a later fourth volume) by Jonny Blair, a Northern Irish writer and globetrotter based in Poland. It chronicles his solo backpacking journey to reach 100 countries, weaving personal history, adventure, and emotional insight along the way. Goodreads+11northernirishmaninpoland.com+11eCampus.com+11 📚 Overview of the Series Volume 1 – Don’t Look…
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“Maybe one day you will make my hometown famous ” – St🌟rogardðŸ°Girl🩷👱♀️. After years of delay, I finally can bring you my latest book, 💚STARO🌟GARDðŸ°GIRL🩷👱♀️. Starogard Girl is Volume 2 of my This Is The Next Century series, which is about my travels from country 100 to country 200. This specific book, Starogard Girl tracks…
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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…
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“I stare at the sky and it leaves me blind” – Manic Street Preachers. Backpacking Centurion was supposed to be a hat-trick, a trilogy. But Jonny Blair’s 100-country journey had too many stories for that. These are the uncut ones, or should I say the “cut ones”. They were left out for a reason and…
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Backpacking Centurion Volume Four: The Black Volume 1980 – 2015 (38 chapters) “And I dub thee unforgiven” – Metallica. Buy The Black Volume on Amazon here. Buy The Black Volume on Lulu here – direct from the Publisher. This will be the final part of the “Backpacking Centurion” jigsaw, finally! And even when it’s done,…
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** BOOK UPDATE ** Don’t Stop Writing!! Volume 4 of my Backpacking Centurion “trilogy” is finally on its way!! Originally the Backpacking Centurion series was meant to be ONE book, then it turned into 3 – a trilogy, a hat-trick. I’m now releasing a FOURTH volume of the “uncut” stuff! Buy The Black Volume on…
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“I want to dance with somebody” – Whitney Houston. I am proud to announce that my latest book, I Went To Gdańsk With Somebody is now on sale!! Following my “Backpacking Centurion” series, this next book, “I Went To Gdańsk With Somebody”, is the story of how I ended up in Poland. My “Backpacking Centurion”…
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How To Buy Backpacking Centurion – Volume 3 – Taints And Honours on Amazon How To Buy Backpacking Centurion – Volume 3 – Lands Down Under on Amazon. My ongoing Backpacking Centurion Series is being released in four volumes. Three are available now and the fourth volume (The Black Volume) will take a bit longer,…
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“It looks like we might have made it to the end” – Blur. So finally this week, the hat-trick is released. All three of my Backpacking Centurion books with the out-takes to come. 1 – Don’t Look Back in Bangor. 35 chapters, 297 pages. $19.82. 2 – Lands Down Under. 38 chapters. 292 pages. $19.86.…
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