“I’m living without you but I know all about you” – Garbage. Rather than the usual backpacking sights of an off the wall village, guided tour of a country nobody has ever heard of, visa advice, hotel reviews, Thirsty Thursdays and obscure border crossings, here’s a different, more personal post for a change. I thought I’d Read more about Who Are Ya? 40 Random Facts About Your Host[…]
As I prepare for another boat trip on this crazy journey, it seems a good time to write about 5 cool boat trips down the years. I’ve crossed borders on boats and done some crazy lunatic boat journeys to random remote islands and countries. I often travelled without incentive or purpose, I travelled because I Read more about 5 Cool Boat Trips From My Travels[…]
I’ve been travelling for years on end, it seems like a crazy dream of a life. I sleep in about 230 different beds/floors/seats every year. I never have a set home, but yet I managed to survive money wise through the jobs I’ve had along the way, and thankfully now through my blogs, websites, app Read more about Why It’s Important to Travel With Cash and Cards When You Travel[…]
Last year I spent just under three weeks in Romania, visiting quite a few locations around the country. It was my first time in Romania and I loved it and was pleasantly surprised by it, as I was with neighbouring Moldova. I’ve thought about heading to Romania or Moldova again to base myself for a Read more about A Perfect Location for Digital Nomads: Pura Vida Hub in Bucharest, Romania[…]
Back in 2005, two years before this blog even existed, I was in a club in London, England with my mate John Johnson. The club was the Venue in New Cross. At the time, John told me it was on the Old Kent Road and on the heat of the moment, we decided there and Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: The Ultimate Monopoly Pub Crawl 2015 in London, England[…]
“Teenage dreams so hard to bate” – The Undertones It wasn’t Fearghal Sharkey, Norman Whiteside or Colin Clarke that got me into supporting Northern Ireland. It was my Dad. My Dad, Joe Blair is a veteran of over 200 Northern Ireland matches down the years. He dare not count them, but in the past 50 Read more about Watching Northern Ireland☘️🔴✋Bate The Faroe Islands🇫🇴 3-1 in Torshavn and Go Top of the Group[…]
Bahrain’s capital city is Manama and it’s not an easy beast to negotiate with. It’s a scattered and somewhat disorganised city. If it sold its soul to capitalism a few years back, then you’ll work that one out instantly. Swanky shopping malls and 4 star hotels tower over old school street vendors as if dust Read more about Backpacking in Bahrain🇧🇭: Top 5 Sights in Manama[…]
Gibraltar drifts into your travel stories as a welcome surprise. My memories of the place will always be good ones. I wasn’t expecting much from this place to be honest – I’d heard people moan about it, I’d had Spanish friends tell me how silly the place was and I’d even had British mates tell Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: My Top 8 Bars in Gibraltar🇬🇮[…]
This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on 28th August 2015. Whether you’re building libraries in Zambia or adventuring around Madrid, any trip warrants a first aid kit. While it’s hardly the sexiest of travel topics, having basic first aid items on hand can mean the difference between a minor inconvenience and a major catastrophe. Here’s Read more about The Traveler’s Guide To Building The Ultimate First Aid Kit[…]
“I got the key, I got the secret” – Urban Cookie Collective Does Gibraltar even have a capital city? If so what is it? One way to find out is to go backpacking there and storm your ways through the sights of this wacky place. Gibraltar, even by its name is a quirky enigma. It’s Read more about Backpacking in Gibraltar: Top 20 Sights in Gibraltar’s Capital[…]