Berlin has become a transport hub for me now that I live in Poland. International flights and especially those to Africa and the Middle East don’t really have many direct options from Poland. But with the Warsaw / Łódź / Poznań Polskibuses to Berlin being so cheap, fast and cosy, I now often crackpack my…
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I finally made it to Malta in September 2017. It was country 155 on my list of 626 and one of the final four recognised European countries I have not yet visited. The other three are Albania, Cyprus and Northern Cyprus. As a Brucie bonus I also got to backpack through the Sovereign Military Order…
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Some of you might have to regularly catch flights for business trips. This would mean that you will have actually very little time left on your hands between two trips to unwind yourself and think about your future goals. If you thought that only services like the Chicago Limo Service provided great opportunities for business…
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I don’t write about Thailand much, it bored the living daylights out of me, but it seems to be on everyone’s travel list and I started this article about 5 years ago and never finished it, so here it is. Bangkok has normally been on my “try to avoid” list mainly because loads of people…
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When I arrived in Gdańsk in Poland, I booked into the hostel Cycle On. Immediately from the title you get the idea that the guys that run the hostel, Piotr and Pawel are big cyclists. In my dorm room, by chance I met the lovely Mika. Mika is a Taiwanese traveller and runs the page…
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Planning a motorcycle road trip? Feeling the full freedom of the open road is only possible from the seat of a motorcycle. There are hundreds of treks across the U.S. that give motorcyclist a unique look at the country, but few can compare to the Pacific Coast Highway. This long stretch of road running down…
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When I arrived back into Germany for the first time in 9 years, my first stop was Munich. The Bavarian capital is a very easy transport hub and was also part of my crazy journey to the village of Grodig. With a few days in Munich, I based myself at the 4You Hostel and Hotel…
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“It’s decision time again; our love will stretch a little bit” – Everything But The Girl. Possibly the most important thing you can do when backpacking in Kyrgyzstan is to stay at Apple Hostel in Bishkek. Things run extremely smoothly from here. Not only is it the best hostel in the city (and probably the…
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What’s the secret? How can you get cheap flights? Share some inspiration on how you can travel the world for cheaper. These sorts of questions and statements are brandished around a lot in the travel industry and while it’s not always obvious what the answer is, there are some tips you can adhere to in…
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Backpacking in the clouds might seem a crazy thing to do but as a long term traveller, my backpack has certainly spent enough time above planet earth on flights down the years. Long flights can get boring and although the buzz of travel never leaves me, we need to find new ways to occupy ourselves…
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