With the New Year fully under way and health and fitness taking centre stage in the media, many people are taking the challenge to go plant based with the pledge to stay away from all animal products for the entire month of January to help improve their health, the environment and animal welfare. The team…
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There are always a few tough beasts to crack in the visa world as we backpack it hardcore. Russia is a tough enough one to get, and with the 2018 World Cup looming, many more people will be heading there come June. I have been to Russia years ago (2007) as well as two transits…
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There is no doubt that Rome is one of the most incredible cities in the World, full of history, art, religion, daily new discoveries and of course quotes from famous movies. As it says, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, and it does take time for every visitor to see all the beautiful things that…
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Backpacking in The Sovereign Military Order of Malta: How to Visit the Only UN Recognised Country Without Any Land! Yes, it seems like I have written a lot about this cool country already and this post should get you to understand how to actually visit it and arrange a guided tour of the only UN…
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Istanbul is a city I wrote about a few times before and on my travels, it’s the only city outside the U.K. that I have visited in each of 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. That;s five years in a row – ridiculous. Bizarre when the previous 33 years, I neglected it completely as I…
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I recently worked out a way to go backpacking in San Escobar. This is yet another off the wall country which has been recognised (albeit by a slip of the tongue) by Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs Witold Waszczykowski. Yes he made up San Escobar by mistake!! As I now write my own blog about Poland…
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“If Timmy Mallet made hotels, this would be it”. – Jonny Blair. A short intro first – I stayed here in 2013 (so five years ago and never finished this article) BUT this is far and away the most ridiculous hotel in my backpacking history. A hotel shaped like a boat in the middle of…
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“Surprisingly brilliant” – Don’t Stop Living. As a long term tourist with an eye for the obscure I heard about a “Popeye Village ” on the island of Malta so I decided to backpack it. I spent 6 days in Malta and bunged a lot in, during my first and to date only trip to…
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So it was time for another crazy trip. I was going backpacking to The Kingdom of Romkerhall, (in German Konigreich Romkerhall) which is a micronation and breakaway country housed within the borders of Germany. The country claims to be the “World’s Smallest Kingdom” and is situated in Lower Saxonia, bordering Germany. On my ongoing tours…
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On my eighth adventure to Germany, I finally made it to Frankfurt am Main. This almost felt like another full circle for me as I had previously visited Frankfurt Oder in 2005 on my first ever trip to Germany. Yes there are two Frankfurts in Germany, this is the biggest and more famous one –…
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