From New York City to Paris, it’s hard to avoid the allure of big city travel. However, it’s equally difficult to ignore the often-unspoken headaches related to traveling to a big city where we don’t have friends or family. Likewise, awareness of tourist crime combined with the sheer cost of a downtown vacation can be…
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I’ve been to Greece in my early days and travel never fails to inspire me. I loved it when I was a kid. These are a few little things I’ve learned about the place during my travels that I’d like to share with you. Image by Mustang Joe, used under Creative Commons licence 1.0 Driving around Greece You can drive around…
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“Nigdy więcej wojny / Never More War” – Westerplatte, Poland. It was another poignant journey for me as I headed to Westerplatte – the peninsula in Gdańsk, Poland where World War II began. I know what you will tell me – I keep visiting the gory spots, you’re thinking: Touring Pripyat, Chernobyl, Ukraine Touring Chernobyl…
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“Damn my education, I can’t find the words to say with all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. It is a line taken from the Oasis song “Don’t Go Away” which was released the same year I left Bangor Grammar School, 1997. I wrote very recently how it just passed the 25…
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“Museums are dead, take a new art stance; Paint mass suicide on the aspiration diktat” – Manic Street Preachers. What I have noticed as a difference between living somewhere and travelling somewhere, is that sometimes, you see more as a traveller. One reason for this could be that you only have 3-4 days in a…
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“Travel the world and the seven seas. Everybody’s looking for something” – Eurythmics. As the debate over countries can get ridiculous and I even argue with my family and best friends over what is a real country and what is not, I thought I’d do a few separate articles on my round the world journey. Now…
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“Baby, this is what you came for. Lightning strikes every time she moves” – Calvin Harris featuring Rhianna. Pub crawls have been one of my backpacking fortes. I could have made a business out of it for sure, but what good is that on a Northern Irishman’s liver? Not for me, these days I’m a…
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So in August 2016, I announced that my backpacking journey had finally come to an end, at least for now. I had been on the road for too long, 9 years since this travel blog started and I travelled full time for about 7 of the last 13 years, statistics don’t lie, I really backpacked…
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“Tell me ma when I go home, the boys won’t leave the girls alone” – my favourite Irish Folk Song. This is probably one of the least expected posts on here, of all time. Here I am living in Gdańsk, Poland. It seems ridiculous enough, as I only came here for a week! I have been…
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It is safe to say London is one of the most expensive cities in Europe and one of the most popular. It is a melting pot with enough diversity in so many areas so that you can find something for everyone. If you are in a gambling mood it doesn’t lack casinos. You need to…
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