When I heard that there was a hostel called Five Reasons Hotel and Hostel in Nuremberg, Bavaria, I knew this was the place to be for my short stay in this historic Bavarian city. When I stay in hostels over 200 nights per year, I’m constantly aware of their vibe, the passion they supply Read more about Backpacking in Bavaria🇩🇪: My Stay at the Five Reasons Hotel and Hostel in Nuremberg[…]
Salzburg in Austria is an absolute gem of a place, and one that I only ended up in after a crazy bet on the football team, SV Grodig! Now I was sorted to be travelling here to the city of Salzburg, I got booked in to the very popular YoHo Hostel. The YoHo Hostel is Read more about Backpacking in Austria: My Stay at the YoHo Hostel in Salzburg[…]
Have you ever thought about visiting Northern Ireland? The country is undoubtedly full of amazingly beautiful sites, it’s my cherished home land and always comes number one on my backpacking journeys. The scenery is amazing, the people are nice, and the country is very safe. If you’re interested in traveling to the country, you will Read more about Everything You Should Know About The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland🔴✋☘️[…]
If you have followed my crazy off the wall adventures in the last 9 years of this blog, you might have seen or read about some naked times, some crazy festivals and some lunatic visits to disputed countries. That all calmed down here in charming Munich as I decided on an afternoon of relaxing Read more about Stripping Off in Bavaria🇩🇪: My Afternoon of Nudity in English Garden, Munich🔞🙈🍌[…]
Nine years after my last visit to Germany, here I arrived into Munich. The thriving Bavarian capital city was also my first stop on my return to Europe after 4 months of travelling in Central Asia, and India. And as am added extra, and perhaps a surprise for some, but it was my first ever Read more about Backpacking in Bavaria🇩🇪: Staying at the 4 You Hostel in Munich[…]
“So catch the next flight to leave Moscow” – Manic Street Preachers. It’s another live blog post, here from Sheremetyevo Airport, Moscow’s massive transport hub. I haven’t been to this airport since I started this travel blog, it was 2007 when I was last here. I also haven’t been to Moscow since 2007 either. But Read more about Coffee Sinking and Transiting in Russia: My Brief Return to Moscow[…]
“It’s a nervous tequila sunrise stirring slowly cross the sky to say goodbye.” (altered lyric by Glenn Frey/Don Henley, original word is ‘another’ instead of ‘a nervous’). The photo above was taken in Prague in the Czech Republic in 2007. The photo was taken by the famous “Lock In Lee” Adams, my friend, long lost Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Just A Nervous Tequila Sunrise #grodigbet[…]
It was another border crossing on this wacky journey for me recently as I decided on a night train to head from Poland to the Ukraine. I had been staying at the Mosquito Hostel in the city of Krakow and was out touring Auschwitz and Birkenau the day before, so it was a busy few Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Poland to Ukraine (Kraków to Lviv Night Train)[…]
“Follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park and listen to the wind of change” – Scorpions. It’s no travel secret that I am slowly beginning to love backpacking in the Former Soviet Union, these days I love it and am keen to explore it much, much more. As a child, I was always intrigued by Read more about Backpacking in the Former Soviet Union🔴☭: My Top 20 Moments So Far[…]
“Maybe the strangeness only ever was, to hide ourselves from some kind of happiness” – Nick Jones. We simply can’t cover everything we do in life in a blog and while I started writing about my travels in 2007, I couldn’t have covered every detail. As I prepare for a bit of European overlanding the Read more about That Time I Backpacked Overland from Prague to Marseille and Never Wrote About It[…]