Category: Europe

World Borders: How To Get From Moldova🇲🇩To Transnistria☭🟥🟩 (Chisinau To Tiraspol By Bus)

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Well it’s been yet another crazy bit of off the wall backpacking as you do. While last year I visited a few countries which may not be “recognised by everyone”, I’m thinking of the trip to Nagorno Karabakh and my endless backpacking through Iraqi Kurdistan and Palestine. This time I was doing a Beatles. Back Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Moldova🇲🇩To Transnistria☭🟥🟩 (Chisinau To Tiraspol By Bus)[…]

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Backpacking In Transnistria☭🟥🟩: My Homestay in Balka, Tiraspol

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You might have read my hotel and hostel reviews and wondered is that all I ever do for sleeping, apart from the odd night camping. But it’s not, I’ve had countless homestays down the years in places like Ta Van (Vietnam), Montevideo (Uruguay), Tarjrish (Iran), Stepanakert (Nagorno Karabakh) and Mizra (Israel). The sad thing is Read more about Backpacking In Transnistria☭🟥🟩: My Homestay in Balka, Tiraspol[…]

Backpacking In Moldova🇲🇩: Staying at Tapok Hostel in Chișinău

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Well I had that whole “wow factor” yet again on arrival in Chisinau. As much as I ever try in life, I can never ever ever put into words just how amazing travel is and how I buzz off this lifestyle. I got a night train across the border from Romania to Moldova, leaving Bucharest Read more about Backpacking In Moldova🇲🇩: Staying at Tapok Hostel in Chișinău[…]

World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴To Moldova🇲🇩By Train (Bucharest to Chisinau)

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My recent return to Eastern Europe saw me venture into some new countries in the former eastern bloc. I started off in Romania this time before heading across the border into Moldova and later Transnistria. Moldova is a part of the former USSR and has been its own country again since 1991. I chose to Read more about World Borders: How to Get From Romania🇷🇴To Moldova🇲🇩By Train (Bucharest to Chisinau)[…]

Staying at the Dor de Bucovina Hostel in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania🇷🇴

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I hadn’t even heard of Campulung Moldovenesc, or Bucovina a week before I headed to Romania, but suddenly I would never forget either place as I arrived with an eager backpack and a working laptop. OK so the laptop broke after 5 days in Romania but my backpack was still as eager for adventure as Read more about Staying at the Dor de Bucovina Hostel in Campulung Moldovenesc, Romania🇷🇴[…]

Watching Wet House By Paddy Campbell at Soho Theatre, London, England

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On my journeys round the globe, you’ll have gathered that I love doing all sorts of different things on my travels and don’t have boundaries and limits. Whether it’s backpacking nonchalantly through Iraq, attending a victory parade in North Korea or eating as much food as you can in Gracia, Barcelona. I heard word that Paddy Read more about Watching Wet House By Paddy Campbell at Soho Theatre, London, England[…]

Backpacking in Romania: Touring the Underground Salt Mine in Cacica

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So I’ve visited mines before in Bolivia and New Zealand. I’ve stood on salt flats in Iran and Bolivia , gone underground in Turkey in Kaymakli but all those memories were about to be joined by an exciting and obscure new one. While backpacking in Romania, I ended up visiting an incredible underground salt mine Read more about Backpacking in Romania: Touring the Underground Salt Mine in Cacica[…]

Staying by The Thames at the Elegant Sir Christopher Wren Hotel and Spa, Windsor, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Life has a funny way of going full circle on me. It was another inspiring journey as I left behind the lights of crowded London for a night of relaxation and luxury by the River Thames in the town of Windsor in Berkshire, England. I stayed in the exquisite and elegant Sir Christopher Wren Hotel Read more about Staying by The Thames at the Elegant Sir Christopher Wren Hotel and Spa, Windsor, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿[…]

Backpacking in Romania: The Trip from Bucharest to Campulung Moldovenesc by Train

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The thing that I love most about travel is the adventure of it all. The fact that everyday when you wake up, you are doing something different. I hate mundane, repetitive routines and my latest trip saw me backpacking in Romania. I flew into the capital city of Bucharest, based myself in the heart of Read more about Backpacking in Romania: The Trip from Bucharest to Campulung Moldovenesc by Train[…]

Backpacking in England: Top 5 Sights in Windsor & Eton, Berkshire

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My recent travels in England took me to the town of Windsor (& Eton) in Berkshire for what I thought was the first time. However I realised that back in 2000 I had actually visited the Legoland nearby, so this on my return to the town of Windsor on another backpacking journey, was a chance Read more about Backpacking in England: Top 5 Sights in Windsor & Eton, Berkshire[…]