“Say that you’ll stay forever and a day in the time of my life” – Noel Gallagher. Just when you think Toronto can’t get any stranger, you stumble across the Republic Of Rathnelly. Sorry what? Sorry where? Yes it’s me again and I am backpacking, whackpacking and nutspacking another “wacaday republic”!! Hidden away in the…
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“An extraordinary guy can never have an ordinary day” – Noel Gallagher. If you haven’t heard of The Barony Of Caux, then you can be forgiven. This country (or let’s say the remaining embassy of the country!!) borders Canada in the city of Toronto. The Barony of Caux is the world’s oldest feudal kingdom, since…
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“Last night I met a new girl in the neighbourhood” – Carole King / Gerry Goffin. If you haven’t heard about the Republic Of Rathnelly, then you can be forgiven. This country borders Canada in the city of Toronto and it all started back in 1967 when they declared themselves a breakaway republic, rather like…
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“The stars shine so bright, but they’re fading after dawn. There is magic in Kingston Town” – UB40. In December 2022, I finally went backpacking in Jamaica. Those were tough times due to COVID restrictions. At the time I was even blocked from my flight from Dominican Republic to Jamaica due to a passport switch.…
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“We’re from Bournemouth, sunny sunny Bournemouth” – CherriesðŸ’fans. I have backpacked Bournemouth (Dorset, England) almost as many times as I have backpacked Belfast and Bangor! I spent 6 glorious years living in this marvellous seaside town before deciding to emigrate in 2009. I haven’t lived in either England or Northern Ireland since taking that plunge…
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“Teotihuacan” – Noel Gallagher. Reminiscing on my 2014 overland/oversea trip through Central America, I realised I skippacked a load of places and that my route was not so obvious. My exact route would also not have been clear from my blog posts on here on Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Here,…
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Is it possible to backpack a country without visiting it? Well yes, the global excrement entities of Untied Nations and the European Union try to believe it is possible!!! They do this by swallowing faraway lands and including them in a country they are not in, and in some cases in a continent they are…
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“An extraordinary guy can never have an ordinary day” – Noel Gallagher. During Christmas 2024 I finally hit the 230 mark of recognised countries I have backpacked through, the latest piece of that wacaday jigsaw fell on unassuming Central African Republic. Of those 230, some of those countries I have only been to once. But…
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“You should never fight your feelings. You have to follow nature’s law” – Embrace. I arrived into Dominica a little later than expected and it was really a crazy few days of whackpacking travel in December 2021. Here is why – I was backpacking in Dominica during the pandemic, after some truly personal struggles and…
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