Why Is It Important to Fill in The ESTA Form Before You Travel to The United States?

A trip to the US can be the ideal vacation, but planning for it can also be quite a big task. That is why it is important to prepare in advance and inform yourself. Having your passport, a ticket and your luggage might seem enough, but if you are a visitor it is very important Read more about Why Is It Important to Fill in The ESTA Form Before You Travel to The United States?[…]

When 21 Elephants Marched on the Brooklyn Bridge: A Little Dive into Brooklyn’s History

  Whether you ask a native or a foreign traveller, the answer will probably be the same: if you get to visit one city in the US, it’s got to be New York. The Big Apple encompasses so much of what it means to be American and the US culture: the diversity of its people Read more about When 21 Elephants Marched on the Brooklyn Bridge: A Little Dive into Brooklyn’s History[…]

Backpacking in Nedland: I Am The Country of Nedland’s Official Consul-General to Northern Ireland

On my travels I have an absolute obsession for visiting new countries and even better, countries that most don’t recognise or that people think don’t exist! This will be obvious from my recent travel target to whackpack my way to 200 real life countries before I turn forty. I still debate with myself what counts Read more about Backpacking in Nedland: I Am The Country of Nedland’s Official Consul-General to Northern Ireland[…]

Tourism in the USA at Jackson Hole and My New Found Luxury

As a once budget backpacker looking for the cheapest, dingiest hostel of all time and the cheapest meal, I realised through my struggles with depression that health comes first now. These days. you will know I prefer to relax and have a decent bed for the night. I am not sure when the penny dropped Read more about Tourism in the USA at Jackson Hole and My New Found Luxury[…]

Reminiscing the USA: My Time in Florida

Long before I was backpacking, I had some family adventures in the USA. They are so untypical of my travels, that I never wrote about them. Can you believe I once toured Walt Disney World, Splendid China, Universal Studios and Orlando Florida? I didn’t even backpack it in hostels. I remember we had swanky rooms Read more about Reminiscing the USA: My Time in Florida[…]

Backpacking in New York City: Central Park Tours

Backpacking in New York City: Central Park Tours (and Reminiscing)

It was ten years ago now, on this blog, on this journey that I first became a cheap backpacker in New York City. I remember slumming it in a 16 bed dorm, finding all you can drink nights for $10 US and flying to Dallas for $49 US with a connection in Pittsburg as it Read more about Backpacking in New York City: Central Park Tours (and Reminiscing)[…]