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“The lonesome hum from my desklamp is where I find my heaven” – Gigolo Aunts. “Nothing’s gonna change my world” – Lennon/McCartney. At lunchtime last Friday, spookily Friday 13th March 2020, I opened the door of my flat and came inside and into my bedroom. In a district of north Warszawa in Poland’s cool, calm Read more about Coronavirus Crisis: A Week in Isolation, 10 Ways My Life Has Changed[…]
Niagara Falls is one of the world’s foremost family destinations, and frankly, there’s little wonder as to why. In addition to the world-famous falls, Niagara is home to an abundant array of fun-filled activities for families of all sizes. However, like any area, Niagara Falls is not immune to the occasional rainy day. Luckily, a Read more about Backpacking in Canada: Things to do on a Rainy Day in Niagara Falls[…]
“Little dune buggy in the sand, little blue dune buggy in my hand, little blue dune buggy” – The Presidents of the United States of America. I didn’t expect this to be enjoyable by any stretch. After all I grew up near a beach in Bangor in Northern Ireland and used to slide through the Read more about Quad Biking in Saudia Arabia on The Sand Dunes Near Shaqra[…]
“Lying in a den in Bombay with a slack jaw and not much to say” – Men at Work. Can cities and places change their names? Yes actually they can and they have and they continue to do it. It was something I realised quite soon on my journey, all related to my first ever Read more about 10 Cities I Backpacked Through That Changed Their Names[…]
“Hundred mile high city” – Ocean Colour Scene. As hard to believe as it may be, Saudi Arabia’s capital city, Riyadh, is a modern up and coming metropolis. While the country is often dubbed “The Forbidden Kingdom,” once you arrive into Riyadh you will be pleasantly surprised by the enchanting list of activities within a Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia: My Top 10 For Capital City Riyadh[…]
Ireland’s patron saint, Saint Patrick is a man of pure oxymoronic nature if today’s commercial excrement could for an ungreedy second be aware of who this guy really was. Money took over the world folks – just ask DickMonalds and Coca Cola. There is no need for Valentine’s Day Thorntons or Interflora or Christmas Santa Read more about Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! My Top 6 Saint Patrick’s Days Down The Years[…]
I have been a Twitter user since 2008!! Here is my legitimate Twitter account – Jonny Blair on Twitter. I have used it almost weekly since then and am NOT a spam account or a fake user. Yet, time and time again Twitter STILL class my Twitter account as spam and fake. For the last Read more about Twitter Thinks I am Spam: I Have Been WRONGLY Banned From Following Others Since 2018[…]
Backpacking in Saudi Arabia was a crazy adventure after being invited there in 2018 as part of representing Young Pioneer Tours at the Hotel Show. We started off exploring Jeddah and Old Town Jeddah before heading to check out the city of Taif for its annual Rose Festival and then we delved deeper into the backpacking Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia: Touring The Walled Mud City of Shaqra[…]
“Some might say you get what you’ve been given. If you don’t get yours, I won’t get mine as well. Some might say that we will find a BRIGHTER DAY” – Noel Gallagher. The year I started this blog, 2007 was also my first ever trip to China. I got my Chinese Visa in London Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Coronavirus, My Slow Boats Through China, Sadness Reflecting Those Memories[…]
“The pen is mightier than the sword” – Anon. As a writer, blogger, author, poet whatever, we NEVER ever ever suffer “writer’s block”. No. It does not exist. There is no such thing as “writer’s block”, if you think there is then it is because you are not a writer. I have 1,000,000 ideas about Read more about Top 1000 Unwritten Blog Posts: I’ll Never Get These All Written And There Is NO Such Thing As Writer’s Block[…]