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“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[…]
“She’s making movies on location, she don’t know what it means” – Mark Knopfler. I am not a film freak, I rarely watch them. In fact, these days I only ever watch films when I am on flights or a friend invites me to watch one, be it cinema or on a laptop. I only Read more about Backpacking Movies On Location: Best Film Set Locations I Have Visited[…]
“One day we will return here, when the Belfast child sings again” – Jim Kerr. As a poet, blogger, lyricist, writer, wordsmith and lover of the paper and pen and most things written, on my journeys it never escaped me all those times I was in a city or town, or just place made famous Read more about Backpacking Lyricist: Places I Visited That Are in Song Titles[…]
“Going up to the spirit in the sky” – Norman Greenbaum. “The Kingdom in the Sky” Lesotho 🇱🇸was neglected by me way back in 2011. That time on my first ever African adventure, I chose instead to visit South Africa, Botswana and Swaziland /Eswatini. Yet I was mightily close to Lesotho on my night bus Read more about Backpacking in Lesotho🇱🇸: Touring Thaba Bosiu, The Spiritual Heart of the Sotho Kingdom[…]
On my travels down the years, I was always looking for obscure, quirky and unique places away from the usual tourist suspects. In the past, this led to my trips to places like Ashgabat, Nukus, Vank and Pyongyang. By coincidence all four of those places all had wacky hotels – something different. It was time Read more about My Stay At The Wonderful Folwark Żuławski Hotel near Elbląg, Poland[…]