Backpacking in The Empire of Atlantium: How I Spent A Fortnight In A Country Without Knowing It

“Try to sit with me around my table; but never bring a chair” – Noel Gallagher. Have you ever backpacked through a country without even knowing it?? As idiotic as that sounds, back in 2009, I managed it!! Today I finally get round to writing about The Empire of Atlantium, which really is the country Read more about Backpacking in The Empire of Atlantium: How I Spent A Fortnight In A Country Without Knowing It[…]

Backpacking Advice: Visa Application Process Explained

Backpacking Advice: Visa Application Process Explained

British travellers are fortunate in that they’re granted visa-free access to dozens of countries worldwide. Elsewhere, however, it is a legal requirement to obtain a visa to be granted entry. Depending on where you are going, you may need to apply for a tourist visa for a stay as short as a few days. Whether Read more about Backpacking Advice: Visa Application Process Explained[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Is It Because I Lied When I Was Seventeen?

“Sunny days, oh where have you gone? I get the strangest feeling you belong” – Fran Healy. I couldn’t quite believe it this week when somehow through my Facebook or Twitter feeds, I came across a 20 year old song by Scottish band Travis. The song, Why Does It Always Rain On Me? was released Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Is It Because I Lied When I Was Seventeen?[…]

Backpacking in Nauru: Top 8 Sights in Meneng Province

Backpacking in Nauru: Top 8 Sights in Meneng Province

“Here is a sunrise, ain’t that enough?” – Teenage Fanclub. A bar that never opens yet pretends it does, a sh*t AFL pitch and a church with broken windows. Yes these were the highlights from whackpacking through Meneng Province in Nauru. Nauru as an island and country is split into 14 provinces. Meneng is the Read more about Backpacking in Nauru: Top 8 Sights in Meneng Province[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 9 Bars in Majuro City DUD, Marshall Islands🇲🇭

“On the rip in a country where nobody is on the rip!!!” Anyone who has ever been to the Marshall Islands will remember something so unusual and distinctive about them – the thin narrow strip with ONE road straight through the capital city, Majuro, also known as DUD, (Delap-Uliga-Djarrit). In case, I’ve confused you, from Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 9 Bars in Majuro City DUD, Marshall Islands🇲🇭[…]

Backpacking in Nauru: Top 16 Sights in Yaren (the Capital)

Backpacking in Nauru: Top 16 Sights in Yaren (the Capital)

“Walking round the room singing stormy weather at 57 Mount Pleasant Street” – Neil Finn. Nauru is a real enigma for your travelling mindset. It’s a country that was once known as Pleasant Island, and indeed as a child growing up in Northern Ireland, I knew it as such, as it had that moniker in Read more about Backpacking in Nauru: Top 16 Sights in Yaren (the Capital)[…]

Backpacking in Kiribati: Touring New Jerusalem, Abatao, North Tarawa

Backpacking in Kiribati: Touring New Jerusalem, Abatao, North Tarawa

“Although we view the world through different eyes, we share the same ideals, of paradise” – Pet Shop Boys. Kiribati (formerly the Gilbert Islands) can be confusing. It certainly confused me, the fact that I would officially land here three times (same as Nauru!) on the one trip, yet only visit it once, i.e. leave Read more about Backpacking in Kiribati: Touring New Jerusalem, Abatao, North Tarawa[…]