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I love a crazy animal adventure on my travels, and strangely most of them seem to have occurred in Africa! There was the time I fed hyenas mouth to mouth in Harar, Ethiopia. Then the time I went on safari with Shadows of Africa in Tanzania. Then the time I stroked crocodiles in the Gambia. Read more about Backpacking in Kenya🇰🇪: Kissing😘and Feeding Giraffes🦒Near Nairobi[…]
Making the most of a trip to New York can be difficult for first-timers. It’s easy to make the assumption the first visit will be perfect, but what travellers sometimes fail to realize is the city can’t be broken down in only one trip. It may take more than a couple trips to feel comfortable, Read more about How to Make The Most of Your Trip in New York[…]
There are several good reasons to ditch your familiar four walls of small apartments and hang out for the night with your family or friends. If you are an outdoor lover, then you love to stay nights out. For camping, the majority of people use tents. Some people like to spend their weekend on the Read more about Top 4 Features of Hybrid Caravans with Ensuite[…]
Paris is somehow one of those magnetic cities that I have ended up in time and time again. I have to admit I am not a complete Paris geek, nor do I usually recommend France for backpackers but through connecting flights, football tournaments and odd coincidences down the years, I have returned to Paris more Read more about Backpacking in France: Tips For Private Tours of Paris[…]
“Two Eagle Dark please” – Random American Tourist in Uganda. It might seem ridiculous to some that we spent three nights in the city of Entebbe and cumulatively five days, but, look, life throws us up curveballs and with overland buses so slow, it was time to chill out on our last two days in Read more about Backpacking in Uganda: Two Eagle Dark and Our Stay At Sunbird Backpackers in Entebbe[…]
Remember the time your family members would return from a week trip in Mauritius and make you watch the shaky and boring footage of their holiday? Horrible shots of your cousins hiding their faces, covering the lens with their hands, and about 2 hours of boring shots panning across the beaches? While your uncle narrating Read more about 7 Special Ways to Make Holiday video With Friends and Family[…]
“I’m not cracking up, I’m just getting older” – Noel Gallagher. As we age, we form new opinions in life. Everything changes. We become more mature, more experienced, we get older. Suddenly childhood became teenage angst. Teenage angst met the real world when we got a job and started backpacking the world. Personally, I attempted Read more about The Dating Game: Does It Get Easier Or Harder As We Age?[…]
“All those people gathered there – in Zaire, in Zaire. To see the rumble in the jungle there – in Zaire, in Zaire” – Johnny Wakelin. The dream for me on my first ever visit to the famous Congo jungle in deepest Africa was to get into the deep parts of the jungle in the Read more about Insanity in The Democratic Republic of The Congo🇨🇩: Mwepu Ilunga, Benik Afobe and Why We Didn’t Do The Gorilla Tour[…]
“The river of dreams” – Billy Joel. A childhood dream was lived in April 2019, as I backpacked to the spot where the world’s longest river, the Nile, begins. Starting its journey in the town of Jinja, Uganda, it winds its way right down to the Mediterranean Sea, Alexandria in Egypt being one departure city Read more about Backpacking in Uganda: Visiting The Source of The Nile River in Jinja[…]
Burundi’s former capital city, Bujumbura threw up yet another oddball on our 2019 East African adventure. This country was less than obvious addition to the schedule. A tough visa process, a country bereft of tourists and indeed a country which prompted a good friend of mine to comment “I’ve never even heard of that country”. Read more about Backpacking in Burundi🇧🇮: Our Wonderful Stay at Urban Lodge in Bujumbura[…]