Backpacking in Portugal: My Stay at the Lisboa Central Hostel in Lisboa. So whatever fate brought me to Lisbon (Lisboa) again after all these years, I will never know. In fact, I will know and will share it when life slows down a notch. It was a sentimental late 2017 visit when I soul sook…
Read MoreAs travellers, hiring and renting cars is part of the game. I did it in multiple countries including French Guyana, Faroe Islands and Bahrain. If you find yourself in need of quick cash, then you need to consider the benefits of title loans. A title loan is a very easy loan to quality for and…
Read More“Where’s my peeler car?” – Northern Irish guy lost his police car. Have you ever flown to a country 37 years later to find a police car you lost 37 years ago? No, well, oddly I have. In my entire life, Portugal may well end up being the country that had the biggest timeframe between…
Read More“On that damp and lonely Thursday years ago” – Jarvis Cocker. When I look back on my early travel adventures, I forget how many obscure and ridiculous cities I was crackpacking through. Quite simply, I never wrote about lots of them on here. I have all my notes and folders still and will get them…
Read MoreWith the New Year fully under way and health and fitness taking centre stage in the media, many people are taking the challenge to go plant based with the pledge to stay away from all animal products for the entire month of January to help improve their health, the environment and animal welfare. The team…
Read MoreThere are always a few tough beasts to crack in the visa world as we backpack it hardcore. Russia is a tough enough one to get, and with the 2018 World Cup looming, many more people will be heading there come June. I have been to Russia years ago (2007) as well as two transits…
Read More“Even in the sun, defeat is cold. At the end of the rainbow there’s no gold” – Jonny Blair (International Anthem). I spent cumulatively about 10 weeks in Tasman Backpackers in Devonport, Tasmania, Australia from February to June 2010, with many nights in between spent in my tent, my car, sleeping in the Molly Malones…
Read More“I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey” – Seal. I was ready to explore the capital city of Western Sahara in 2017 and it was time to be a backpacker in another unrecognised country, this time on the west coast of Africa. I used Morocco as an excuse to visit…
Read MoreThere is no doubt that Rome is one of the most incredible cities in the World, full of history, art, religion, daily new discoveries and of course quotes from famous movies. As it says, “Rome wasn’t built in a day”, and it does take time for every visitor to see all the beautiful things that…
Read MoreBackpacking in The Sovereign Military Order of Malta: How to Visit the Only UN Recognised Country Without Any Land! Yes, it seems like I have written a lot about this cool country already and this post should get you to understand how to actually visit it and arrange a guided tour of the only UN…
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