Ask me if I had heard of the village of Rywałd last week and I’d have said no way, where is it? But the travel lifestyle is an odd, unpredictable one so I ended up here. Rywałd has a population of around 603, and for one night 604 as a nonchalant Northern Irish backpacker arrived in “town”!…
Read MorePhi Phi Island, Thailand by Mariamichelle When you are visiting the ‘Land of Smiles’, there are a few things you can’t miss. The people in this land are friendly and authentic, and that is why everyone gets blown away by their hospitality. What’s even better is that tourism holds rank 1 in this country, and…
Read MoreAs summer gets underway again, you will no doubt be wanting to head away for a party somewhere in the sun. With so many choices and so many cheap flights these days, you are spoilt for choice. If you want to limit your choices, here are five ultimate summer party destinations in Europe, including Ibiza…
Read MoreAfter my time in the beautiful city of Gdańsk, I knew it wasn’t quite off the wall enough in Poland for me. I needed another Polish city with a few less tourists and some new charms. In my first two weeks in Gdańsk, I took two side trips – first to Gdynia for a food tour…
Read MoreWhen you travel to the more obscure places, finding budget accommodation can be a problem sometimes and part of my backpacker’s dream is to end up every so often in cities or towns that don’t have a hostel. Once you are in a town without a hostel, you know you are a rare tourist. Starogard…
Read MoreMy return to Poland for my fourth visit meant a first time arrival in Gdańsk. This was a city that interested me through the years for many reasons. Firstly, back at Ards Tech. as a student I studied the history of it all, secondly my love for Micronations and Unusual Republics – as this was once…
Read MorePoland continues to excite, entice and inspire me. Into my third week in the country on this trip (cumulatively I’ve now spent about 14 months of my life in Poland) and we toured an area by the Baltic Sea in Pomerania. It was all another spontaneous trip and I’ll share the story of how myself,…
Read MoreIf you are going to be taking a trip to Puerto Rico, you may start looking into just what you will have to do while you are there for your trip. Many people may not realize that there is so much more to do than just go to the beaches or play golf while you…
Read More“This; a present from Stalin’s Reign, but you have your life again” – Jonny Blair. Most people reading this travel blog will know me as a travel writer, or as someone who writes about a lifestyle of travel. But that’s not really what writing was about for me when it all began. I started life…
Read More“Libraries gave us power” – Manic Street Preachers. It’s been ages since I did a Studying Saturdays post and I still believe that we are all perpetual students until the day we die. We are always learning, always studying. We are forever on a learning cycle on this planet. As far as learning languages is…
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