My Magical Winter Stay at Pamir Lodge in Khorog, Capital of the Pamirs, Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan🇹🇯

Posted on January 30, 2016November 18, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“They can come true, yeah. They can come true.” – Gabrielle Dreams can come true, apparently. Central Asia continued to inspire as I left behind the bright lights and modern parks of the Tajik capital city of Dushanbe on route to the Pamirs region, Gorno Badakhshan. This was off the wall stuff. Off the cliff I Read more about My Magical Winter Stay at Pamir Lodge in Khorog, Capital of the Pamirs, Gorno Badakhshan, Tajikistan🇹🇯[…]

Backpacking in Gorno Badakhshan🇹🇯: Touring Khorog, Capital of the Pamirs

Posted on January 30, 2016November 18, 2024 by Jonny Blair

So I’m still offline for a while especially social media but hopefully this one syncs to Facebook, Twitter etc. automatically like the others. It’s almost a live blog post which I’m copying and pasting from a Word Document in the only internet café in the city of Khorog. They kindly let me plug my laptop Read more about Backpacking in Gorno Badakhshan🇹🇯: Touring Khorog, Capital of the Pamirs[…]

Backpacking in Ukraine: Chernobyl Tour Part 8 – Lunch in the CEZ

Backpacking in Ukraine: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Tour Part 8 – Lunch in the CEZ

Posted on January 29, 2016January 31, 2016 by Jonny Blair

This ain’t no “Friday’s Featured Food” for yousens so it’s not. But to keep with the alliteration, I’ll rock it out on a Friday and it is food, I’m just not “featuring it.” You may not have built up an appetite reading my previous Chernobyl Exclusion Zone posts. So after visiting Reactor Number 4 (ouch) Read more about Backpacking in Ukraine: Chernobyl Exclusion Zone Tour Part 8 – Lunch in the CEZ[…]

Listen to the Sound of Music in Austria

Posted on January 28, 2016June 1, 2022 by Jonny Blair

Rolling hills, and verdant slopes studded with magnificent examples of Hapsburg architecture, make Austria one of the most favoured tourist destinations in the world. A rich cultural, musical and intellectual heritage come together with modern attractions to make Austria tourism magnet it is today. The winter sports capital of Europe, Austria beckons the avid skier Read more about Listen to the Sound of Music in Austria[…]

‘Fuel Your Road Trip’ Initiative Launches in Iowa

Backpacking in Iowa: Top 6 Things to See and Do

Posted on January 28, 2016January 28, 2016 by Jonny Blair

Adventure is kind of a dirty word in the travel world. So many hardcore travelers assume adventure has to be at a breakneck speed in a developing country that barely has clean water and functional power, but interesting experiences can be unearthed right at home. Iowa is part of the agricultural belt and was the Read more about Backpacking in Iowa: Top 6 Things to See and Do[…]

Backpacking in Ukraine: Getting A Free Night Tour of Kiev

Posted on January 27, 2016January 16, 2016 by Jonny Blair

While backpacking in Ukraine I was able to go on a free night tour of Kiev, the country’s capital city. I was staying bang in the centre of the city at Tiu Kreschatik Hostel. I heard about a free tour starting daily at 12 noon outside the earth monument in Liberation Square (Maidan Square) so Read more about Backpacking in Ukraine: Getting A Free Night Tour of Kiev[…]

Backpacking in Kyrgyzstan: My Stay at Apple Hostel – The Best Hostel in Bishkek

Posted on January 26, 2016April 4, 2016 by Jonny Blair

At the end of 2015 I was sitting in the Almaty Backpackers in Kazakhstan trying to plan my trip across the border into Kyrgyzstan. I had no idea where to stay in Bishkek, no idea where to even go next, but then I saw a flier in that hostel for the Apple Hostel in Bishkek. Read more about Backpacking in Kyrgyzstan: My Stay at Apple Hostel – The Best Hostel in Bishkek[…]

Backpacking in Tajikistan, Gorno Badakhshan, Afghanistan And Uzbekistan: A Few Weeks Off Social Media

Posted on January 25, 2016January 8, 2018 by Jonny Blair

I’m posting this now, live, but it is subject to change and my blogs and Facebook and Twitter feeds are all scheduled to go out as normal so pre-written posts will still appear and I whacked out a few while staying at Apple Hostel in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. However I am now backpacking in a region Read more about Backpacking in Tajikistan, Gorno Badakhshan, Afghanistan And Uzbekistan: A Few Weeks Off Social Media[…]

The Price You’ll Pay for Love This Valentine’s Day

Posted on January 24, 2016January 30, 2016 by Jonny Blair

This post was posted by The Hipmunk on Hipmunk’s Tailwind blog on 21st January 2016. By: Hipmunk Staff It’s a fact: on Valentine’s Day, romantic items are more expensive. Flower shops sell roses for two to three times their usual price. Restaurants replace their normal menus with special prix-fixe (read: pricier) options. And of course, nice hotels Read more about The Price You’ll Pay for Love This Valentine’s Day[…]

Backpacking in Ukraine🇺🇦: Chernobyl☢️Tour Part 7 – The Abandoned City of Pripyat, Top 10 “Sights”

Posted on January 24, 2016February 6, 2025 by Jonny Blair

“There’s silence in the air, there’s silence in the ground. A presence moving through the rivers in the moonlight. Desolation all around. The wind blows through abandoned buildings, photos scattered on the floors, possessions of a vanished population. Safe haven for my soul.” – Tim Wheeler (Ash) Of course, it wasn’t the song from my favourite Northern Irish Read more about Backpacking in Ukraine🇺🇦: Chernobyl☢️Tour Part 7 – The Abandoned City of Pripyat, Top 10 “Sights”[…]