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It was another border crossing on this wacky journey for me recently as I decided on a night train to head from Poland to the Ukraine. I had been staying at the Mosquito Hostel in the city of Krakow and was out touring Auschwitz and Birkenau the day before, so it was a busy few Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Poland to Ukraine (Kraków to Lviv Night Train)[…]
“Walking through this changing season, sorrow spreads its wings. We can’t keep a hold on time, just receive what it will bring” – Tim Wheeler. We have travel milestones, we have things we tick off, countries we ridiculously count, zeniths, low points and it all tides along into one lifelong journey, some eejits like me Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Bishkek’s First Ever Pub Crawl, Kyrgyzstan[…]
“Follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park and listen to the wind of change” – Scorpions. It’s no travel secret that I am slowly beginning to love backpacking in the Former Soviet Union, these days I love it and am keen to explore it much, much more. As a child, I was always intrigued by Read more about Backpacking in the Former Soviet Union🔴☭: My Top 20 Moments So Far[…]
After my completely Wacaday “Timmy Mallet” journey to Nukus in Karakalpakstan (that is not a joke), I ended up in an allegedly very touristic city in Uzbekistan – Khiva, often spelt Qhiva. The weirdest thing was I was told this spot was one of the most touristic in the entire country and would be packed Read more about Backpacking in Uzbekistan🇺🇿: The Only Tourist in Kabbalistic Khiva[…]
After booking a late minute crazy journey from Jonny (Chennai) to Blair (Port Blair), I arrived in the capital city of the Andaman Islands, Port Blair. This is not a city famous for backpackers to India. Another reason why I enjoyed it more than just the name of the city. But Blair in Blair was Read more about Backpacking in Andaman Islands, India🇮🇳: Top 12 Sights in Port Blair, the Capital City[…]
This is probably the most fake country on my travel list so far, yet it was one of my earliest conquests as a long term whackpacker. I first visited Donkey Kong Country (often shortened to DKC for immigration reasons) back in 1994 on the Super Nintendo. I was able to visit it without leaving my living Read more about Backpacking in Donkey Kong Country: Key Information on This Less Travelled Destination[…]
The time finally came to “horse something down me” and yes it was January 2016 when I finally ate some horse. Ye-ha! Through the whackpacking years I had tried camel meat stew in Iran, dog meat soup in South Korea, cow steak, kangarooney curry and wallaby bolognaise in Australia, guinea pig in Peru and a Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Beshbarmak (Horse Meat Noodles) and Bozo in Jalalabad Restaurant, Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[…]
I don’t normally write articles like this and I also rarely class myself as a “digital nomad”, the reason being the term is an oxymoron to itself. At best, the term is an excuse for people who were apparently “fed up with their jobs” so they ran away to find a “better life”. I smell Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top Five Wi-Fi Cafes For Digital Nomads in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan[…]
“Maybe the strangeness only ever was, to hide ourselves from some kind of happiness” – Nick Jones. We simply can’t cover everything we do in life in a blog and while I started writing about my travels in 2007, I couldn’t have covered every detail. As I prepare for a bit of European overlanding the Read more about That Time I Backpacked Overland from Prague to Marseille and Never Wrote About It[…]
“It’s decision time again; our love will stretch a little bit” – Everything But The Girl. Possibly the most important thing you can do when backpacking in Kyrgyzstan is to stay at Apple Hostel in Bishkek. Things run extremely smoothly from here. Not only is it the best hostel in the city (and probably the Read more about Backpacking in Kyrgyzstan: How to Get From Bishkek to Manas International Airport[…]