Friday's Featured Food: Dāl Bhāt With A View At Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵

Friday’s Featured Food: Dāl Bhāt With A View At Durbar Square, Kathmandu, Nepal 🇳🇵

When in Nepal, the dish Dāl Bhāt will raise its head a few times. In such a case, it’s usually better to try it, than backpack a country, leave it and realise what you missed. My main two meals when backpacking Nepal were probably textbook tourism but I didn’t care. I first tried Momo in…

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20 Years Later: How My Life Changed Forever 26th September 2003

20 Years Ago Today: How My Life Changed Forever On Friday 26th September 2003

“What you leave behind, you don’t miss anyway” – Paul Hewson. Friday 26th September 2003. That’s twenty years ago today. Madness. This was the day when life unknowingly all changed for me. It did for me and it could for you too and you will never expect that. I certainly wasn’t ready for a new…

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Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: My Stay At The Glen Mona

Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: My Stay At The Glen Mona Hotel

“I don’t know what tune that the orchestra played but it went by me, sickly and sentimental” – Crowded House. Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is the fifth closest country to my home country…

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Backpacking In Nepal: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu

Backpacking In Nepal🇳🇵: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu

Backpacking In Nepal: My Stay At The Hotel Green Horizon, Kathmandu My green vibe continued on my latest travels to Asia. On this trip to Asia, I visited two new countries on my journey – Pakistan and Nepal. I needed a visa for both – the Pakistan one I was able to get online (after…

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The Live Human Cremations At The Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

Backpacking In Nepal 🇳🇵: Watching Live Human Cremations At Pashupatinath Temple, Kathmandu

“As long as the stars are burning, as long as your dreams are coming true, you better believe it” – Meatloaf. Kathmandu was a holy place for sure. Something in the air told me that. I enjoyed a ram packed, action whacked brace of days here in Nepal’s capital city, Kathmandu. It was actually a…

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