Backpacking in Zambia: Walking With Wild Rhinos At Mosi Oa Tunya Game Park

Backpacking in Zambia🇿🇲: Walking With Wild Rhinos 🦏At Mosi-Oa-Tunya Game Park

“Born to be wild” – Steppenwolf. Unfortunately the rhino is listed as an endangered species, even as recently as April 2023, it was in the news in an attempt to salvage this fine animal from extinction. On my travels I have been on over ten safaris, and over fifty animal related adventures. This doesn’t include…

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Everywhere I’ve Been Up Until June 2023

The Backpacking Journey of Jonny Blair 1980 – 2023 This is a list of all the places that Jonny Blair visited between March 1980 and September 2023. It includes all continents, countries, disputed regions, wacaday republics, exclusion zones, uninhabited islands, unrecognised countries, micronations, metropolises, cities, conurbations, towns, villages, hamlets and those places deemed significant to…

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Backpacking In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo: Staying At Hotel Horizon In Bukavu - Leafy Gardens

Backpacking In The Democratic Republic Of The Congo🇨🇩: Staying At Hotel Horizon In Bukavu

“All those people came from far in Zaïre, in Zaïre to see the rumble in the jungle there” – Johnny Wakelin. In 2019, I was backpacking in Africa and visiting a few new countries on that trip – Burundi, Democratic Republic of The Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and repeats to Kenya and Tanzania. After sorting out…

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Backpacking In England: My Night At The Woughton House Hotel, Milton Keynes

Backpacking In England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿: My Night At The Woughton House🏠Hotel🏨, Milton Keynes

As always, I’ll never get time to write all the stories I want to write. I had a glance at my places slept and places visited list today and they are nowhere near  updated – there are a lot of places I have been that I have never mentioned, nevermind written about. Officially, I’ve been…

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The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World's Worst International Football Team

The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽

“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Manic Street Preachers. Sark – Europe’s Last Feudal State Sark is one of the coolest and most mindblowing places I have ever backpacked to. This is a mini country with its own island(s), borders, laws, prison, pub and even an international football team.…

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