Jonny Blair at Bushmills Distillery, Northern Ireland

Thirsty Thursdays: Touring the World’s Oldest Whiskey Distillery, Bushmills, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️

Posted on April 30, 2024May 31, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“I’ve been a wild rover for many a year and I’ve spent all my money on whiskey and beer” – The Pogues. Northern Ireland is my home country and it has some hidden gems for the thirsty traveller. Not only does it boast Ireland’s Highest Pub (The Ponderosa on the Glenshane Pass) and Ireland’s Oldest Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Touring the World’s Oldest Whiskey Distillery, Bushmills, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]

Backpacking in Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Top 12 Sights in Blissful Ballyhalbert

Posted on April 30, 2024May 31, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“It’s all too beautiful” – Small Faces. Despite what the tourist brochures and obvious tourists tell you, Northern Ireland’s charm lies not in Belfast and the Giant’s Causeway!! Nor in the Bushmills Distillery and the Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge! Even though I promoted them to the hilt myself many times and continue to tell Read more about Backpacking in Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Top 12 Sights in Blissful Ballyhalbert[…]

My Printed Book Anthology By Jonny Blair🔴✋️☘️

Posted on April 30, 2024October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Here is a full list of My Printed Book Anthology By Jonny Blair (1980 – 2024) Backpacking Centurion Series – A Northern Irishman’s Journey Through 100 Countries My first book series is Backpacking Centurion which covers my journey from country 1 (Northern Ireland) to country 100 (Tunisia), from 1980 until 2015. This series of four Read more about My Printed Book Anthology By Jonny Blair🔴✋️☘️[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Actually Having Breakfast At Tiffany’s, in Timisoara, Romania 🇷🇴

Posted on April 16, 2024April 16, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“I loved her enough to forget myself” – Truman Capote. So the story goes that I had Breakfast At Tiffany’s, and this ain’t no love story, though weirdly it could and should be. Actually, probably it is. The books will get that; the blogs won’t. There’s too much magical mystery at play here on these Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Actually Having Breakfast At Tiffany’s, in Timisoara, Romania 🇷🇴[…]

Backpacking In Gagauzia: Top Sights In Comrat, The Capital

Backpacking In Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥: Top 12 Sights In Comrat, The Capital

Posted on April 12, 2024October 24, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“I follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park” – Scorpions. On a brave spring day in March 2024, I celebrated an odd moment of freedom here, actually on a glory day. 26th March 2024 to be exact. This was my day of freedom from the world and the disasters of the previous 10 years. And Read more about Backpacking In Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥: Top 12 Sights In Comrat, The Capital[…]

World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova To Komrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥

Posted on April 10, 2024October 24, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Shouting at the world you’ll never change. But it’s what’s inside, you’ve got to rearrange” – Andy Cairns. A 2014 Jonny Blair once shone his light on perky Moldova ðŸ‡²ðŸ‡©. It was November 2014 when I first crossed by nighttrain into the extraordinary world of Moldova. Memories aplenty, and there did it all go wrong? Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova To Komrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥[…]

Visiting The Birthplace Of Iron Maiden🤘🎸🛡️🧲⛓️⚔️: Cart And Horses, London, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Posted on April 10, 2024September 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son” – Iron Maiden. I wrote about some musical backpacking sights of London before. On that trip I backpacked Pulp, Oasis, The Clash, The Beatles and Iron Maiden. Sadly the day I visited Iron Maiden, the pub of their birthplace, was shut for renovation. I was there on 1st January Read more about Visiting The Birthplace Of Iron Maiden🤘🎸🛡️🧲⛓️⚔️: Cart And Horses, London, England🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿[…]

An Unthinkable 10 Year Return To Romania 🇷🇴: There Did It All Go Wrong

Posted on March 27, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Drowned in love ❤️ and false kisses; a gathering of no meaning” – Manic Street Preachers. I never really thought I’d ever return to Bucharest, which capitals Romania. I mean, I was already here 4 times in the same month back in 2014. November 2014, I backpacked Bucharest 4 times that time. But Don’t Stop Read more about An Unthinkable 10 Year Return To Romania 🇷🇴: There Did It All Go Wrong[…]