Category: Regular Features

On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!

Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou

Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou

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Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou I’ve camped out so many times in my life that I’d forgotten the charm of it the last few years. I ended up renting flats so lost the wildness of tent loyalty. It had been a long time coming. As Read more about Backpacking In Mauritania 🇲🇷: Camping ⛺️By The Atlantic Ocean 🌊 At Villa Maguela In Nouadhibou[…]

How To Get A Tourist Visa For Niger🇳🇪 At The Embassy In Berlin, Germany

How To Get A Tourist Visa For Niger🇳🇪 At The Embassy In Berlin, Germany

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“Another night, another dream, but always you” – The Real McCoy. How To Get A Tourist Visa For Niger At The Embassy In Berlin, Germany When you’re suddenly on a lifelong quest to whackpack / backpack (in the old format) to every country you recognise, it just doesn’t get any easier. Visa blocks, visa failures, Read more about How To Get A Tourist Visa For Niger🇳🇪 At The Embassy In Berlin, Germany[…]

How to Travel Easily with an Irish Passport: A Guide to Visa-Free and Visa-on-Arrival Countries

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As a fellow traveler who understands the freedom an Irish passport provides, I’ve mastered the art of spontaneous international travel. Here’s my comprehensive guide to maximizing visa-on-arrival privileges across the globe. The Power of an Irish Passport Irish passport holders enjoy remarkable travel privileges, with visa-free or visa-on-arrival access to over 180 countries. This makes Read more about How to Travel Easily with an Irish Passport: A Guide to Visa-Free and Visa-on-Arrival Countries[…]

Writing, blogging on the train from Georgia into Azerbaijan in 2013

Real Travel Blogging🧑🏼‍💻Is ONLY About Travelling🌎And Writing📝✍️: Firing Clickbait Traffic🚦Gimps Into Oblivion

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“Give me one more chance and you’ll be satisfied. Give me two more chances and you won’t be denied. Even better than the real thing” – U2. Even in December 2024 as the AI Revolution threatens to kill book writing, blogging and any form of human brain creativity and separatism, I still come across internet Read more about Real Travel Blogging🧑🏼‍💻Is ONLY About Travelling🌎And Writing📝✍️: Firing Clickbait Traffic🚦Gimps Into Oblivion[…]

Sunday's Inspiration: I'm Backpacking Again - Who Wants To Go To Fire Lake?

Sunday’s Inspiration: I’m Backpacking🎒🌎Again – Who Wants To Go To Fire Lake?🔥🌊

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“Who’s goin’ to ride that chrome three-wheeler?Who’s goin’ to make that first mistake?Who wants to wear those gypsy leathers?All the way to Fire Lake?” – Bob Seger. I haven’t done a “Sunday’s Inspiration” post for ages and suddenly then, TWO on one day, on the same Sunday. Ah well…Life takes us on so many journeys. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: I’m Backpacking🎒🌎Again – Who Wants To Go To Fire Lake?🔥🌊[…]

Sunday's Inspiration: Can't Stop This Thing I Started

Sunday’s Inspiration: Can’t Stop This Thing I Started, The Different Hers

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“Can’t stop this thing we started” – Bryan Adams. “It feels just like we just got started” – Louise Wener. “Carry on, carry on” – Freddie Mercury. “Where it began, I can’t begin to knowing” – Neil Diamond. The journey musters on, it’s a massive world, nobody can see it all – there’s just not Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Can’t Stop This Thing I Started, The Different Hers[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Sunset Birthday By The Beach And Live Music at La Voile Rouge, Libreville, Gabon 🇬🇦

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Thirsty Thursdays: Sunset Birthday By The Beach And Live Music at La Voile Rouge, Libreville, Gabon 🇬🇦 After fluking a visa on arrival at Libreville International Airport in Gabon, I ended up enjoying my birthday by a beach in Gabon! This was wild, pure wild. I hadn’t even expected to be in Gabon and on Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Sunset Birthday By The Beach And Live Music at La Voile Rouge, Libreville, Gabon 🇬🇦[…]

My Alternative Oasis⬛⬜️Setlist For Hardcore Fans Only🧨📢🎼🎸🎤🥁🎻💿

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Now that the euphoria of the imminent 2025 Oasis return has dwindled slightly, I will reflect on a few more of my glory days watching Oasis. In total I was at 14 Oasis concerts from 1996 to 2008. I have already written about the Cork Oasis gig in 1996, how I got tickets for the Dublin Oasis Read more about My Alternative Oasis⬛⬜️Setlist For Hardcore Fans Only🧨📢🎼🎸🎤🥁🎻💿[…]