On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
“Johnny ‘crackers’ Knoxville” – Chris Bilsland. The Time I Was In A Country For 3 Days But Had A Passport Stamp In And Out On The Same Day! This has to be a nuts one. Doesn’t it? I arrived back in Tunis, Tunisia in December 2024 in what was an absolutely sentimental return…you see I Read more about The Time I Was In A Country For 3 Days But Had A Passport Stamp In And Out On The Same Day![…]
“Take me away, cos I just don’t wanna stay” – Noel Gallagher. When COVID hit the world in 2020, it was for sure a dent in my travel globe, a halt in proceedings. Life changed dramatically for me after that. I was locked down in Warszawa in Poland having just come back from Africa in Read more about Backpacking In Dominica🇩🇲: Top 10 Sights In Roseau, The Capital City[…]
“Holy mountain” – Noel Gallagher. Backpacking In Northern Ireland 💚🔴🤚☘️: Hiking Up Holy Slemish Mountain, County Antrim It wasn’t until early July 2024 that I finally hiked up to the top of Slemish, arguably Northern Ireland’s holiest mountain. It’s also arguably not a mountain. But I’m not having that. This is my blog and I’m Read more about Backpacking In Northern Ireland 💚🔴🤚☘️: Hiking Up Holy Slemish Mountain⛰️, County Antrim[…]
Greece is an amazing destination for backpacking due to the fact that it has an abundance of diversity, as well as bordering Bulgaria and Turkey of course. I first visited Greece way back in 1990 on a family holiday to Rhodes, where we toured Afandou, Faliraki and Rhodes Town. It is advisable to rent a Read more about Backpacking In Greece: Top 5 Cool Spots To Visit[…]
“Best under pressure, with seconds left, I show up” – Usher. Central African Republic was certainly a wildcard country addition to my travel jigsaw in January 2025. After three visa refusals/failures (in Poland, Burkina Faso and Abidjan), we finally were granted a visa with 7 minutes left to board our flight from Douala in Cameroon Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Local Liqueur Bilibili in Central African Republic🇨🇫[…]
5 of the Best Places to Visit in Italy in Spring Spring is one of the most beautiful and rewarding times to visit Italy. The weather is warm enough for sightseeing in a t-shirt, but not uncomfortably hot. Popular attractions are much quieter compared to summer, and prices on flights and hotels are typically lower Read more about 5 of the Best Places to Visit in Italy in Spring[…]
“Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Everytime she walks down the street” – The Undertones. Peel, well it took me a while to unpeel this one. Whether it was orange peel, John Peel, The Undertones or the Isle Of Man one, I was ready to backpack to this western city on this marvellous island Read more about Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Top 9 Sights In Peel[…]
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 of Northern Ireland yet it took me until July 2022 to finally make it here. I set about reminiscing, glory hunting, Read more about Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Top 9 Sights In Ramsey[…]