: Top 10 Sights In Roseau, The Capital City“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[…]
: Top 9 Sights In RamseyHere 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[…]
: Top 9 Sights In Niamey, The Capital City“It really really really could happen” – Damon Albarn. Niger’s mainstay, Niamey is a lesser ventured capital city. I didn’t know a lot about it before my visit. We heard that boating on the Niger River and heading out to a giraffe zone would be the highlights and the normal things for backpackers to do Read more about Backpacking In Niger: Top 9 Sights In Niamey, The Capital City[…]
: My Top 8 Sights in Ouagadougou“Don’t you want me baby? Don’t you want me oooh?” – Mandy Smith. What a city name this one really is. Ouagadougou – Wow! Pronounced phonetically in Northern Irish as “WAGA DOO GOO” so it is, so till spake. Long before I even backpacked this joint, it was a dot on my globe that fascinated Read more about Backpacking In Burkina Faso : My Top 8 Sights in Ouagadougou[…]
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!): Top 11 Sights In Nouadhibou“Maybe somewhere down the road when somebody plays (at the end of the line)” – The Travelling Wilburys. I had backpacked quickly through the Mauritanian oceanside city of Nouadhibou in 2022 after completing the textbook Mauritania Iron Ore train journey. That was a trip of a lifetime, and who knew that 2 and a half Read more about Backpacking In Mauritania (and Western Sahara!): Top 11 Sights In Nouadhibou[…]
: Top 7 Sights in Bangui“Ride across the river, deep and wide” – Mark Knopfler. My Bangor to Bangui story is a wild one. I’ve already chaptertitled it for a future book in my third series (the 200th – 300th country series which will succeed “Backpacking Centurion 0-100” and “This Is The Next Century 100-200“) I grew up in the Read more about Backpacking in Central African Republic : Top 7 Sights in Bangui[…]
: Top 33 Sights“I get so high, I just can’t feel it” – Noel Gallagher. The news you need to hear firstly is that lofty wee Seborga is a pure fire charmigator. Anyone who disputes this, can come and see me and I’ll tell them in true Alan Mcdonald style. This high one kicks lowly Milan and Genoa Read more about Backpacking In The Principality Of Seborga: Top 33 Sights[…]
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: Top 12 Sights in Blissful Ballyhalbert“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 Ireland️: Top 12 Sights in Blissful Ballyhalbert[…]