Backpacking in San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Braving the Most Dangerous City in the World

Posted on September 21, 2014February 4, 2026 by Jonny Blair

Do you believe the hype about San Pedro Sula in Honduras? You’d be a fool not to, the statistics speak for themselves. As far as backpacking in Honduras is concerned, San Pedro Sula is usually the city to avoid. Gang warfare rules supreme here. Year after year the murder statistics are huge, and except for massacres Read more about Backpacking in San Pedro Sula, Honduras: Braving the Most Dangerous City in the World[…]

Backpacking in Mexico: Top 10 Things to see and do in San Cristobal de las Casas.

Posted on September 14, 2014September 10, 2014 by Jonny Blair

I completed a hat trick of “San Cristobals” when I took my backpack to the cool city of San Cristobal de las Casas recently. I’d already visited San Cristobal in Bolivia in 2010 and the one in venomous Venezuela in 2011. But the Mexican city of the same name knocked the previous brace into touch. Read more about Backpacking in Mexico: Top 10 Things to see and do in San Cristobal de las Casas.[…]

Backpacking in Guatemala: Top 15 Things to see and do in Quetzaltenango (Xela)

Posted on August 17, 2014August 16, 2014 by Jonny Blair

“Hey Xela, stars about to fall so what do you say, Xela” – Noel Gallagher, lyrics altered slightly (Lyla) Quetzaltenango (Xela) is a decent backpacking beast. Factually it is Guatemala’s second biggest city. Though quite where these half a million odd locals actually are could baffle you. We arrived across the border from Ciudad Cuauhtemoc Read more about Backpacking in Guatemala: Top 15 Things to see and do in Quetzaltenango (Xela)[…]

Backpacking in Brazil: Top 5 Things to See and Do in Belem

Posted on August 16, 2014August 4, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Throw Belem into anyone’s dreams of backpacking in Brazil and you might get the “where is that?” response. I don’t blame them for asking that. But when you get beneath the surface of a city like Belem you get to know its charm and you realise – these are cool places and you might not Read more about Backpacking in Brazil: Top 5 Things to See and Do in Belem[…]

Backpacking in the USA: 5 Things to do in Atlantic City

Posted on August 7, 2014August 10, 2014 by Jonny Blair

It’s been seven years since I went backpacking in the USA and while I have fond memories of touring Los Angeles and New York on the cheap, it’s the realisation that the world is huge and we may never be there again. Here’s a sure fire top 5 things to do in Atlantic City in New Read more about Backpacking in the USA: 5 Things to do in Atlantic City[…]

Backpacking in Mexico: Top 10 Sights in Oaxaca de Juarez

Posted on August 4, 2014August 4, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Oaxaca de Juarez comes as a pleasant surprise as you bus your way south of Mexico City. In the wake of a lot of air disasters, it was a wise move to use buses in Mexico and we had quite a few before heading to Guatemala. We arrived by bus into Oaxaca and decided on Read more about Backpacking in Mexico: Top 10 Sights in Oaxaca de Juarez[…]

Top 5 Sights When Backpacking in Macau🇲🇴

Posted on July 16, 2014September 27, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Macau is an enigma. Colonised by the Portuguese, owned by China and influenced by the big bad world of gambling. As a backpacker, I’ve passed through the city/country/colony a couple of times and always had a great time. I never really covered a personal top 5 on here though, so here goes… 1. Grand Lisboa Read more about Top 5 Sights When Backpacking in Macau🇲🇴[…]

Backpacking in French Guyana: Things to see and do in St. Laurent du Maroni

Posted on July 13, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Most overland backpackers to the Guyanas will pass through the French Guyana riverside town of St. Laurent Du Maroni. For us we used it as our stepping stone to Suriname but still spent a day and night to check out the ‘delights’ of the town. In all honesty apart from the coolness and uniqueness of Read more about Backpacking in French Guyana: Things to see and do in St. Laurent du Maroni[…]

Backpacking in Guyana: Top 16 Things to See and Do in Georgetown

Posted on July 8, 2014August 6, 2015 by Jonny Blair

Guyana is not the most obvious country on a backpacking tour of South America, and admittedly it is a slightly harder one to access than Brazil, Argentina etc. However these are the places I enjoy the most – less touristy, more raw and normally very inspiring. Georgetown is the capital of Guyana and is a Read more about Backpacking in Guyana: Top 16 Things to See and Do in Georgetown[…]

Backpacking in Brazil🇧🇷: Top 9 Things to See and Do in Fortaleza

Posted on July 6, 2014February 5, 2025 by Jonny Blair

I had a stop over in Fortaleza in 2011 and I had no idea what impact or importance that stop over would have for me. In the end, I had to wait just over 3 years to find out and life had gone full circle as I got tickets for the Brazil v. Mexico World Read more about Backpacking in Brazil🇧🇷: Top 9 Things to See and Do in Fortaleza[…]