On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
It would be a bit ridiculous to write Batumi in Georgia off completely as a mere “pass through town” and we almost made that the plan. The reason is, we only headed to Batumi in order to get our visas for Azerbaijan. In fact the odd thing is, this was also the only reason we Read more about Backpacking in Batumi, Georgia🇬🇪: 10 Cool Things to Check Out[…]
Driving is a regular part of most of our lives. We drive from home to work and from work to home on almost any given day – yes even I did that as a long term backpacker! For parents, there is the inevitable daily drive to school with the kids and also for sports and Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: 8 Things You Should Have in Your Emergency Travel Kit in Your Car[…]
The latest in my series of World Travellers was actually meant to be published last year initially yet me being the idiot that I am, I somehow lost the e-mail and eventually I am now delighted to present to you Carmen and Dave from Double Barrelled Travel. Who are you? I’m Carmen from Double-Barrelled Travel, a Read more about World Travellers: Carmen from Double-Barrelled Travel[…]
“If you really want more shout it out louder” – Usher. As I danced, drank and poured beers in the land down under a few years back, I didn’t quite realise the sentimental effect these types of jobs have on your life. I’m referring to one job and one pub in today’s dose of Sunday’s Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: If You Really Want More, Shout it Out Louder[…]
Life may take you on many roads and to many towns and cities around the world but one fact is true: you can only have one birth town. You are born in one place and we must try and be proud of our roots. I certainly am, and I owe a lot more to my Read more about Top 10 Backpackery Things to do in Newtownards, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: The Town Where I was Born![…]
“Here is a sunrise; ain’t that enough?” – Teenage Fanclub. With the DPRK having it’s annual day on the 9th September (thats 9.9), 99 seems to be the most appropriate number so here I present 99 things to do in Pyongyang, North Korea. While backpacking in Pyongyang, I was just in awe of the sheer Read more about 99 Things To Do in Pyongyang, North Korea🇰🇵[…]
“Hundred mile high city” – Ocean Colour Scene. If you read my post about my journey to Chongqing this week, you’ll know how much visiting this colossal city in China was a huge huge childhood dream of mine. When the time finally came round, I was completely inspired by it. I haven’t given a decent Read more about Backpacking in Chongqing, China: 10 Things to See and Do in the World’s Biggest City[…]
“If you really want more shout it out louder” – Usher. OK so before I launch into a tribute, the story begins, and this one needs a bit of an introduction. Even those that once worked with me in PJ Gallagher’s Irish PubI’m not sure I’ve told it all before in this much detail on Read more about Working Wednesdays: A Tribute to My Friends and Heroes of PJs Parramatta, Australia[…]
Time for another cool interview with a fellow World Traveller and today I feature Jim Cheney. Jim loves to get out and about and explore, even in the place he lives in and inspires us all to travel more through his excellent website The Tripologist. Over to Jim… Who are you? My name is Jim Read more about World Travellers: Jim Cheney AKA The Tripologist[…]
What’s that we’re sometimes told? “Burn the bridges as you’ve gone, I’m too weak to fight ya, I’ve got my personal hell to deal with.” – Peter Cunnah Well in theory, he may have a point (and it’s only a cracking pop song from my teens) but I’ve learnt in life that keeping friends, keeping contacts Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Don’t Burn Your Bridges[…]