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Backpacking in Chongqing, China: Living my Travel Dream in the World’s Biggest City

Hi everyone! I’ve been wanting to get this story typed up for about 9 months now!! It was in June last year that I first visited the city of Chongqing in China. It was a childhood dream of mine, and when the moment finally arrived, I was just in awe of this astounding monster. I Read more about Backpacking in Chongqing, China: Living my Travel Dream in the World’s Biggest City[…]

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The City of Love: Backpacking in Sighnaghi, Georgia🇬🇪

“Tunnel of love might amuse you, noah’s Ark might confuse you” – Richard Thompson. Our first stop off in Georgia on our return to the country was in the city of love, Sighnaghi. We had only been absent from Georgia for 10 days backpacking in Azerbaijan. After crossing the border from Zaqatala to Lagodekhi we Read more about The City of Love: Backpacking in Sighnaghi, Georgia🇬🇪[…]

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Friday’s Featured Food: A Night at the Barbecued Lamb Restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea

When you travel in Korea there is an obvious difference between North Korea and the south. It’s not just the political, commercial and geographical differences that become apparent. Gastronomically they are hugely different. I haven’t yet written about my food experiences in North Korea yet. In fact my last Korean food post was about eating Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: A Night at the Barbecued Lamb Restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea[…]

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My Top 5 Things to see and do When Backpacking in Trabzon, Turkey🇹🇷

Trabzon in Turkey is a completely cool city to check out, despite the fact that most travellers seem to “use it” as a means to their onward travels. The reason being it’s ideally located for onward travels from Turkey to Iran or Georgia. Trabzon sits on the Black Sea so leaving by boat is an Read more about My Top 5 Things to see and do When Backpacking in Trabzon, Turkey🇹🇷[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Post Offices

Good old Post Offices. We need them when we travel. They are simply the best way to send physical items to friends and family. However it’s not always the easiest thing to find and organise when you travel. I try to limit my visits to post offices by travelling light, and using stamps to post Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Post Offices[…]

Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Cook Your Own Food

It’s been a long time coming with this one, I know, but it’s not something I actually do a lot – generally eating out is cheap for me anyway. But I used to cook my own food all the time, and I started doing it again on my latest adventure. Cooking your own food is Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Cook Your Own Food[…]

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World Travellers: Renee Blodgett from We Blog the World

Today on my World Travellers Series, I’m delighted to have Renee Blodgett who is a very well known travel writer, marketer and overall busy lady. As well as contributing to numerous websites and blog, Renee also has her own blog, and runs We Blog the World – an awesome global website which I have also Read more about World Travellers: Renee Blodgett from We Blog the World[…]

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Sunday’s Inspiration: 5 Travel Dreams Before I Hit 35

I’m not normally so blatant about stuff and I don’t like to write too much about upcoming trips, but I have some travel dreams to tick off and as I get older, I realise that the time is “running out the door we’re running in” (Ian McCullough). Today I just share 5 travel dreams that Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: 5 Travel Dreams Before I Hit 35[…]

Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: Sunset at the Kaluts Desert

“I’d give you the world if you’d take my hand, but you left me alone in the sinking sand” – Noel Gallagher. It’s been a crazy few months of travel, from backpacking in Iran to visiting my home town again to doing travel Podcasts and there have been way too many highlights to mention. When in Iran, Read more about Backpacking in Iran🇮🇷: Sunset at the Kaluts Desert[…]

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Fridays Featured Food: Hotel Breakfast in Sulaymaniyeh, Kurdistan, Iraq

So you want to know what breakfast in Iraq is like?? Well my only real experience of this came in a hotel in the city of Sulaymaniyeh, which is in Iraqi Kurdistan and I’ve no idea how truly authentic this is, but here goes for you today none the less. Most hotels in the Kurdistan Read more about Fridays Featured Food: Hotel Breakfast in Sulaymaniyeh, Kurdistan, Iraq[…]