On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
Yes, music is today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials – as travellers we need it and the way I see it there are only two types of music when we travel: 1. Music we play ourelves (normally MP3 player or on guitar) 2. Music other people play (in hostels, in shops, on buses, at concerts etc.) And both types are Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Music[…]
Following on from last week’s Sunday’s Inspiration comes another quote today. This one is also from my university days and like “you don’t get a second chance to make a first impression”, this quote stuck with me for about 10 years now. The difference is, I trust and believe in this quote. I really do. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: “Failure to prepare is preparing to fail”[…]
I’m very happy to feature a fellow Irishman on World Travellers today. Adam lives his life in the same vein as myself. Work hard to play hard to travel hard to live the life we want. I hope Adam’s inspiration rubs off on you. He’s certainly travelled and worked his way around the globe. Check Read more about World Travellers: Adam Finan AKA Tropical Nomad[…]
A recent travel highlight was being in Chongqing during the Chinese “Dragon Boat Festival” this year. It was mid June. I stayed in the excellent, highly recommended Green Forest Hostel and they were having a rice leaf dumplings night in the hostel so I joined in of course. It was great fun. First of all Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Making Rice Leaf Dumplings in Chongqing, China[…]
A lot of backpackers will have been to Siem Reap in Cambodia for sure – it’s even on a popular “backpacker’s trail” due to its proximity to Angkor Wat, but it’s nice to go against the flow in Siem Reap and head away from the main bar strip, known as Pub Street. I may have Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: The Tuk Tuk Bar, Siem Reap, Cambodia[…]
I’ve always loved media. There’s something about TV, newspapers, radio and the whole public sphere thing that I love. As a teenager I did some work experience in the BBC and Belfast Telegraph as well as studying a City and Guilds course in Journalism. At university I wrote for the magazine, starred in 2 TV Read more about Working Wednesdays: BBC Radio🎤📻Ulster Interview, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]
One of the joys of always being on the road is the sheer quantity of people you meet. You’ll literally have thousands of new people in your life coming and going as you move from city to village, jungle to desert and ship to bus. But on that journey, some of them will become good Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Business Cards and Swapping Contact Details[…]
I’m actually a fan of Coca Cola and I much prefer it to stuff like Pepsi. But when you go backpacking and you look for the bargains, you have to look at things rationally and with your strict budget in mind. When you open a fridge in a shop to buy some cola – always Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Always Local Cola[…]
“You Don’t Get A Second Chance to Make A First Impression” (you do) Today’s Sunday’s Inspiration I’m sharing this quote with you and I’ll make things short and sweet today. I’m remembering back to my student days now, and for sure I’ll recount them a lot more on this blog over time and in particular Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: “You Don’t Get A Second Chance to Make A First Impression”[…]
It had been a long trip north east of Bogota in Colombia since the previous day and I can’t remember a more dazed or drained experience in my travel history than this particular day and border crossing from Colombia to Venezuela. It was all a bit bizarre and I didn’t really know what was happening Read more about The Day A Guy Holding A Gun Gave Me A Free Glass of Orange Juice in Venezuela🇻🇪[…]