On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
As a child I loved car ferries. It was something I could do internally in my home country of Northern Ireland from Portaferry to Strangford. Indeed the Strangford to Portaferry service still runs daily! As a child and teenager I went on a few family holidays on car ferries to Scotland, England, Wales and France Read more about Working Wednesdays: Working on Ferries and Cruise Ships[…]
I’m delighted to introduce Australian traveller Mark on today’s installment of world travellers. Mark runs the highly informative and insightful website Travel Wonders and jaunts to some awesome places in between plying a trade working in IT. Who are you? I am Mark, a 40-something Australian, living in Sydney who loves travel and the outdoor. Read more about World Travellers: Mark From Travel Wonders[…]
I’m a dirty traveller a lot of the time. It comes from sleeping in tents, cheap hostels, floors of airports and often having the option of only cold showers. But aside from all this I LOVE a hot shower and I LOVE to keep everything clean. So this week is backpack cleaning time. It’s been Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Washing Your Backpack[…]
Changing money is a topic I’ve touched on a fair bit and as a perpetual traveller I look at in two ways: 1. If I have time I try to get the cheapest available rate possible 2. If I’m pushed for time and in an emergency, I check a few places quickly and pick the Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Getting Money on the Black Market in Yangon, Myanmar[…]
Today on Friday’s Featured Food we’re off to Myanmar for one of their special dishes. While backpacking there recently it would have been ridiculous not to try a “tea leaf salad”, known locally as Lahpet Thohk. This is very much a local speciality, only found in this form in Myanmar itself. Most local restaurants will Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Tea Leaf Salad in Amarapura, Myanmar (Lahpet Thohk)[…]
Today on World Travellers I’m pleased to bring the first New Zealander to the series, Alaina McGregor who runs Jandals and a Backpack. Her stories come from far and wide as she recounts some amazing travel memories… Who are you? Alaina McGregor Where are you from? Auckland, New Zealand Where have you been? I’ve travelled Read more about World Travellers: Alaina From Jandals and a Backpack[…]
Tokyo and Japan in general is a place I haven’t really touched upon and oddly one that doesn’t really fascinate me. I headed there in May 2012 for a rock concert (Manic Street Preachers) with a mate for a long weekend. To be honest we didn’t really plan on doing anything other than watch the Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Love Hotel Street Hill in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan[…]
Remembering recently about my trip to Java in Indonesia got me realising that I haven’t really written properly about either Jakarta or Yogyakarta at all. So to make up for it, I aim to give an overview of those two cities, I started with a Top 5 things to do in Jakarta a few weeks Read more about My Top 7 Things to Do in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia[…]
Recently I created my 5,000th You Tube Video from my travels. I have now amassed 5,000 You Tube Videos and rising. Jonny Blair on YouTube. Now don’t jump off you seat and say something like “why don’t I release a DVD?” as that’s not the point. The 5,000 odd travel videos that I have now Read more about Working Wednesdays: 5,000 You Tube Videos From My Travels[…]
As we travel, keeping healthy is the most important thing. It can be gruelling on long bus journeys and hikes to get your energy back but here are three activities you can do while you travel to keep you in good shape. Cycling, hiking and ski-ing. I’m a big fan of the first two at Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Keeping Healthy on the Road – 3 Activities to do[…]