On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
“Stepping out to a different world and you might be home late” – Ocean Colour Scene. All these years of long term backpacking has meant a constant need to change, alter, switch, shift, upgrade to a new, clean, pristine backpack, multiple times. I’ve changed backpacks about 15 times in the last 26 years, since I Read more about My Superb New Backpack🎒: The FirstLight®35L+ From ThinkTank[…]
“Illusion never changed into something real” – Natalie Imbruglia. 8 years ago, August 2015 sits high in my life of memories. After a 3 month detox/retox, I went backpacking in Bangladesh, I was loving it!! I was at an all time high…again. Malaga, SPAIN (April 2015) I write “again” because just 3 months before that Read more about Sunday’s Disillusion: Sea-wind, Re-wind, Re-start, De-start, Re-tox, De-tox (2015 – 2023)[…]
In this series, I interview world travellers who all embrace the love of backpacking the world and enjoying the diversity of it all. The latest in the long running (11+ years now) series is Dave Blum from “365 Wow Places”. If you love to travel the world and run a travel blog or are a Read more about World Travellers: Dave Blum from “365 Wow Places”[…]
“By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling” – Pete Saint John. It was a sunshiney day in June 2023, as we toured Athenry Castle, Athenry Town Centre, Athenry Square, Athenry Monastery and the fields that inspired a song back in 1979, called “The Fields Of Athenry“. With all that in mind, Read more about Visiting The Fields Of Athenry, Republic of Ireland: Top 10 Sights☘🇮🇪[…]
“What took you so long?” – Emma Bunton. In 2022, I finally made it to The Isle Of Man! This was crazy. My parents were here way back in 1972 on their honeymoon and they hadn’t been back since. I had never been either despite the fact that I grew up basically staring over at Read more about Backpacking In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲: Saving Money By Buspacking The Island[…]
The BVI. Beefy. Tortola. The British Virgin Islands. This was actually a very last minute spontaneous adventure, as I just needed to escape Europe to backpack the Caribbean in December 2021. I’m sure more of that will come in the forthcoming book series – I had no idea where life was heading and I left Read more about How To Get A Visa On Arrival On Beef Island🍖🥩🏝 , British Virgin Islands🇻🇬[…]
“Born to be wild” – Steppenwolf. Unfortunately the rhino is listed as an endangered species, even as recently as April 2023, it was in the news in an attempt to salvage this fine animal from extinction. On my travels I have been on over ten safaris, and over fifty animal related adventures. This doesn’t include Read more about Backpacking in Zambia🇿🇲: Walking With Wild Rhinos 🦏At Mosi-Oa-Tunya Game Park[…]
As always, I’ll never get time to write all the stories I want to write. I had a glance at my places slept and places visited list today and they are nowhere near updated – there are a lot of places I have been that I have never mentioned, nevermind written about. Officially, I’ve been Read more about Backpacking In England🏴: My Night At The Woughton House🏠Hotel🏨, Milton Keynes[…]
“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Manic Street Preachers. Sark – Europe’s Last Feudal State Sark is one of the coolest and most mindblowing places I have ever backpacked to. This is a mini country with its own island(s), borders, laws, prison, pub and even an international football team. Read more about The Day I Scored A Goal At The Home Of The World’s Worst International Football Team⚽[…]
“It all came so fast, champagne for breakfast” – Light. There are still over 2,000 unwritten blog posts even in this section alone, “Friday’s Featured Food”. Think about it – if you eat 3 meals a day and visit 218 countries, that’s almost 700 posts alone – even if you only spend one day in Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Champagne Breakfast On Sand Dunes At Sandwich Harbour, Namibia🇳🇦[…]