On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
“There we were; now here we are” – Noel Gallagher. After a wild month, which was supposed to be a quiet one (March 2024), saw me visit Poland, Italy, Romania, Moldova, Gagauzia, Belgium, Morocco, Cameroon and Gabon, I ended up landing in São Tome, capital of São Tome And Principe. I was tired but got Read more about Backpacking In São Tome And Principe 🇸🇹: A Random Visit To Bobo Forro – Top 4 Sights[…]
March 2024 saw me finally arrive in Gagauzia. My oh my what a journey! This is a fully autonomous republic in eastern Europe, which borders Moldova. I crossed the border by marshrutka from Chisinau in Moldova to Comrat in Gagauzia. Comrat is the capital city of Gagauzia and I toured the city’s top 12 sights. Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Hot Kaurma And Shurpa Stew At Boulevard Cafe, Comrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥[…]
“Laughing at the stoney face of gloom when your turn comes round” – Neil Finn. This was a wild one. Life doesn’t get any easier; backpacking doesn’t get any more fun; travel blogging doesn’t get any cooler. This is actually as good as it gets without any need for me to retire, for now. I Read more about Backpacking in São Tomé and Príncipe🇸🇹: My Journey To The Exact Centre Of The World at Ilheu Das Rolas[…]
“Oh my starry eyed surprise, sundown to sunrise, dance all night, we’re gonna dance all night, dance all night to this DJ” – Paul Oakenfold. First up, I wasn’t even meant to be in Gabon. I need a visa for Gabon as a Northern Irish citizen, and even after booking connecting flights in a frenzy, Read more about Backpacking In Gabon🇬🇦: How I Fluked A Visa On Arrival🛂As A Birthday Surprise In Libreville[…]
“I follow the Moskva down to Gorky Park” – Scorpions. On a brave spring day in March 2024, I celebrated an odd moment of freedom here, actually on a glory day. 26th March 2024 to be exact. This was my day of freedom from the world and the disasters of the previous 10 years. And Read more about Backpacking In Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥: Top 12 Sights In Comrat, The Capital[…]
The latest in my World Travellers series is Carrie Riseley, who is a long term traveller and writer. Her books are available online here http://carriestravelbooks.weebly.com so now it is time for her interview! Who are you? I am a travel author. I’m in my 30s and have been travelling since I was 18. I’ve always Read more about World Travellers: Carrie Riseley Travel Author[…]
“Shouting at the world you’ll never change. But it’s what’s inside, you’ve got to rearrange” – Andy Cairns. A 2014 Jonny Blair once shone his light on perky Moldova 🇲🇩. It was November 2014 when I first crossed by nighttrain into the extraordinary world of Moldova. Memories aplenty, and there did it all go wrong? Read more about World Borders: How To Get From Chisinau, Moldova🇲🇩To Komrat, Gagauzia🟦⬜️⭐️🟥[…]
“Would you stay on standby? Because I need another alibi” – Shed Seven. Whackpacking at São Tomé away probably changed my life; again. Well, firstly there was my excellent Writer’s Lair at Casa De Ferias with my host Bernilda, and almost getting stranded in Africa again. I got through it and returned to the calm Read more about Backpacking in São Tomé and Príncipe 🇸🇹: Top 4 Sights In Trinidade[…]
When travelling in Senegal in May 2016, I was not backpacking there. I was there as part of a Money Supermarket lost luggage challenge and therefore, I had NO luggage. It was a 12 day adventure which took me from Dean Court to Dakar! I attended AFC Bournemouth v. West Bromwich Albion in the Premier Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Bissap Juice And Tieboudienne At Chez Ndioufa, Dakar, Senegal🇸🇳[…]
“Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son” – Iron Maiden. I wrote about some musical backpacking sights of London before. On that trip I backpacked Pulp, Oasis, The Clash, The Beatles and Iron Maiden. Sadly the day I visited Iron Maiden, the pub of their birthplace, was shut for renovation. I was there on 1st January Read more about Visiting The Birthplace Of Iron Maiden🤘🎸🛡️🧲⛓️⚔️: Cart And Horses, London, England🏴[…]