On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
I finally arrived in Comoros in July 2025! It was the third country of my Rainy Summertime tour and my 235th recognised country on this whackpacking odyssey on a ball. What Is Comoros? What are Comoro Islands? It’s actually a bit similar to the whole British Isles, Britain, Great Britain, United Kingdom argument and there Read more about How To Get A Comoros🇰🇲Visa On Arrival At Hahaya International Airport[…]
As part of my Rainy Summertime tour in 2025, I made The Maldives my first proper port of call. In advance of your visit to The Maldives, you need to get a The Maldives Traveller Declaration form, on that link I have already explained how to get that. This means that tourists visiting The Maldives Read more about How To Get A The Maldives🇲🇻Visa On Arrival At Male International Airport[…]
“I ain’t got no time for no monkey business” – Freddie Mercury. After a horrific time trying to get out of The Maldives through India and Ethiopia, I never thought I’d actually make it to Zanzibar, which was supposed to be new country two on the Rainy Summertime tour. In the end, I had 6 Read more about Backpacking In Zanzibar: Staying At Bottoms Up Backpackers In Stone Town, Unguja Island[…]
“It’s not yours India, hands off” – Don’t Stop Living. Who countrifies an ocean? Seriously! And the answer is INDIA.🇮🇳Nutheads. The only country in the world to countrify an ocean and claim it as theirs is INDIA – well it’s not yours. Hands off, India. I am renaming it The Africalasian Ocean to decountrify it Read more about India Countrified The Indian Ocean🌊: I Have Now De-Countrified It To Africalasian Ocean🌊[…]
I fell in love with the mix of Indian Paneer (mostly the spicy ones) and Indian Lassi (either mango or natural) when backpacking India away in 2016. I had never really eaten paneer nor drank Lassi before then (that I knew of). Since then, I often delved into Lassi and Paneer at any Indian restaurants. Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Spicy Paneer, Naan and Lassi At The Famous Moti Mahal Restaurant in Male, The Maldives🇲🇻[…]
“Don’t believe the hype” – Everyone Sensible Who Ever Backpacked Maafushi. To be honest, I didn’t have any real plans, dreams, hopes or inspirations before I finally landed in The Maldives in July 2025, for the first time ever. And probably the last time, as I’m just not into repeats any more, unless they are Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: Top 10 Sights On Maafushi Island[…]
“Kings Of Lyon” – GAWA, 2016. The city of Lyon will live long in the memories of Northern Ireland football fans, the GAWA, after the team’s tremendous and surprising 2-0 win over Ukraine there in Euro 2016, Northern Ireland’s debut Euro tournament. So get your Lyon Airport Transfers sorted and head to this ace city Read more about Backpacking In France: Top 6 Sights In Lyon[…]
When backpacking 🎒 in The Maldives, swankaday resorts often serve up textbook global buffets and the streets of Male have a wide range of Indian, Chinese and Italian restaurants. But I just needed to try something local and preferably an interesting fish or seafood dish. I mean The Maldives is world famous for ice Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Maldivian Breakfast At Go Meal Restaurant, Male, The Maldives🇲🇻[…]
Stuff a 40-litre pack, lace up your dusty Merrells, and board that red-eye from LAX—South America’s famed Gringo Trail is calling. Whether you’re ticking off surf breaks in Máncora, sand-boarding in Huacachina, or conquering Dead Woman’s Pass on the Inca Trail, a dependable data connection is now as essential as Diamox and duct tape. Read more about Following the Gringo Trail: How the best eSIM for Peru Keeps Backpackers Connected from Lima to Machu Picchu[…]
In The Maldives, I ended up backpacking 4 islands. I could have done more in 4 days, which almost ran into Day 5, but this was enough for me, and enough of The Maldives, for this lifetime. The fourth and final island in my The Maldives tour was Maafushi. It promised so much yet Read more about Backpacking In The Maldives🇲🇻: My Stay At Chao Guest House, Maafushi Island[…]