Category: Regular Features

On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!

Interview with Ron Hands

Interview with 83 Year Old Blogger Ron Hands in Southbourne, Dorset, England: Author of ‘Growing Up With War’

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“Bring a smile. It’s a winner.” – Ron Hands, 2016. If nothing on this site ever inspires you, perhaps this one can. It was a joy, privilege, and honour to meet up with, interview and sink beer with Ron Hands. Ron is an 83 year old blogger and can tell a story or too. Ron Read more about Interview with 83 Year Old Blogger Ron Hands in Southbourne, Dorset, England: Author of ‘Growing Up With War’[…]

Stroking Crocodiles at Kachikally Pool, Bakau, The Gambia

Stroking Crocodiles🐊 at Kachikally Pool, Bakau, The Gambia🇬🇲

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“There goes the fear. There it goes.” – The Doves. When you leave your hometown gloriously behind, these are the days you live for. The idea of stroking and touching a fully alive, awake and undrugged crocodile had me buzzing. There’s no time for any scaredy cat nonsense here. You run on adrenalin and you Read more about Stroking Crocodiles🐊 at Kachikally Pool, Bakau, The Gambia🇬🇲[…]

Friday’s Featured Food: Barbecued Fish and Flag Beer on N’Gor Beach, Dakar, Senegal🇸🇳

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When your life takes you to a gorgeous beach miles from your hometown, with barely another tourist in sight, with ice cold local beer, kids playing football and the best barbecued fish you’ve ever had, you can’t help but think to yourself “what a wonderful world”. And for once in life, it was all the Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Barbecued Fish and Flag Beer on N’Gor Beach, Dakar, Senegal🇸🇳[…]

Watching Belly Dancing in Restaurant Farid, Dakar, Senegal

Thirsty Thursdays: Watching Belly Dancing in Restaurant Farid, Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳

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As a bit of a treat on my last few nights in Senegal, I was invited to a night of belly dancing, drinks and Lebanese style hospitality in the heart of downtown Dakar. Thanks to the fact I was staying just around the corner at the Hotel Baraka, I was told by the manager Kat Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Watching Belly Dancing in Restaurant Farid, Dakar, Senegal 🇸🇳[…]

My Five Star Paradise: Living It Up at the Coco Ocean Resort and Spa, The Gambia

My Five Star Paradise: Living It Up🍹at the Coco Ocean Resort🏝️and Spa, The Gambia🇬🇲

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“Happiness lies in your own hands.” – Madonna. At some point, this lunatic journey around the planet will reach a peak. From which zenith, it will continue back down the same hill I climbed up and I know I’ll look back with pride and tell you all how much fun it has been travelling around Read more about My Five Star Paradise: Living It Up🍹at the Coco Ocean Resort🏝️and Spa, The Gambia🇬🇲[…]

Staying at the Banana Lodge Apartments in Brufut Village, The Gambia

Staying at the Banana🍌Lodge Apartments in Brufut Village, The Gambia🇬🇲

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My journey to Senegal and the Gambia included lots of moving around. I was out here on the #MSMLostLuggage Challenge, without any backpacks or luggage on a lunatic mission by Money Supermarket.com. For my last two nights in the Gambia, I stayed in an excellent enclosed apartment complex right in the middle of a traditional Read more about Staying at the Banana🍌Lodge Apartments in Brufut Village, The Gambia🇬🇲[…]

Working Wednesdays: Churning Compost with Good Gym at the Skip Garden, London, England

Working Wednesdays: Churning Compost with Good Gym at the Skip Garden, London, England

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As a backlog of jobs and working experiences builds up in my zany lifestyle, I felt the need to jot this one down while it’s fresh in my memory. Two weeks ago when I arrived back in London, England I was hanging out with long term friend, busy body, overall good guy and the best Read more about Working Wednesdays: Churning Compost with Good Gym at the Skip Garden, London, England[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawl in Munich With Size Matters Beer Tours

Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawl in Munich, Bavaria🇩🇪With Size Matters Beer Tours

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At the ripe old age of 36, having just celebrated my birthday in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, I finally landed in Munich, the heart of Bavaria. Yes, city 801 on my hitlist fell to Munich, Bavaria, Germany. What’s so special about Munich? Well apart from nudist parks in the city centre and the spooky beginnings of Hitler Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawl in Munich, Bavaria🇩🇪With Size Matters Beer Tours[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Some Kind of Bliss? My Secret Adventure is Less Than a Week Away

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“I’ve been chasing rainbows all my life” – Rick Witter. I have hinted the last few weeks that I am heading on a secret adventure, it will be to a country in Africa and I will be leaving in less than a week from an airport in London. I’m on tour with MoneySupermarket.com on a Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Some Kind of Bliss? My Secret Adventure is Less Than a Week Away[…]