On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
Visas in hand for Tajikistan and Gorno Badakhshan (ye-ha!), it was on with the show, the reality show. After arriving in Tajikistan and checking into Marian’s Guesthouse, I was ready to explore this less-ventured country and I started things off in the capital city, Dushanbe. Dushanbe translates as “Monday” and is a booming city with Read more about Backpacking in Tajikistan🇹🇯: A Guided Tour of Dushanbe, on a Monday![…]
My latest travels took me to the rocking city of Bishkek, where I met a fellow intrepid traveller called Nate Jacobs in the Apple Hostel. Nate and I toured some of the city together, had a couple of nights out and also headed to Ruh Ordo and the Petroglyphs at Cholpon Ata. Check out Nate’s Read more about Backpacking Buddies: Nate Jacobs from USA[…]
“There’s silence in the air, there’s silence in the ground. A presence moving through the rivers in the moonlight. Desolation all around. The wind blows through abandoned buildings, photos scattered on the floors, possessions of a vanished population. Safe haven for my soul.” – Tim Wheeler (Ash) Of course, it wasn’t the song from my favourite Northern Irish Read more about Backpacking in Ukraine🇺🇦: Chernobyl☢️Tour Part 7 – The Abandoned City of Pripyat, Top 10 “Sights”[…]
The latest in my World Travellers series is Ben Prosser From Modern Travelling. Ben is a top English lad who could also have featured in my Backpacking Buddies series in fact as we were out in Brazil together in 2014 and stayed in the same hostel in Iguacu during the 2014 World Cup. Ben is Read more about World Travellers: Ben Prosser From Modern Travelling[…]
I had heard about a food called Lagman and never tried it until 2015, strangely I’ve now eaten it about 10 times! At the Almaty Backpackers in Almaty Kazakhstan, my hosts here Ginara and Rahat cooked it for us on the last night before I crossed the border into Kyrgyzstan. There was myself and Oliver from England Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Lagman in Almaty, Kazakhstan[…]
I have met so many people from almost every country in the world in the years since I left my hometown, that I want to interview and feature as many of you as I can. All the backpacking buddies I have toured with, roomed with, eaten with, drank with, crossed borders with, sat on night buses Read more about Backpacking Buddies: Pol Klusa from Belgium[…]
Almaty is a massive city, spreading far and wide in its elevation beneath the mountains of southern Kazakhstan. At first, finding a bar seemed like a difficult task for the walking backpacker. So I used my maps and advice from the staff at the Almaty Backpackers hostel and soon I knew I was able to Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 5 Bars in Almaty, Kazakhstan[…]
The latest in my World Travellers series is Paul from A Luxury Travel Blog. Paul is a highly experienced traveller and looks at a different niche from myself. While I search for the cheapest beer, the easiest city to get a visa in and the least attended hostel dorm, Paul is writing about the luxury side Read more about World Travellers: Paul from A Luxury Travel Blog[…]
On my journeys down the years I have backpacked through more places than I can remember. While I keep an actual list of all those towns, cities and villages, I know there are those that I will forget until I check that list again. Some people start off as backpackers and then become suitcase travellers. With Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Introducing My New Rucksack – An Osprey Aether 70[…]
The fact that Lviv Ukraine is brimmed full of wacky themed bars is enough to make any keen pub go-er enjoy this thriving nationalistic city with some style and panache. And let me tell you, it ain’t no glammed up pretentious place either. Italians, leave your Ferraris behind; mainland Brits, forget trying to be a Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 5 Bars in Lviv, Ukraine[…]