On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
The capital city of Bahrain is Manama, and while this is where most people live and where the country’s main offices, banks and shops are, it’s the rest of Bahrain that offers the more backpacker friendly sights. There is a price to pay though – to be frank, public transport is excrement here and in Read more about Backpacking in Bahrain🇧🇭: Top 5 Sights Outside Manama[…]
On my return back to Europe after over three months in Asia and the Middle East, it was time for a nice relaxed, easy option – a hotel close to the airport. I normally plump for city centre hotels, but this was a brilliant change as I was tired from my flight and I had Read more about Staying at the Park Inn by Radisson Near Copenhagen Airport, Denmark🇩🇰[…]
The latest in my backpacking buddies series is a good friend of mine, who goes back a long way but yet we lost touch for a bit and met up again once in 2014 (first time in 5 years) and again in 2015 in London. Joe “Jody” Casey lived with me in four different flats, Read more about Backpacking Buddies: Joe Casey from Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland[…]
Another crazy world border crossing, a reunion and a country some of you might not have heard of. While backpacking in Sweden, I decided to head across the border into the Royal Republic of Ladonia with my friend Daniel Evans. This was yet another insane journey – you might have read about some of my previous adventures Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Sweden🇸🇪to The Royal Republic of Ladonia (Nimis)🟩⬜[…]
After getting my Bahrain Visa on arrival, I headed straight to my home for the next few days – the Hotel Ibis Seef Manama. This is the only Ibis Hotel in Bahrain, and as a fan of Ibis Hotels, I was really excited about this one. I also stayed at Ibis Hotels in Sharq Kuwait Read more about Staying at the Ibis Seef Manama in Bahrain🇧🇭[…]
“A La La La La Long. A La La La La Long Long Li Long Long Long” – Inner Circle. The biggest difference between Bangladesh’s capital city of Dhaka and the second biggest beast, Chittagong, for me was the sightseeing. Dhaka is more about experience, as the main sights are scattered all over the monstrous city. It’s Read more about Backpacking in Bangladesh🇧🇩: Top 14 Sights in Chittagong[…]
If I thought Dhaka was manic, then Chittagong topped it. After a crazy night train (which became a 16 hour train and was supposed to be 7/8hours) from Dhaka to Chittagong, I was in need of a decent hotel on arrival in Chittagong. I didn’t bother booking anything in advance – Bangladesh is still off Read more about Backpacking in Bangladesh🇧🇩: Staying at the Golden Inn in Chittagong[…]
It was a week of the “BA”s and what a contrast they were: BAngladesh and BAhrain. While I got my Bangladesh Visa in Hong Kong, the Bahrain process for me was on arrival, and a tad smoother. But I thought you’d all like to know how to get a Bahrain Visa on Arrival at the International Read more about How to get a Bahrain🇧🇭Visa on Arrival at Muharraq Island International Airport[…]
“I want to turn you on, turn you up, figure you out, I want to take you on.” – R.E.M. First up, I got to tell ya: Dhaka is an absolute beast. This is a monster with a vivacious intense hard-working mentality of never ending motion. I don’t believe it and you won’t. But here we Read more about Backpacking in Bangladesh🇧🇩: Top 6 Sights in Old Dhaka[…]
Bangladesh punches above its weight, it pulls you in and turns your world upside down, inside out. The only sanity in the country could indeed be your hotel room and I loved it. Close your door on the world away from the madness of bustling, non-stop street-life of Bangladesh. And pick a good one. Dhaka Read more about Staying at the Nagar Valley Hotel in Uttara Near Dhaka, Bangladesh🇧🇩[…]