On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
*Apologies this is a post I wrote in December 2013 in Iran but had problems uploading, so here it is. As the year comes to a close (in my calendar at least), I take a look at my top 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites from 2013. This has been an action packed year of travel Read more about My Top 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites of 2013[…]
It’s not really food but it is consumed – drugs this week, top 5. I’ve not much energy to type this and will get round to reflecting when I hopefully recover from this breakdown and wake up call. So I’ve not been neglecting the blog or been lazy or lacked stories (2,000 waiting to be Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Top 5 Drugs This Week[…]
Yes I really went to all these bars and backpacked through Northern Macedonia staying in Skopje and Ohrid, but the photos and videos were all lost so no photos sadly, except the one below which I uploaded as my draft cover photo for this post back in December 2014. One of my favourite cities in Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 12 Bars, Cafes or Restaurants I Visited in Skopje, Northern Macedonia🇲🇰[…]
Most of them are colorful, they are just too cool to miss, others add a tantalizing experience and yet others open new realms in the technological world, more importantly the skill and knowledge gained by using these tools is outstanding. They are my top backpacking travel gadgets! Whether you are making your way by plane, train, Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: 10 Cool Travel Gadgets For Backpacking[…]
People often ask me where my favourite city is and to be truthful about it – it changes all the time and I never really have a set answer – it’s just not possible to give the same answer. It depends on who I’m with, how I’m feeling, where I am, what I’m reminiscing on Read more about My Top 10 Cities From My First 100 Countries[…]
Thanks to you all for voting and confirming my destiny on this 99 country journey which meant I had to make it to Norway in February before my 100th country adventure to Tunisia. This was an easier border crossing than most and I chose train to be my way to enter my 99th country. I’m Read more about World Borders: Crossing from Sweden into Norway for My 99th Country (Gothenburg to Oslo Train)[…]
People often ask me where my favourite village is and to be truthful about it – the answer changes all the time and I never really have a set number one or top 10 – it’s just not possible to give the same answer all the time. It depends on who I’m with, how I’m feeling, where Read more about My Top 10 Villages From My First 100 Countries[…]
People often ask me where my favourite town is and to be truthful about it – the answer changes all the time and I never really have a set number one or top 10 – it’s just not possible to give the same answer all the time. It depends on who I’m with, how I’m feeling, where Read more about My Top 10 Towns From My First 100 Countries[…]
As we travel to countries torn apart by war (past or current), let’s not forget that football is the people’s game, the one happy medium from my journeys through a century of countries. Football brings the people together and in most cases, it acts as some kind of peaceful entity between people. Anyone who has Read more about My Top 10 Football Stadiums From My First 100 Countries[…]
The Basque Country is a place that has always interested me. Officially part of the Kingdom of Spain, however this is a country with its own language, flag and ways of life. I decided to head to the city of Donostia to check it out. Donostia is the name in the local language, to the Read more about Backpacking in The Basque Country: Top 10 Sights in Donostia (San Sebastian)[…]