On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
Backpacking in Lithuania in wintertime is ice cool. Less icy tourists about, fresh cold weather and some chilling sights to see without crackloads of tourists. I looked up a few hostels and hotels in the capital city of Vilnius and decided to stay at Litinterp Guesthouse. I had already had a cosy hostel experience in Read more about Staying at Litinterp Guesthouse in Old Town Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]
Northern Ireland is brimming with undiscovered towns like Coleraine. The locals know them. Travellers sadly pass in and out too quickly to get a grasp of what they offer. Ignore the fact that Coleraine is simply a transport hub for the tourist sights on the North Coast, give the town at least a day and Read more about Backpacking in Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️: Top 10 Sights in Coleraine[…]
In my ongoing World Borders series this time I report on how to get from Bulgaria to Northern Macedonia. I based myself in the capital city of Sofia just before heading across the border – you should aim to stay in the 10 Coins Hostel there – one of my favourite ever hostels. From Sofia, Read more about World Borders: How to Get from Bulgaria🇧🇬to Northern Macedonia🇲🇰(Sofia to Skopje bus)[…]
“Let’s all meet up in the year 2000, won’t it be strange when we’re all fully grown?” – Jarvis Cocker, Pulp It will be strange, you can bet your life on it. But it’s something you should try and do. Don’t forget the past, don’t let it slip to the point of extinction. I don’t Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: On That Damp and Lonely Thursday Years Ago[…]
I arrived into Lithuania and decided to hang out in the city of Kaunas the first few days. I had a quick look online for hostels and the one which shot out the most was the Monk’s Bunk. This was the very first hostel to open in Kaunas! Kaunas is a very under-rated city and Read more about Staying at the Monk’s Bunk Hostel in Kaunas, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]
Romania is a fantastic bloodsucking destination for any bloodsucker. As a long term nomadic bloodsucker I headed to the bloodsucking heart of Transylvania for an adventure in vampirial culture. Inspired of course by Irish Writer Bram Stoker who rose to fame after his novels on Dracula. I had already toured the far north in Bucovina, Read more about Bloodsucking🦷🩸In Romania🇷🇴: Visiting Bran Castle🏰Transylvania (AKA Dracula’s🧛Castle)[…]
Backpacking in Moldova is pure bliss. You’ll visit places like Butuceni, Orheiul Vechi and Chisinau and realise that there are no other tourists in sight and you’ll love it. When in the remote village of Butuceni, I stumbled upon the only hotel and spa complex in this tiny village, Butuceni Eco Resort. I met the Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Zeama in Butuceni, Moldova🇲🇩[…]
Do you know what? I’m simply going to bars now so that I can write about them. It used to be I’d go because I wanted a beer. Instead what I am doing in new cities and towns is I look up a minimum of 5 bars I want to visit during my few days Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 5 Bars In Kaunas, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]
You might have followed my World Borders series the last few years. Basically having crossed over 100 land and sea borders down the years, I have managed to type about 40 of these into articles. Then recently I started working with fellow travellers Kali Kucera and Lorraine Caputo to bring together a book including every Read more about World Borders: New Book on Crossing Borders in South America[…]
My recent travels in Northern Ireland have proved something to me – you can travel in your home country and love it, and get surprised by it. After my adventures on the north coast of Northern Ireland, I returned to my home town of Bangor, which is in County Down, just 12 miles from Belfast Read more about One of the Last Customers to Stay in the Windsor Inn, Royal Hotel, Bangor, Northern Ireland☘️🔴✋[…]