As a budget traveller and nomadic Ulsterman I find myself loving skyscrapers and vantage points over towns and cities. Having grown up in a town where the highest building was a church and anything over 3 storeys looked out of place, it’s incredible to be able to go dozens of floors high on lifts and Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Free Views of City Skylines[…]
I often get asked about Europe and why I haven’t written much about my own continent for a while. The real answer is that all my travels in Europe were 2003 – 2009. In the last 4 years I’ve had less than 2 weeks travelling in Europe! This makes it my LEAST travelled continent in Read more about Top 5 Cities I Miss From Europe![…]
Right you’ve probably read some of my Monday’s Money Saving Tips and are thinking, surely this guy doesn’t only do budget stuff. You’d be right. I’m a hypocrite like the rest of the world!! I sometimes stay in a decent hotel (once in a blue moon I may add), I often buy a beer outside Read more about Top 6 Ways to Save TIME When You Travel![…]
If you travel a lot, like me, you’ll end up taking a load of flights to save time, but it doesn’t always save you money if you don’t go about it the right way. With 7 continents and 70 countries under my belt now, I’m here to bring you my top tips for booking cheaper Read more about My Top 8 Tips for Booking Cheap Flights[…]
My trip to La Paz in Bolivia ranks highly (pun intended) when it comes to thinking about the most inspiring cities I’ve been to. La Paz is the world’s highest capital city, and therefore is also the capital of Bolivia. I just LOVED the whole quirkiness of lofty La Paz. It’s a city like no Read more about Backpacking in Bolivia: My Top 5 Things to do in La Paz[…]
I did a random rant before about how this is my journey and I will go wherever I want. You sometimes feel the need to get things off your chest, and so here’s my second random rant on here. One thing that drives me mad and annoys me is seeing fellow travellers write things like Read more about Random Rant: I Hate Bucket Lists!![…]
I’m very well qualified to bring you this post today, as I spent a whopping SIX years living in the English seaside town of Bournemouth. While my time in Bournemouth came to an abrupt but needed end in 2009, my memories of the town and its suburbs will linger forever. Rather than bore anyone out Read more about Top 5 Things to do in Bournemouth, Dorset, England[…]
When people think of Hong Kong they often think of the typical stereotypes associated with this global location – huge skyscrapers, office blocks, people in long queues, traffic jams, a busy commercial city. But in actual fact that view of Hong Kong is just one of many faces this country has to offer, yes I Read more about Visiting Tai O Fishing Village, Lantau Island, Hong Kong[…]