“I’d love to get you on a slow boat to China, all to myself alone” – Frank Loesser. How do you like to travel? Boat? Plane? Bus? Train? Car? Jeep? Joe Baxi? For me, it’s anyway I can and I love the whole aspect of travelling, just being out there seeing the world. I once wrote Read more about Top 10 Cruises From My Travels[…]
To celebrate my 99th country I toured Norway, it was a reader vote that sent me there so on route I made sure I dived back into Sweden for a couple a weeks and a few days in Denmark (and Christiania). Then it was time for Norway and I decided to do a hardcore week Read more about Backpacking in Norway: Top 8 Sights in Bergen[…]
My apologies to my Northern Macedonian friends for this hint of negativity but Ohrid will not be remembered too fondly by me. In complete contrast to Northern Macedonia’s pumpingly cool capital city, Skopje, the town of Ohrid sticks out as a horrible concrete jungle of a seaside resort trying to be more and more commercial Read more about Backpacking in Northern Macedonia: Bottom 10 Lowlights in Horrid Ohrid[…]
On my recent adventure backpacking in Northern Ireland I decided to hit up a few new spots and revisit some old ones so I can write about them in an up to date way and ensure that more of you get to see the beauty of Northern Ireland. One pretty village I had been to Read more about Backpacking in Northern Ireland: 9 Cool Things to Check Out in Ballintoy[…]
“In Penny Lane there is a barber showing photographs of every head he’s had the pleasure to know” – Lennon/McCartney You might have read some of my recent posts on my time backpacking through England, a country I know quite a bit about having studied and worked there some moons ago. I kind of love Read more about Backpacking in England: A Quick 5 Sights in Liverpool[…]
Are you planning your summer vacation, but feeling unsure as to where you should go? If so, know that you’re not alone. With so much choice worldwide, and such variation between locations, cultures, histories, foods, experiences, climates and more, it can be difficult to choose a destination. With this in mind, I’ve compiled five ultimate summer Read more about The Best Summer Getaways for Backpackers and Beach Lovers[…]
Tunisia was the location I chose for my 100th real life backpacking country. Tunisia was kind of the easy way out which I felt after the crazy first 99 countries, was what we needed. I didn’t want to stress over visas in such a short time frame after hitting up country 99 with Norway. I Read more about Backpacking in Tunisia: Top 6 Sights in Teboulba[…]
I’ll continue to type up the rest of my posts from Tunisia, despite the fact that in all honesty it is a dirty, over-rated and disorganised nation. So much so that our friends there and our couchsurfing hosts also admit that, and they dream of escaping their native land to earn money abroad. We toured Read more about Backpacking in Tunisia: Top 7 Sights in Mahdia[…]