“Are teenage dreams so hard to beat? Everytime she walks down the street” – The Undertones. Peel, well it took me a while to unpeel this one. Whether it was orange peel, John Peel, The Undertones or the Isle Of Man one, I was ready to backpack to this western city on this marvellous island…
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Here I was, 203 countries deep into my wacaday adventure around the world and I was finally in The Isle of Man!! This lesser ventured country is the fifth closest country to my home country of Northern Ireland yet it took me until July 2022 to finally make it here. I set about reminiscing, glory hunting,…
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Planning a getaway to Sevierville, Tennessee, offers a mix of adventure, relaxation, and educational opportunities. Nestled in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains, this vibrant town provides plenty of options for groups seeking memorable experiences. Sevierville is home to various activities catering to diverse interests, including engaging exhibits about the wonders of the ocean.…
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“And do they have to know about my goodnight girl” – Wet Wet Wet. There are a few crazy things about Castries and my time in Saint Lucia. It’s another country where I backpacked three different parts over three days and never really wrote about much about it. It’s a small island country, that seems…
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“Come on we’ll go to Windsor, watch the boys in emerald green” – Stewart McAfee (later GAWA). Let’s get the nuts part out of the way first. Dominica is pure class, a real lovely country, a true travel gem. And remember the name of this country – DOMINICA. It is NOT Dominican, Dominika, Dominican Republic…
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“You should never fight your feelings. You have to follow nature’s law” – Embrace. I arrived into Dominica a little later than expected and it was really a crazy few days of whackpacking travel in December 2021. Here is why – I was backpacking in Dominica during the pandemic, after some truly personal struggles and…
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“The courtyard of my heart seems lonely” – Band Baaja Baaraat (song – Mitre). In a lot of countries, and cities I am in, I do love a quirky random pub visit – often I like to visit the oldest pub in a city. I have managed to do this in quite a few places…
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“Everyone’s changing; I stay the same” – The Corrs (2004). Sentimental journeys are no stranger to my wandering heart or backpack. Neil Finn said it long before I rode my weary soul onto the streets of Bournemouth Town in 1994…my first trip to the iconic seaside town…10 years later I’d be working in a bar…
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“All along the waterfall with you; my brown eyed girl” – Van Morrison. As of 2025, I have officially been fource (four times) to The Caribbean, if I’m counting islands only (2011, 2014, 2021, 2022) and two of those were both over Christmas and New Year when COVID began. It became a thing to go…
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This page aims to give a list of the places I have been with green ticks for the ones I have visited followed by the year I first visited. I am still updating this, but most of this is true as of March 2026. Apologies for the missing flags, will get them added when I…
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