5 ‘Fake Countries’ to Visit When Backpacking the World
As travellers we visit a lot of countries, but it’s also nice to get out there and experience some places that are often called “countries” but yet they are not. It’s actually a huge topic…
The Day I…Got Naked🍌🙈In Antarctica🇦🇶!! (X-Rated)
I have been asked a few times “What is your most crazy or outrageous travel story?” and to be honest there are a few contenders, however being naked in the waters of Antarctica has to…
Thirsty Thursdays: Upper House Hotel: Drinking in One of the World’s Top 5 Hotels!!
As a cheapskate, budget traveller, backpacker etc. staying in hotels is not something I normally do or am used to. So tonight for my thirsty Thursday I thought I would change the scene a bit…
Working Wednesdays: Cauliflower Harvesting at Squeaking Point, Tasmania, Australia
Ah the joys of farming and the obscurity of place names. A phone call one night from my boss Hayley went something like this “Jonny, can you be at Squeaking Point for 7 am…
How To Backpack🎒Your Way To Antarctica🇦🇶!
Backpacking your way to Antarctica?? Are you serious? Yes! Antarctica is without doubt the most amazing place I have travelled to, to date. It really is like another world and anyone who has been there…
Postcards: The Lost Art of Travel?
One of my first travel memories was seeing a postcard come through our letterbox when I was a child in Bangor, Northern Ireland. As a kid, you ignore those boring brown or white envelopes and…
Backpacking in Argentina: Buenos Noches Buenos Aires
It was time to say Buenos Noches (goodnight) to Buenos Aires exactly this time last year in order for me to fly south down to Ushuaia – the world’s most southern “city” which is located…
Backpacking In Antarctica🇦🇶:Point Wild, Elephant Island
Named due to its shape, the eloquent Elephant Island leant its tusks to us just before we packed our Antarctic trunks and headed north again. This, then was the final part of my amazing Antarctic…
Backpacking in Antarctica🇦🇶: Neptune’s Window, Deception Island
It’s not the same sort of “window” we are used to, but this particular landmark was another of those amazing experiences on the world’s coldest continent Antarctica. The walk from the main bay at…
Backpacking In Antarctica🇦🇶: Touring Port Lockroy, The British🇬🇧Antarctic Base
Date – 11th November 2010 (remembrance day) Time – Between 10am – 12 noon Location – Port Lockroy, Goudier Island, Wiencke Islands, ANTARCTICA Position – 64o 49′ S, 63o 30′ W …