Just cos you’re in Europe doesn’t mean backpacking is always easy. I’ve been fighting for visas across the world for years, and getting a visa for Belarus is no different. You can get your Belarus visa in Estonia though, here’s how: 1) Th...
I’ve not only waved a temporary goodbye to Scandinavia, but also my two good buddies who took the trans Siberian train with me, so it’s onwards into Eastern Europe all alone… Looking back at my time in Finland, I feel so happy about the thi...
I don’t like to follow people’s paths, I always have a burning desire to blaze my own trail, to find my own way to when I subscribed to taking the Trans Siberian railroad from China to Russia, 1/3 of the way around the world, I knew I had t...
The Trans Siberian is something every true traveler has on their bucket list. I loved the adventure and I wrote this as I was about to jump on the train to Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia. It took quite a lot of work, and a fair chunk o...
I’ve discussed what a visa run is before (so if you don’t know, click the link), and thanks to my indefinite travel plans I seem to be constantly bordering hopping! Last week I had to get an extra couple of weeks stamped into my passport so...
Getting a Kazakhstani visa in Bangkok isn’t too difficult but you do need to do a few different things. Ok let’s have a look: Where is the Kazakhstan embassy in Bangkok? The nearest BTS stop is Pleonchit, so jump out there and it’s a 5 minu...
The Canary Islands explained; Are the Canary Islands A Country? Time for another geography lesson folks! As someone obsessed with countries since spending 10 years visiting all 197 of them, places like the Canary Islands are confusing, are...
How To Do Your Thai visa extension in Bangkok UPDATE MAY 2024: It’s easy to Extend Thai Visa in Bangkok. To extend your Thailand tourist visa, you just need the correct documents, to go to the right place, at the right time, and pay the ri...
What is a Visa Run? I’m writing this sitting on a local bus to Cambodia from Bangkok on a ‘visa run’. Basically, a visa run is a trip you have to take in order to remain in a country where you’re visa is soon to expire. So you have to leave...
Crossing countries by land is a cool thing to do, crossing continents? Even cooler! Here’s a quick look at escaping Europe and heading into Africa without taking a flight. If your heart is set on arriving in Africa by boat (and let’s...
This is just a quick post about visiting Burma/Myanmar while you’re in South East Asia – because the embassy proved quite elusive to me over the last few days, so I’m gonna share what I’ve learned! There are only two countries in the region...
How to Take the Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok Train UPDATE SEPTEMBER 2021: You’re backpacking through Asia on a budget and you don’t want to fly right? Travelling overland is much more ‘real’ travel anyway. Ok so you want to know how...
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