Am I too old to travel?

Am I too old to travel? My first reaction to the title statement is one of utter derision – I’m someone who resents being told I can’t do something, and I certainly don’t feel too old to do anything! Mark Twain said “Age is an issue o...

The 5 Best Clubs in Istanbul

The 5 Best Clubs in Istanbul What’s backpacking without a debaucherous behaviour now and then eh? With that in mind, after getting your teeth sunk into the cultural side of Turkey with their 10 Unesco World Heritage Sites, and their hot air...

The Canary Islands explained; Are the Canary Islands A Country?

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 Climb Mount Teide, the highest mountain in Spain

How to Climb Mount Teide, the highest mountain in Spain What is the highest mountain in Spain, I hear you ask? Well, it is Mount Teide. But it’s on the Canary Islands, not the Spanish mainland! (Mulhacén, at 3479 is the highest on the...

Top 10 Things to See in Western Australia

Top 10 Things to See in Western Australia When people backpacking in Australia all you hear about is the trip down the east coast – Sydney, Cairns, Whitsundays etc and while that is undoubtedly awesome there’s more to see in Australia. In f...

Backpacking in Malta: Top 6 things to see in Malta

100 km south of Sicily, Italy Malta is the sort of island country where people seem to live forever. The country is actually made up of three islands (Gozo and Comino) where Malta is the largest. With Malta being accessible by boat,...

Tuesday’s Travel Rant: Just getting drunk EVERWHERE

I love to party, love it. In fact, I’ve been accused of loving it a little to much, but that’s ok. We’re only young once, so we gotta enjoy ourselves as much as possible, right? Right. But we have to draw a line somewhere, and that somewher...

The 10 UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Turkey

In preparation for my trip to Turkey next year I thought I better do some research at the awesome things I’m going to find there. I discovered that there are 10 UNESCO world heritage sites in Turkey, behind only China, India and Iran in all...

2 Days in Berlin; A Cheap and Easy Berlin Itinerary

2 Days in Berlin; A Cheap and Easy Berlin Itinerary Berlin is a massive city, and it’s pretty tough to squeeze it all into a couple of days but us hardcore backpackers need to undertake a spot of speed-tourism now and again to keep costs do...

Top 5 Things to Do in the Dominican Republic

Everyone knows the Dominican Republic offers crazy high-end resorts, all-inclusive package deals and plenty of fat Americans but if you find yourself on this island paradise with a bit of effort you can see the other side of this ver...

Top 5 Destinations in Cuba

Cuba – famous for Che, big cigars, cracking rum and package holidays. I’m a big fan of delving deep into the first 3 but package holidays really aren’t my thing. The resorts are strewn across the (very beautiful) Northern beaches but if you...

What’s It Like To Work in the Middle East? Q&A

Ever though about moving to Dubai? Dreaming of a tax free life and saving some real cash? Lots of people I come across talk about it so I thought I’d give you guys the lo down! So, if you’re interested in what it’s like to...