I said my goodbyes to Romania, with 4 bottles of cognac in my bag, and made my way on the night bus to Sophia, Bulgaria. I didn’t really know what to expect to be honest, after the surprising beauty of Bucharest and the grittiness of Chisin...
The main sight in Odessa, Ukraine is without doubt the catacombs just outside the city. My lonely planet guide (Europe on a shoestring) had not only missed out on these catacombs, but also the whole bloody city, so I’m here to save the day....
I’m always excited to visit a new capital city, but I was even more delighted to visit this bad boy because one of my good friends Ian from BorderlessTravels was joining me for the next 3 weeks. First up, let me say these are in order of t...
My plan to visit every country in Europe in 2012 should have involved a lot of planning, but it hasn’t. It involved Microsoft paint, a map of Europe and a red line. With that in mind, my first stop in Ukraine was Lviv, in the west. Much lik...
Belarus has been good to me, with an awesome couchsurfing experience, a splattering of UNESCO World Heritage sites, cute girls and delicious food. I hadn’t planned to come to Western Belarus but after I’d heard about Brest Fortress I had my...
I’m loving backpacking in Belarus so far, it’s certainly the cheapest European country I’ve ever been too, the sun is shining and I seem to be going to UNESCO world heritage sites every day. Today it’s a trip to Nyasvizh, another easy day t...
The highlight of my trip to Lithuania and one of the most impressive religious sites I’ve ever come across, the Hill of Crosses, near Siauliai. The site is a centre of religious pilgrimage for the whole country and while naturally it starte...
A great day trip from Vilnius is to Trakai, only about 20km away. When I new I was coming to the Baltics (Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania) I was expecting some pretty impressive castles, I mean the type that Rapunzel throws her hair from, the...
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Cyprus UPDATED APRIL 2020. Cyprus, 1 of 49 countries in Europe, and the third-largest island in the Mediterranean is quite difficult to define. Half the island is under rule from the Greek Cypriot government a...
If you’re staying in a hostel in Beijing, chances are it’ll be around the city centre, hopefully walking distance from these two iconic areas in Beijing. I’m typing this from my hostel, 400m from Tiananmen, sitting in the 6th floor bar, sta...
Seeing the Great Wall of China from Beijing is the easiest way to see one of the 7 wonders of the world. I BLOGGED EXACTLY HOW TO DO THAT HERE. One of the most visited sights in the world, and the icon of China. The Great Wall is absolutely...
This was written from an amazing hostel, at the foot of a 200 foot karst mountain, on the shore Li Jang river awestruck by the scenery in front of me. Yangshou, you are something special… Yangshou is a small town next to Guilin in Gua...
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