Howdy all and welcome to Sunday’s thoughtful post on travel and why we should look to travel again. I’m feeling somewhat jealous seeing that in some parts of the world people are off travelling here and there. For here in Australia – to be more exact Victoria – to be even more precise, Melbourne, can’t …
Howdy all – Thursday means it’s time for me to take you to a place that in all likeliness you can’t get to right now, and recount my experiences for you. And today we look at the incredible Iran, a Middle Eastern country of some controversy in the last fifty years or so. Formerly known …
The first city on my trip last year I was able to spend any time in was the Tajikistan capital of Dushanbe. It wasn’t a city I had done a lot of research into before getting there, or seen a lot of images of, so it was really a bit if an unknown to me. …
Yes, now it’s time to take a few select pickings from my adventure October to December 2019 (you know the one, I write about it a LOT!) and declare them the ‘highlights’ of the trip. Yes I did CRAM an awful lot into seven weeks, and as I look back on it, I am able …
Hi all, time for another ‘Nuts N Bolts’ Guide, this time to Myanmar, the former Burma, where I headed four years ago now. Myanmar is a great country to visit these days in South East Asia, rapidly changing and welcoming more and more tourists every year. On the flip side, although the country has opened …
Honestly, I'm not sure I have ever quite been as blown away by a place as the Galapagos Islands. I was going to do the pictures as one big post, but there seemed to be an awful lot of them so I've decided to split them up. Today - Arrival on Isla Santa Cruz, tortoises …
Europe has so many beautiful countries, in different ways, with different people, cultures and languages. And some are well known, and some are less well known. In 2017 5.4 million people visited Slovakia, a record number up to that point. In contrast, it’s neighbour and ex-partner in the country formerly known as Czechoslovakia, received over …
Yes today it’s a look into the Serbian and former Yugoslavian capital of Belgrade. It’s a long time now since the war over Kosovo and the split of Yugoslavia into different countries, and indeed it’s some fifteen years since I went to Belgrade myself. However, I must admit it’s not a city I see a …
In today's podcast I speak with Jock Read-Hill about backpacking through Europe, in particular the UK and Turkey. This is a great podcast with lots of humour and some great anecdotes! Jock is a highly talented fellow from down Melbourne way - writer, actor, chef and more. We also chat a little about hostels and travelling Australia. …
Continue reading World Journeys Podcast – Backpacking Europe (Episode 9 w/ Jock Read-Hill)
Welcome to a new series of Friday articles which will tide us over for the next four or five weeks until the podcast resumes called ‘Gateway Countries’. People often talk about ‘gateway cities’, a good place to start if you’re going to a new country, one with plenty of transport in and out etc, but …
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Faraway and local adventures
Never Wanted Perfect Just Real
Travel to 84 countries, backpacking, reviews, train journeys and more
Self-Explorer shares his own thoughts and discoveries
Jane's Lens
Faraway and local adventures
Never Wanted Perfect Just Real
Travel to 84 countries, backpacking, reviews, train journeys and more
Self-Explorer shares his own thoughts and discoveries
