I’ve always craved a nomadic lifestyle.

In 2022, I created the conditions for a long-term backpacking trip. I quit my job. Dan (work colleague and romantic partner) joined suit. We created a spreadsheet containing our route, transports, cost, hostels and activities at each stop. We each had a budget of £10,000 and the ambition to get as far as we could on our savings.

Three years on, Dan and I are still galavanting around the globe in search of new flavours, experiences and knowledge. Dan is now a fully fledged ghost-writer of transport content (you can thank him for the Tunisia louage routes and Central America border crossing content) and walking tours, editor-in-chief and top cheerleader encouraging me to put pen to paper (metaphorically).

To this day, we continue to be self-funded travel bloggers – working in the event industry in the UK during the summer and skedaddling somewhere warm in the winter. Being a freelancer in a seasonal industry allows us greater freedom to travel the world.

Why bother with a blog?

I created this blog about my own personal experiences to inform and maybe, just maybe entertain. You may find that your experience of a place, attraction or hotel/restaurant is the complete opposite from mine, for this I don’t apologise! I can only advise and guide, I cannot guarantee the same experience or identical reality as to that which I stumbled into. Also, I’m not going to tell you what to do or where to go, this is entirely up to you. But I am going to relay my own travel tales which I hope you will find useful and insightful.

One thing I really hate about some other travel blogs is when the person clearly hasn’t visited most of the places, restaurants and hostels they suggest. I find this weird. Everyone can research independently about restaurants, things to do and hotels. Why give recommendations without even going there?

On a side note, I really hate the use of the verbs ‘do’ or ‘done’ when referring to a place. People sometimes say, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve done Turkey’ and it inwardly makes me cringe. You haven’t done or completed anything, travel is not a video game! Travel is a rewarding and enriching experience not to be ‘done.’ Rant over.

Disclaimer: I am NOT being paid by private companies, businesses or corporate entities for my recommendations. My suggestions are my OWN, from my experience ONLY.