With our first backpacking stint having begun just over a week ago we thought we would share with you a check list we made when we were organising our trip. Backpacking for the first time can be an intimidating prospect and despite all our excitement we were also often overcome with what we needed to […]
long term travel
Backpacking FAQ. All the answers we had before we set off on our three year adventure around the world!
Before we headed off backpacking we had so many questions, when to book accommodation, how to keep everything safe and how to manage our money. Despite being so excited for a dream to finally come true, all these amazing places we would be heading out to see and the experiences we would be having… yet […]
How to keep your belongings safe whilst travelling/ backpacking. Tips for the road!
Backpacking is an amazing time, travelling to new and exciting places, experiencing new things and going on a wild journey across the world. But with that also comes worries and stresses, mostly around keeping your valuables safe. Many of us travel with money, cameras, tablets, important documents and even a laptop if you are a […]
How to survive the dreaded night bus! A necessary evil when backpacking!
Night buses are a nightmare, literally! Sitting in the stifling heat packed closely together with a bunch of strangers or shivering away clinging to your belongings… at no point is sleep even mentioned! 12 hours, 16 hours even 24 hours and longer spent sat on a bus. You can’t just get up and walk around […]
Month 4 of Backpacking around Eastern Europe: A change of pace and surroundings!
So here we are, month 4 of our Eastern Europe backpacking adventure! There has been a slight delay in writing this as we have been back home for the past month, seeing all our freinds and family, sorting our visas, vaccinations and flights for our next leg and that dreaded thing call work! In some […]
Monthly backpacking round up: Month 2 (kind of). Exploring more off the beaten path balkans!
So, I left our last monthly as we had just arrived in Albania. It was more like the 6 week point rather than the monthly point so this is kind of a half month update!! We are getting on with the posts from all our amazing experiences we have had travelling though the Balkans but […]
What we are packing for long term travels/ backpacking
Well, as today marks the 1 month point before we head off on our long term travels around the world it is time to get serious about what we intend to take! We have been doing a lot of research, buying and collecting things here and there in the search to get the right balance […]
