If your going backpacking for the first time it can be difficult if you don’t know certain things about the places you are visiting, it used to be buying a plane ticket, searching websites to compare travel insurance, packing your bags and taking off but now with the technology of computers and phones you’ll never [...]

Many famous people have been born in Lancashire, England and have begun their careers there. They include artists, musicians, actors, and more. The artists, such as Alison Wilding, have works that have been viewed by people all over England and around the world. Actor Ian McShane has been in many films, including “Pirates of the [...]

So you’ve just got married and you have flights to Bangkok (it’s the easiest entry point into Southeast Asia) for the Honeymoon. Cambodia borders on Thailand and is only a relatively short trip from Bangkok. Cambodia honeymoons sound exciting and a holiday in Cambodia is something you’ve always wanted to book but have never had [...]

**Guest post by Terry Fletcher** Last year I decided to sell it all and travel to South east Asia on search for better life, so far its the best thing I’ve ever done. But, aware of the possibilities of bad things happening, one of the first things I done was take out international travel insurance. [...]

Making the decision to go abroad can be a spur of the moment thing. When it is, all those last minute flight deals come into play. It isn’t always possible to know what you’re going to get when you’re searching for last minute deals, as it depends what the companies have to offer. So perhaps [...]

Paris is known as the city of romance, and why not when you have so many gorgeous sites, landmarks and restaurants to encounter. There are over 1500 hotels in Paris so there should be always a place to stay weather your in a hotel near the Arc de Triomphe or a hotel near the Eiffel [...]

**Photo from Flickr by: http://snow.ipernity.com** A trip to Thailand can mean many different things: lazing on a beach, diving off the islands, partying all night, shopping in Bangkok or the night market in Chiang Mai, etc. so it’s not surprising many people plan multi-destination trips and try to experience as many different facets of Thailand [...]

Arguably the most popular and most visited country in South East Asia is Thailand. It deservedly doesn’t come as a surprise. It has everything you could possibly want, albeit if you are a world traveller or if you fancy a couple of weeks further afield than the usual haunts of the Mediterranean or the Greek [...]

Benidorm is without a doubt the most popular holiday destination on the Costa Blanca, and that this fact has structural consequences, is clear. The old centre of the former fishing village is still intact in all its beauty; however, it had to give space to the dominant superiority of hotels, resort and apartment complexes. Benidorm [...]

Out of curiosity, I took a peek at someone’s London guidebook recently and was shocked by the venues listed under ‘bars and pubs’. “Where? That place? You’ve got to be kidding!” The places suggested were horrible strobe-lit tourist haunts with pricey drinks that no discerning Londoner would be seen dead in. So what to do [...]

**Guest post by David “BIG” Fysh** First things first…I have seen a bit of the world. I’ve enjoyed it a lot. It’s a playground that needs to be played on, hard. Do it while you are young and optimistic otherwise you grow sceptical and pessimistic. It really isn’t anything particularly to do with backpacking parse, [...]