This is a guest post by Harper Reid. Harper is a freelance writer from New Zealand who contacted me asking if I’d be open to accepting a guest post about ways that the travel industry is embracing responsible tourism. Although…
Visiting The Bear Sanctuary Prishtina
Unfortunately, the Balkans have a terrible history of bear cruelty. Up until very recently, it was common for restaurants to have bears in tiny cages as a way of attracting customers. These bears would live off sweets and bread…
What Backpacking in the Balkans is Really Like
Last updated: March 2023. Backpacking in the Balkans is not usually the first bucket list item for many backpackers. In fact, for many people coming to Europe for the first time, Paris, Rome and London all make the list but…
2018 – The Best Year of Travel Yet!
This will sound like such a cliche but it really does feel like just a couple of months ago that I was writing this same ‘travel round-up’ post for 2017! Back then, I’d spent a few months teaching English in…
My Favourite Restaurants in Kotor, Montenegro
At first glance, Kotor doesn’t seem to be a place brimming with budget-friendly options when eating out. Most restaurants in Kotor are more or less the same, with a selection of expensive seafood dishes and not a whole lot else,…
Why Are Backpackers So Annoying? 10 Infuriating Things Backpackers Do
To anyone that knows me personally, it won’t come as a surprise that I’m going to write a long-winded, judgemental article about my peers. To those that don’t know me in real life, it might seem odd that I, as…
