"All those people gathered there - in Zaire, in Zaire. To see the rumble in the jungle there - in Zaire, in Zaire" - Johnny Wakelin. The dream for me on my first ever visit to the famous Congo jungle in deepest…

"The river of dreams" - Billy Joel. A childhood dream was lived in April 2019, as I backpacked to the spot where the world's longest river, the Nile, begins. Starting its journey in the town of Jinja, Uganda, it winds its way right down to the Mediterranean Sea, Alexandria in Egypt being one departure city for this vast water mass.…

Travelling by cargo boat down the Canal des Pangalanes in eastern Madagascar offers the backpacker some truly adventurous old-school travel.

Passenger trains have been reintroduced in Madagascar. I ride the weekly 'Dia Tsara' Train from Toamasina to Brickaville.

"I'm a firestarter, twisted firestarter" - Keith Flint, The Prodigy OK so over the last lot of years backpacking the globe, I've got involved in some pretty crazy things, not just my crazy stories posts but that time I fed hyenas…

Having travelled 19,000 km from Cairo, British backpacker Trevor Warman arrives in Cape Town and is attacked by two guys with knives.

Having travelled 19,000 km from Cairo, British backpacker Trevor Warman arrives in Cape Town and is attacked by two guys with knives.

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Bangor-born blogger Jonny Blair has been travelling the world since 2003.

In 2009, San Pedro Sula, Honduras was said to be the most dangerous city in the world; now it comes in 14th place. I went snd backpacked it.

The only ferry from Cyprus to Turkey in operation right now is the Akgünler Denizcilik ferry between Girne (Kyrenia) and Tasucu.