Veteran travel blogger Nomadic Matt has posted an excellent article on buying travel insurance, including recommendations on the best insurers. The most important advice I can give you on this topic is to buy your insurance as soon as you buy any travel product - air fares, a cruise, … [Read more...]
Belfast’s Two Big Tourist Attractions – Titanic Belfast and The Troubles
No trip to Ireland is complete without a visit to Belfast. For two reasons, both stemming from dark times in its history: The Titanic Belfast and a tour of the Badlands, Shankhill Road and Falls Road, the frontlines in the worst of The Troubles late last century. Naturally there are … [Read more...]
Tips and traps for young players in Northern Ireland’s most popular visitor sites
If you are planning to visit Northern Ireland's northernmost sights then planning must, indeed, be your byword because things are not as simple as they seem. The Giant's Causeway, Carrick-a-Rede, and the Dark Hedges are popular visitor attractions but there are traps for the beginner or the … [Read more...]
Two little known but historically important sites in Ireland
On the first day of a 14 day road trip around the Emerald Isle, Ireland, and it has been one of the most rewarding travel days I have spent . . . and that’s a big claim. Why? Because I visited two of the most important, yet relatively little known, historic sites. The Battle of the Boyne and … [Read more...]
Four Ideas For A Wild Coastal Easter Break in Britain
Looking for a quickie weekend break over Easter? If you are already in Britain, this post from Travel Republic will give you some great ideas. From Suffolk to Pembrokeshire, they explore some of the best places to book a long weekend away. Like Northumberland - known for its rolling hills, … [Read more...]
7 reasons why you should make road trips a part of your life.
I loved this post by Meeta Jhunjhunwala from India. It just totally sums up the attractions of traveling by road in your own car. She says "The fresh air, villages, towns and cities passing by, people, different culture, dialect and languages changing, taste of food, changing fragrances, smell of … [Read more...]
The dead don’t walk but in England they can create Corpse Roads.
The Brits surely have some strange laws. How about this one: If a corpse is carried across your land on its way from the place of death to the place of burial then that path becomes a “corpse road” and anybody may use it. I know there’s a saying “Only in America”, but this has got … [Read more...]
The Hand Luggage Only Team Finally Made it To York – What Took So Long?
Yaya and Lloyd, the guys behind the excellent blog Hand Luggage Only, finally made a trip to York. Like, holy hell guys, what took you so long? It is one of Britain's most attractive cities. It seems that they had earlier visited Yorkshire, but other than a quick sprint in and out with a … [Read more...]
History, wildlife, gardens and castles – A Dunedin and Otago Peninsular road trip
Took a quick look around Dunedin again the other day. Haven’t been there for a while. One of the good things about Dunedin is that it doesn’t change too much. Sort of like a comfortable old sweater. If Dunedin has anything to give the nation it is the heritage of its beautiful … [Read more...]