Last time I wrote, a few weeks back, I explained why myself and the hostels of the world have had something of a parting over the last couple of years as I’ve gotten more into using cheaper hotels instead, largely
Back in my backpacking heyday, I was one of hostelling’s more frequent customers and in all, have stayed in an amount of hostels somewhere just under the 100 figure. I’ve seen good ones, bad ones, completely deplorable ones and have
Lately I’m having a run of weekends away from home for work purposes and, in my desperate bid to keep costs down (even though yes, I know, they’re not ‘my costs’ as such – but I’ve always thrived on spending
Although I prefer to normally write things in a sort of chronological order when I write about travelling, this particular tale is best related while still fresh in the mind. Over the weekend, and in need of checking out of
For the weekend, we decided to take up Fáilte Ireland’s generous invitation to go and ‘Discover Ireland’ and Anna organised a trip to Rosslare to see what was going on down there. When I was a kid, I always wanted
Following on from my somewhat debilitating trip up and down the side of Victoria Peak, I more or less stumbled off the tram and rolled my way down the hill back into the skyscraper central. And, though I did mean
The articles that seem to go down best on this site either tend to be ones that focus 100% on business thoughts or else the travel rants; so for the next while, I’ve decided to run a little mini-series (a