TweetCan someone please tell me what this “sleep” thing is that everyone keeps talking about?  I don’t think I’ve had a proper night in about a month.  Not that I’m complaining though.  Not sleeping means that there are much more exciting things going on. Over the past two months I’ve travelled across 11 counties, taken [...]

TweetI made the fourth stop of my European adventure in Edinburgh, Scotland, a city that people can’t stop raving about.  I was put up during my four nights in the the city at a hostel called the Westend Hotel.  For me this place felt a little bit like a hostel that thought it did a hotel.  It [...]

TweetWell, as much as I would love to credit this on my threat of going without sleep, or Dani’s threat to sleep outside, I’m sure that it was just your pure compassion that got us here. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, read the original post about the beds for Haiti project we [...]

TweetFeeling like a character in one of the Shrek films I hike up High Street amused by my surroundings. I peer over my right shoulder and down the hill to see the Queen’s resident comfortably nestled at the bottom. As my head turns to regain its natural position it spots an old pub; the haunts [...]

TweetIt was hard not to get swept away by the social media wave that was created around the KONY 2012 movement last month.  And, personally, I think that the motive behind the effort was brilliant.  It showed what a powerful tool social media can be, and it exposed a serious issue in the meantime.  However, [...]

Tweet Well, this one didn’t start out so well.  I was originally meant to be staying at a guesthouse called Charing Cross Guesthouse, but when I turned up at the door they didn’t have my booking on record.  After a couple minutes of going through the paper bookkeeping I got in contact with the boss [...]

TweetAs a younger version of myself I remember hearing the stories of Northern Ireland and of Belfast. Those names were synonymous with violence, bombings, rioting and, quite frankly, hatred. But as I wandered the streets of Belfast for 3 days I couldn’t help but wonder where the signs, or perhaps the scars, of those days [...]

Tweet As I exit the bus from the airport my weary eyes stretch to attempt to adjust, not to a new light but new sights. My ear drums dance as they struggle to understand the sounds that they hear but are unfamiliar with. My nose begins to tickles as it’s sensors are struck with sounds [...]

TweetAfter feeling a little bit stressed out by crowds in Dublin, a 4 night stay in Belfast at City Backpacker Hostel turned out to be an absolute gift.  It really did feel like a home away from home in so many ways.  Of all the hostels I have stayed at to date, it’s City Backpacker [...]

TweetIt seems like you see them everywhere in the world you go. They are plastered on hats, t-shirts, bumper stickers, and pretty much any other place 3 letters and a heart can be fitted. Every time I see the common “I Heart NY” pasted on something, it angers me. I’m not sure what it is, [...]