"There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges" - Ernest Hemingway. Curaçao was an unexpected oddball bonus for me. I wasn't really supposed to be here!…

"My Mojito in La Bodeguita. My Daiquiri in El Floridita" - Ernest Hemingway. I can't repeat myself too much in these posts but the eginnings are similar because, I'm on the Hemingway trail and I now realise it's easily enough on…

"My Mojito in La Bodeguita. My Daiquiri in El Floridita" - Ernest Hemingway. I can't repeat myself too much in these posts but the eginnings are similar because, I'm on the Hemingway trail and I now realise it's easily enough on…

Cancelled flights, Marley songs, Bolt runs and Robbie Earle goals...it was finally time for me to visit the home of The Reggae Boys. 💚🇯🇲I would be arriving by jet plane into the realms of Kingston Town... "And my queen will come at dawn. She'll…

"When the storm arrives would you be seen with me by the merciless eyes of deceit?" - Chris Cornell. While backpacking around the world I'd often end up in places where famous films/movies have been filmed. Sometimes that was by accident.…

"When the storm arrives would you be seen with me by the merciless eyes of deceit?" - Chris Cornell. While backpacking around the world I'd often end up in places where famous films/movies have been filmed. Sometimes that was by accident.…

While I'm certainly not a food freak, a foodie, a food blogger or a fat bastard, I still run my Friday's Featured Food series. This series started way back in 2012 when the blog became more specific and tailored. And so, in an attempt to backdate and foodpack my way through 5,000 plus meals from 230 countries on my journey,…

"The liberty ship disappeared a long long time ago, searching the seas for love" - Noel Gallagher. Since I was a kid, I have always loved ferry travel. I used to build Lego ferries and I often took ferries on summer holidays. Caught in the here and now, whackpacking a world that's been and gone, things got delayed. Rathlin Island…

I got to do the Channel Islands on the cheap a few years back. Hotel discounts, boat discounts and travelling there almost every day for 6 months while working as a Steward for Condor Ferries! I worked on a few different routes, mostly Poole (England)…

The Day I Did A COVID PCR Test At Windsor Park, The National Football Stadium In Dominica "Cold cold heart - hard done by you. Some things look better, baby, just passing through" - Elton John. Northern Ireland play…

"The liberty ship disappeared a long long time ago, searching the seas for love" - Noel Gallagher. Since I was a kid, I have always loved ferry travel. I used to build Lego ferries and I often took ferries on summer holidays. Caught in the here and now, whackpacking a world that's been and gone, things got delayed. Rathlin Island…

The BVI. Beefy. Tortola. The British Virgin Islands. This was actually a very last minute spontaneous adventure, as I just needed to escape Europe to backpack the Caribbean in December 2021. I'm sure more of that will come in the forthcoming book…

The Day I Did A COVID PCR Test At Windsor Park, The National Football Stadium In Dominica "Cold cold heart - hard done by you. Some things look better, baby, just passing through" - Elton John. Northern Ireland play…

The enchanting Kociewian town of Starogard Gdański was a trip that kind of sowed my seeds for staying in Poland. I realised how cool it was to tour unusual and untouristic towns and feel passionate

"You can tell the sun in its jealous sky that we walked through fields of gold" - Sting. "Off the wheaten craic" - Jonny Blair. Welcome to the real "off the wheaten craic" journey. A place with nature, no train station, no airport. This is Kokoszkowy!…

Plan your perfect day out in London: Take a Greenwich self-guided walk through historic sites including the Painted Hall and Prime Meridian.

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"The tunnel of love might amuse you, Noah's Ark might confuse you" - Richard Thompson. The idea of this trip overland/oversea/undersea was an amalgamation of factors. Firstly because recently I got so fed up with airlines. Every single trip I have done since 2021 has had at least one flight delay, cancellation or change. In all cases I lost money…

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

Since I've hit the 227 country mark on the Traveler's Century Club it feels like a milestone and way back when I landed in Tunisia for country 100 in March 2015, I raised a smile. On the way to the century, we don't only visit each country once of course and…

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

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YouTube video by Jonny Blair

YouTube video by Jonny Blair

I have been a Twitter user since 2008!! Here is my legitimate Twitter account - Jonny Blair on Twitter. I have used it almost weekly since then and am NOT a spam account or a fake user. Yet, time and time again Twitter STILL class my Twitter account as spam and fake. For the last TWO years they have blocked…