Having just won’t my longest period back in the UK since I started my current adventure and life as a full time travel blogger and currently being sat on a plane watching the cloud peppered sky...
Having just won’t my longest period back in the UK since I started my current adventure and life as a full time travel blogger and currently being sat on a plane watching the cloud peppered sky...
Throughout my travels I’ve been pretty open to sharing details of my travel budget in my “Monthly Summaries” and “A Month In…” series to help you guys plan you’re own backpacker adventures around the...
A few weeks ago on the Facebook Fanpage I offered you guys the opportunity to ask me anything about myself or my travels. I got some pretty interesting responses (disclaimer – some of the...
It seems only yesterday that I landed back in South America after a cold festive period in Europe and headed to the sun drenched surfer town of Montanita in Ecuador. It’s a place I’ve visited three...
A lot of your guys have been following my backpacking adventures for a while now and I’m guessing you have a good idea what makes me tick these days and what to expect from my travels. But how did I...
The other night I was out for dinner with a group of backpacker here in Montanita and I was chatting to Gijs and Flo about food. There we were stuffing our faces with some delicious treats and we...
3 years ago this month I was sat in my living room in Devon, England and hit “publish” on my rebranded, newly revamped blog. Yup that’s right BackpackerBanter.com is now 3 years old! When the site...
Every so often on the road I meet someone who really stands out from the crowd – for a variety of reasons. Some of them are just amazingly nice people, some I share some epic adventures with...
When people find out I’ve been backpacking for over 2 years there’s two questions I usually get asked; The first is “when are you going home” – which is a question that even I don’t know the...
Well guys my new year has been off to an awesome start here in Montanita and I’m settling into my third year of backpacker travel nicely – with some epic adventures in the pipeline! But...
It’s a new year and I’ve got some pretty nice backpacking adventures in the pipeline for you to follow – but the internet is a vast place and there’s heaps of amazing bloggers out there with a...
Well with 2014 already underway, having landed in Ecuador and celebrated 2 years of continuous travel there’s a lot of talk about new years resolutions. To be honest I’ve never really...
When I headed out on my first long term, solo backpacking adventure to Australia back in 2009 I had no idea what was ahead of me, very little in the way of plans and no clue what would pan out. After...
With all the xmas festivities out the way and fresh off the slopes of the Swiss Alps I’m craving 2 things – sun and surf. Luckily on Sunday I’ll be well on my way to both of these as I jump on...
Well it’s nearly the end of 2013 and that means one thing…IT’S NEARLY XMAS! So I’d like to take the time to thank the people that keep the blog going – my readers...