Transport Archives - The Barefoot Backpacker

Podcast #005: Vanuatu

2018/11/16 2018/11/17 0

Welcome to Episode 5 of my “Travel Tales From Beyond The Brochure” podcast. As mentioned last time, I recently went backpacking for 11 weeks. For almost a month of this, I explored several of the islands that make up the South Pacific country of Vanuatu. While I was there, it …

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I'll Find My Way Home

Glasgow Smiles Better

2017/12/29 2017/12/29 1

See, I grew up in Liverpool in the 1980s. Hard times in a rough city; it had a dubious reputation for crime and wouldn’t have been high on the list of tourist destinations. Yet at the time we still felt thankful we weren’t Glasgow – a similar city but somehow …

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All The Small Things, Moving On Up

What to expect on buses in West Africa

2014/12/15 2017/09/03 0

Have you ever been tied up? Seriously. Have you ever had your partner tie you, with rope, to a chair or just on the floor, and then suffer as they just watch you struggle and wriggle? After a while your limbs start to ache a little, but you can’t easily …

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Moving On Up

An example of poor airline food

2014/11/18 2017/08/07 0

Dear Royal Air Maroc, Sorry, but the food on the flight from Paris to Casablanca was the least inspiring airline food I think I’ve ever had. Two small potatoes and a piece of dry chicken (even if it was coated in a kind of spicy dressing), a bread roll, a …

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In the Bleak Mid-Winter...

Day 10 : Trains and Boats and Planes

2014/06/08 2017/07/24 0

Friday 5 June 2014 Aaaand now I can relax! I’ve made it to the Sunshine Coast, where my friend Lisa lives, and I don’t intend to do a lot over the next few days other than rest, catch up on admin, and one or two other things (I need Malaria …

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In the Bleak Mid-Winter...

Day 06 : Cook With Flies

2014/06/07 2017/07/24 0

Monday 2 June 2014 There’s not really a heck of a lot to talk about, really. I spent the whole day on a train. Although the seat reclines quite a long way back, it’s still not as comfortable as lying down (though I’ll concede that it’s marginally better than the …

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In the Bleak Mid-Winter...

Day 05 : Fields of Gold

2014/06/07 2017/07/24 0

Sunday 1 June 2014 That there were no trains running on the Fremantle line caused a little bit of hassle today, as it turned out that I had to leave the hostel before check-out opened. (I thought it opened at 8 but apparently not until 9). Left my key with …

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Day 10 : Salida

2014/05/27 2017/07/24

Monday 26 May 2014 On the way up to La Serena a few days ago, I mused on what it would be like to take a travel companion and two motorbikes, and just ride the full length of the Pan-American Highway (probably North to South, no idea why). It would …

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Day 08 : Highway to the Stars

2014/05/25 2017/07/24 0

Saturday 24 May 2014 Sometimes people ask me why I travel. They are surprised and admiring, as well as confused, as to why I’d want to go halfway around the world, visiting strange obscure countries who speak languages I can barely say my name in, quite a way off the …

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Day 06 : … and that’s why I decided not to go through Atacama!

2014/05/23 2017/07/24 0

Thursday 22 May 2014 You’d have thought the Pan-American highway would be something spectacular- a vast motorway stretching off into the distance. In fact, it’s nothing more than a dodgy dual-carriageway with bus stops on it. There are also some ‘service areas’ that consist of a ‘pit lane’ where people …

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