Getting back from Santa Ana volcano to the city could have been a case of hopping on a bus. Instead the Salvadoran police almost killed us and we hitchhiked and got a ride in the back of a local’s truck. Here’s how to get from Santa Ana volcano to Santa Ana. Story time! To read…
Getting to Santa Ana Many airlines fly to San Salvador, the capital, so that’ll be your first stop. At the airport you can take a bus into San Salvador itself, then there are buses from the bus station to Santa Ana (details here). For me, I just took an Uber directly from the airport to…
Death Road in Bolivia is one of the most dangerous roads in the world, and the day we cycled down it was also the last day I’d ever see any of my traveling companies. But since this is a comedy travel writing site, I’ll try and keep it light, informative and funny. Why is it…
In El Salvador I did a Ruta de las Flores day trip. That’s “Route of the Flowers”, just in case your Spanish is completely non-existent. But let me first clear up something: the flowers only bloom seasonally. When I was there, I saw a grand total of zero flowers on the Route of the Flowers….
This might be useful to some. Here’s how to get from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince by bus. For those who don’t know, those two places are in Haiti, one of the least visited countries in the world. So I’m not expecting a lot of people to find this post through Google Search. Google Maps told…
The following is a guide explaining how to get from Albania to Kosovo, starting in Tirana and ending in Prizren. I’m writing it for all the poor saps who are in Tirana right now and can’t work out how to leave the place. I feel for you guys because I’ve been there. I’ll help you…
Often when you travel you come across something unexpected or breathtaking or something to make you stop in your tracks and go “woah”. It could be beautiful blue water off the coast of a Greek island. It could be an ugly naked man snorkeling in said beautiful blue water. For me it was a sunset…
Everyone likes saving money. And it’s never more important then when on the road. So here are 5 simple tricks to save money when traveling. But first, how am I qualified to write this post? Well, I like saving money so much that if I want to buy something that costs over $100, I have…
This is my experience riding a Vietnam sleeper train from Hanoi to Da Nang. In short: train bad, people good, especially Welsh people. Any traveller will say that the best part of travel is the meeting of awesome people. They’ll either tell you in person if you’re unlucky enough to have a travel-addict friend that…
There was a man wandering up and down Canal Street in New Orleans shaking a collection tin at tourists in Hawaiian shirts. He was watching everything that went on along that road and every now and again he’d notice a traffic violation and scream things like, “No left! NO LEFT! I’ve scraped three people off…