Back in the Day

Reminisce with Mark about his days as a young backpacker, and enjoy his stories of what it was like travelling 'way back when' ...
Back in the day: Visiting Rakhine State in Myanmar (Burma)

Back in the day: Visiting Rakhine State in Myanmar (Burma)

A look back on one of our early trips to Myanmar when we visited the temples at Mrauk-U and the tattooed Chin women Every now and then I like to write a blog post about my travelling days when I was in my early to mid-teens, which was around twenty-five years ago! If...

Postcards from the Past: Asia

Postcards from the Past: Asia

This post is part two of a mini-series and features postcards I sent from my first backpacking adventures #backintheday. The first part included cards I sent from my first trip to Europe way back in 1988! This second part features my first independent travels to Asia,...

Postcards from the Past: Europe

Postcards from the Past: Europe

We were back in the UK recently and while rummaging through one of our numerous boxes of stuff that my parents allow us to keep in storage at their house, I came across a batch of postcards that I wrote over twenty years ago. My father collected all the postcards and...

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