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19981 entry

  1. May 1998 – June 2024Lived · 26 years

    United KingdomManchester · London

    Living life.

20042 entries

  1. October 2004Visited · 1 week

    FranceDisneyland · Paris

    A rather classic Disneyland visit when I was 6.

  1. December 2004Visited · 1 day

    FinlandLapland

    A crazy day trip to Lapland to see santa when I was very young.

20051 entry

  1. October 2005Visited · 1 week

    GreeceZante

    The date could be very wrong here. First sunny holiday.

20071 entry

  1. October 2007Visited · 1 week

    GreeceCorfu

    The date could be very wrong here. Second sunny holiday, lots of mosquitos.

20081 entry

  1. August 2008Visited · 1 day

    NetherlandsAmsterdam

    Really not sure about the date. We did a boat trip with a day trip to Amsterdam. Dad got high so we sat in the park doing nothing all day.

20091 entry

  1. August 2009Visited · 1 week

    SpainMajorca

    Really uncertain on the date. A family holiday somewhere on a cliff next to the water.

20112 entries

  1. August 2011Visited · 1 week

    SpainMajorca

    Really uncertain on the date. A family holiday in a German town with a big old beach.

  1. November 2011Visited · 4 days

    BelgiumYpres

    School trip for World War 1 battlefields.

20121 entry

  1. August 2012Visited · 1 week

    SpainGran Canaria

    Really uncertain on the date. We thought Gran Canaria was shit, like a desolate wasteland.

20131 entry

  1. August 2013Visited · 1 week

    SpainMajorca

    Really uncertain on the date. Last family holiday for me, at a lovely location.

20151 entry

  1. June 2015Visited · 4 days

    SwitzerlandGeneva

    School trip to go check out CERN, but really just a fun trip when were all 17.

20163 entries

  1. August 2016Visited · 5 days

    SpainBarcelona

    Post school trip with my mates. Way too touristy here. Although the lasting memory is Michael throwing up in a bin.

  2. August 2016Visited · 1 week

    BelgiumLiege · Brussels

    Post school trip to watch the Belgium Grand Prix. Liege was so sketchy.

  3. August 2016Visited · 1 week

    GermanyMunich · Nuremberg · Cologne

    Post school trip, doing a little travel before making our way to Belgium for the grand prix.

20171 entry

  1. March 2017Visited · 4 days

    NetherlandsAmsterdam

    Trip with friends during the first year of uni. Absolutely broke but still a lot of fun.

20195 entries

March

  1. March 2019Visited · 5 days

    PortugalLisbon

    Trip with everyone working at the student bar. One big piss up.

April

  1. April 2019Visited · 1 week

    PolandPoznan

    Could be really wrong on the dates. Came to visit the parents of my girlfriend at the time, but grew to love Poland.

August

  1. August 2019Visited · 1 week

    PolandPoznan

    Could be really wrong on the dates. Another visit to the parents of my girlfriend at the time.

September

  1. September 2019Visited · 1 day

    ChinaHong Kong

    An amazing idea that we would do a layover from 6am to 10pm after a 14 hour flight. It was actually an awful idea.

  2. September 2019Visited · 2 weeks

    New ZealandAuckland · Taupo · Rotorua · Wellington · Queenstown

    Lil trip to see if I really do like it here, and I did.

20211 entry

  1. June 2021Visited · 1 week

    PolandPoznan

    The last visit to the parents of my girlfriend at the time. Mid-covid was not a fun time to visit.

20228 entries

March

  1. March 2022Visited · 1 week

    IcelandReykjavik

    Post graduation road trip with friends, what a delight.

April

  1. April 2022Visited · 5 days

    FranceParis

    A visit to Antoine to help cheer me up.

May

  1. May 2022Visited · 4 days

    DenmarkCopenhagen

    Lil trip with the boys from home. Absolute blast on a house boat.

  2. May 2022Visited · 1 week

    SwedenStockholm · Gothenburg

    Took the train by myself after Copenhagen to checkout some of Sweden. It was an enjoyable experience.

August

  1. August 2022Visited · 5 days

    FranceParis

    A visit to help Antoine film his music video, ended up getting spiked.

  2. August 2022Visited · 10 days

    GreeceThessaloniki

    Came to see my girlfriend at the time. Chilling in the centre of the city, could not complain. Plus a lil trip down the coast.

September

  1. September 2022Visited · 4 days

    NetherlandsAmsterdam

    Trip with a bunch of friends from work. Again a great time, in general a great city to hang out in.

November

  1. November 2022Visited · 10 days

    GermanyHamburg · Leipzig · Berlin

    A trip really to have some great nights out. 18 hours in a club in Berlin is something im proud of.

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March

  1. March 2023Visited · 4 days

    IrelandDublin

    A trip with workmates ... a big old piss up.

May

  1. May 2023Visited · 5 days

    AustriaVienna

    Came with Michael, the only good part of Vienna was a student bar we went to every night.

  2. May 2023Visited · 4 days

    HungaryBudapest

    Another trip with the boys from home. Really feel in love with the city.

  3. May 2023Visited · 3 days

    SlovakiaBratislava

    After Budapest with the boys, Michael joined me in a stop at a crazy party hostel in Bratislava. A very fun night out with the party hostel.

June

  1. June 2023Visited · 11 days

    ItalyNaples · Rome · Florence · Pisa

    Overall loved Italy, all about the food at first but really later about the experiences.

  2. June 2023Visited · 1 day

    Vatican CityVatican City

    Was here for maybe 30 minutes? I mean its just a big concrete area. I didn't go inside.

December

  1. December 2023Visited · 1 week

    GermanyDresden · Nuremberg · Frankfurt

    Ahhh the German Christmas markets trip. Stopping in all the best Christmas market locations, it was lovely.

  2. December 2023Visited · 4 days

    CzechiaPrague

    Came to start my Christmas markets tour. It was really snowy, great techno clubs, had an absolute blast.

202424 entries

March

  1. March 2024Visited · 1 week

    FranceTignes

    First time (And probably last) on a ski trip.

June

  1. June 2024Visited · 3 days

    FranceParis

    Stop in Paris to see Antoine.

  2. June 2024Visited · 3 weeks

    SpainMadrid · Seville

    Stops to checkout Madrid and Seville, before spending 2 weeks near Seville learning to skydive. Everything about this was just great.

July

  1. July 2024Visited · 5 days

    FranceToulouse · Lyon

    Checking out some cities whilst taking trains east.

  2. July 2024Visited · 2 days

    GermanyNuremberg

    Passing through heading east, quick stop to see Clari.

  3. July 2024Visited · 10 days

    PolandWarsaw · Krakow

    Checking out more of Poland on my euro trip. Loved Warsaw, hated Krakow.

  4. July 2024 – August 2024Visited · 10 days

    Bosnia and HerzegovinaSarajevo · Mostar

    Stopped on my eurotrip, ended up just falling in love with the place. Just found it so interesting.

  5. July 2024Visited · 10 days

    CroatiaZagreb · Random Towns

    Zagreb is pretty shit, but once you leave its lovely although can also get quite touristy in some areas.

  6. July 2024Visited · 4 days

    SloveniaLjubljana

    I loved just hanging out here. Small and walkable. Clean and good food.

August

  1. August 2024Visited · 10 days

    PolandWarsaw

    Back in Warsaw to see a girl.

  2. August 2024Visited · 2 days

    AustriaVienna

    Had to keep passing through Vienna to get to other places when traveling around europe by train.

  3. August 2024Visited · 1 week

    HungaryBudapest

    Came back to run a sunset half marathon. Alex came to visit this time and we had a blast.

  4. August 2024Visited · 3 days

    SlovakiaBratislava

    Came back to check out the sister hostel to the party hostel. Got so drunk I locked the keys for my locker in my locker.

  5. August 2024Visited · 5 days

    SerbiaBelgrade · Novi Sad

    Took El and Jamie here and Michael came too. Very much, average.

September

  1. September 2024Visited · 2 days

    BelgiumBrussels

    Stopping in Brussels before getting the Eurostar home. Felt rough and dodgy as ever.

  2. September 2024Visited · 2 days

    GermanyNuremberg

    Passing through heading west, another quick stop to see Clari.

  3. September 2024Visited · 4 days

    PolandWarsaw

    Back in Warsaw to see a girl again.

  4. September 2024Visited · 1 month

    KyrgyzstanBishkek · All over the countryside

    I completely surprise road trip with El and Jamie, so many memories.

October

  1. October 2024Visited · 10 days

    KazakhstanAlmaty · Shymkent · Turkistan

    El and Jamie took me here after Kyrgyzstan, it was solidly alright.

  2. October 2024Visited · 6 days

    UzbekistanTashkent · Samarkand

    Had the worst hostel experience of my life, did not enjoy this visit.

November

  1. November 2024Visited · 1 day

    OmanMadha

    Was here for a sum total of about 90 seconds. We went to the enclave in and enclave.

  2. November 2024Visited · 1 month

    United Arab EmiratesAbu Dhabi · Dubai · Fujairah

    Crashed at Elisa's for a month, it was just delightful.

December

  1. December 2024 – January 2025Visited · 2 months

    United KingdomManchester · London

    Some lovely time with the parents.

  2. December 2024Visited · 5 days

    RomaniaBucharest

    El kept talking about T5 so I decided to check it out. Its possibly the best hostel I've been to.

202513 entries

February

  1. February 2025Visited · 1 week

    IndiaBangalore · Ahmedabad

    Met Shobhit finally, then to Abhishek's Wedding. It was all very quick and rushed.

  2. February 2025 – April 2025Visited · 6 weeks

    VietnamHo Chi Minh City · Da Lat · Nha Trang · Quy Nhon · Hoi An · Da Nang · Hue · Dong Ha · Cat Ba · Hanoi

    Here with Michael, the goal being to see Vietnam and some bits from the war. Really it was great to chill with Michael for a while.

April

  1. April 2025 – nowLived · 18 months

    New ZealandWellington · Everywhere

    Came on a working holiday visa, got a job in Welly and stayed. Did a bunch of road trips.

  2. April 2025Visited · 4 days

    AustraliaSydney

    Little pit stop to see Lisa before moving to New Zealand.

July

  1. July 2025Visited · 2 days

    FinlandHelsinki

    A short stop in Helsinki during a heatwave, before heading south down through the Baltics.

August

  1. August 2025Visited · 2 weeks

    United KingdomManchester · London

    Visit for Joel's wedding.

  2. August 2025Visited · 3 days

    UzbekistanTashkent

    Came for Tom's wedding, which was just great so brought up its ranking.

  3. August 2025Visited · 3 days

    EstoniaTallinn

    Little stop here making my way through the Baltics. I made some great friends here.

  4. August 2025Visited · 3 days

    LatviaRiga

    A couple day stop whilst moving south through the Baltics.

  5. August 2025Visited · 5 days

    LithuaniaVilnius

    Vilnius was just the biggest surprise how much I loved it here.

  6. August 2025Visited · 4 days

    PhilippinesManila

    Manila is one dodgy ass place. But karaoke with some locals was fun.

  7. August 2025Visited · 4 days

    South KoreaSeoul

    Came here with the shits but still had a great time. Could spend weeks here and not get bored.

  8. August 2025Visited · 4 days

    TürkiyeIstanbul

    Pit stop on the way to Uzbekistan. Very much how I expected it would be.