Lake Ohrid has to be one of my all-time favourite destinations. It’s in the east of North Macedonia. Think crystal blue water, watching sunsets from boats with your hostel friends, cheap lakeside coffees and sunrise swims. It’s a budget backpackers dream – with amazing hostels, cheap food and drink, loads of activities, free…
Category: Backpacking
Hostel Meals Inspiration
We all know the struggle of arriving at a new hostel, wanting to just sleep but knowing you need to cook. And you probably shouldn’t go out and get another gyros* or burek* for the sixth time in a row – for both your health and your budget. Or maybe you’re actually ready…
Is Solo Travel Worth the Social Media Hype?
For me, solo travelling this summer began as a trip starting in a familiar place to see if I actually liked travelling alone. Unfortunately for my bank account, I’ve realised that as well as trips with friends, I need to fit more solo travel into my life and it does live up to…
Your Backpacker Guide to Budapest
I loved Budapest and intend to return with some of my friends ASAP. It had an amazing culture, felt safe to travel around, good public transport links, plenty of activities, lively nightlife, tasty food. Genuinely, what more could I want from a city? I was in Budapest solo travelling for a bit before…
What you need to know for Zagreb, Croatia
By my third time visiting Croatia, I decided that I really needed to move away from simply the beach cities like Zadar, Dubrovnik and Split and go to it’s capital. Zagreb has a totally different atmosphere to the beach cities but it’s a fantastic few days you can explore Croatian culture a little…
Your one-stop guide to planning your Montenegro trip
Saying it now – Montenegro is one of my favourite countries in Europe. It’s well travelled enough that it feels safe but it’s still plenty undiscovered enough that you can interact with locals, most people are staying at the same hostels and the bus routes are so easy to travel round the country…
Lake Bled Backpacking Guide
Getting to Lake Bled: Cheap bus tickets from Ljubljana. Even in the middle of summer (2025), I didn’t need to pre-book tickets to Lake Bled: just make sure you have 5 euro in cash and go to the ticket office at least 15 minutes before you want to get the bus. They’re very…
Solo Travel Diaries Montenegro – Part 1
These are all extracts of diary entries from my solo travel journey. Hopefully this will help anyone out who is thinking of solo travelling to have an honest insight into what it’s like. Please know that none of these are posted in real time 🙂 Day 1 – The first one First day…
Is Budva, Montenegro worth visiting?
Budva’s old town in Montenegro is no doubt stunning, and I would say well worth a visit on your way through Montenegro. You probably only need a couple of days in Budva, especially if you’re visiting other places such as Kotor and Ulcinj. Budva Activities
The hidden Gem in Montenegro that’s not Kotor
Ulcinj has been my first stop on my solo travelling journey and I’m writing this currently* sat in the bus station waiting for a bus. Ulcinj is more of a local tourism destination, meaning it’s cheap (even for Montenegro), has amazing beaches and plenty of good food. Especially after somewhere like Kotor or…