Travel Blog

Morocco - Rabat

Africa
City
We planned one night in Rabat. It was a central location purely designated for Trav & me to…
Jul 1, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Morocco - Chefchaouen / Akchour

Africa
City
Nature
The road to Chefchaouen was potholed and…
Jun 30, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Morocco - Fes

Africa
City
From the Marrakesh Medina, we made our way to the train station to purchase tickets to Fes. Only to find all trains were completely booked. This blew our minds because one…
Jun 28, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Morocco - Marrakesh

Africa
City
Driving from Safi to Marrakesh was much the same. Potholes, inconsistent speed signs, reckless passing, and no indication from other motorists. Which was exciting.
Jun 23, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Morocco - Safi

Africa
City
Beach
Our whole purpose of visiting Morocco was to attend a wedding, Trav’s good friend from high school (Dylan) was marrying an Irish girl with Moroccan heritage (Miriam). But…
Jun 20, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Western Europe - COMING SOON

I experienced writer’s block in Western Europe. I think this was because I drank too much beer and was uninspired by sterile surroundings.
Jun 15, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Austria - Vienna

Western Europe
Europe
City
A lot of distance was covered on my journey to Vienna. My first stop was Peja, Kosovo. While waiting for the bus from Tirana, I had a couple hours spare, so I spent my last…
May 16, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Albania - Tirana

Europe
Balkans
City
I travelled to Tirana from Ohrid by hitchhiking, a French girl, named Dounya, and the hostel owner, from the Ohrid hostel, talked me into it. I took the public bus to a…
May 11, 2023
Oliver Eaton

North Macedonia - Ohrid

Europe
Balkans
Nature
Hike
I woke in Skopje at ten in the morning, a little hungover from the night before. It was decided at the pub that I would accompany Emilio to Ohrid. I messaged him after…
May 9, 2023
Oliver Eaton

North Macedonia - Skopje

Balkans
Europe
City
Despite having just learnt the basics of the Bulgarian language, I decided to try and make my way to Tirana, Albania. Searching online didn’t disclose any results travelling…
May 6, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Bulgaria - Plovdiv

Balkans
Europe
City
Hike
I arrived in Plovdiv on a Sunday, I noticed, when walking from the train station to the hostel all shops were shut. It felt eerie, as the sky was grey and pending rain. The…
May 4, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Bulgaria - Sofia

Balkans
Europe
City
Hike
My night bus to Sofia left at ten in the evening. I purchased a neck pillow for ₺40TL ($3NZD) which made sleeping on the journey comfortable, and saved my neck. When the bus…
May 3, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Çanakkale (Gallipoli)

Asia
Beach
Historical Site
Gelibolu (Gallipoli), where the ANZAC soldiers attempted to invade during WWI in 1915, is located in the Çanakkale region. Our main purpose for visiting was to attend the…
Apr 30, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Istanbul

Asia
City
Historical Site
We arrived in Istanbul at a balmy eleven degrees Celsius, slightly colder than expected. Public transport to the hostel situated on the European side of Istanbul was simple…
Apr 27, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Izmir

Asia
Historical Site
Beach
City
The journey from Fethiye to Izmir was an experience in itself. Air conditioning on the bus was out of service, so we sat, feeling sweaty and sticky, the whole journey. Every…
Apr 19, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Lykia Yolu (Lycian Way)

Asia
Hike
Nature
Beach
Probably the main reason we visited Turkey was to hike a section of the Lykia Yolu (Lycian Way in English, but literally every other language uses “Lykia”…🤷‍♂️). Trav was…
Apr 14, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Fethiye

Asia
Beach
Hike
We arrived in Fethiye and caught the public bus to our accommodation, a quiet, quaint pension close to the beach and out of the city.
Apr 10, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Kaş

Asia
Beach
Travelling by night bus is never fun, the upside of it is a night of accommodation and transportation are paid together. Slinking back to the hostel in Antalya in the early…
Apr 8, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Göreme (Cappadocia)

Asia
Nature
Hike
The bus ride from Dinizli to Göreme was a bit stressful. Trav actually booked the wrong date, so when boarding our ticket didn’t scan properly, he then realised the mistake…
Apr 7, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Pamukkale

Asia
Nature
The bus to Pamukkale from Antalya took four hours. It was…
Apr 5, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Turkey - Antalya

Asia
City
Nature
Beach
We arrived at Antalya airport and were on the tram to our hostel by six in the morning. Amazingly, a tram runs from the airport to the city at, seemingly, all hours of the…
Apr 4, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Jordan - Amman

Asia
Nature
Historical Site
City
We set out with the plan to hitchhike from Dana to Amman. Standing on the main road, one hour walk up…
Mar 30, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Jordan - Dana

Asia
Hike
The road was shrouded in a thick fog all the way from Wadi Musa to Dana. The taxi driver drove extremely slowly and cautiously because the road could not be seen. Dana is a…
Mar 26, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Jordan - Wadi Musa

Asia
Historical Site
We secured a taxi…
Mar 24, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Jordan - Wadi Rum

Asia
Desert
We were excited about visiting Wadi Rum, we had both heard so much about it from other tourists and online blogs. The hostel owner organised camp accommodation (which is…
Mar 21, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Jordan - Aqaba

Asia
Beach
Our…
Mar 20, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Dahab

Africa
Beach
Hike
Dahab is a really relaxed place on the Sinai Coast of the Red Sea with a beautiful mountain range to the north that makes for a picturesque backdrop. We arrived in the…
Mar 15, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Luxor

Africa
Historical Site
City
The ticket machine at Aswan train station was not working when we attempted to purchase…
Mar 10, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Aswan

Africa
Historical Site
Hike
We arrived in Aswan around 11 am. Rest on the sleeper train between Cario and Aswan was surprisingly refreshing, there’s something about the rocking motion which puts you…
Mar 6, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Alexandria

Africa
Historical Site
City
Arriving back in Cairo from Bahariya our next destination planned was Aswan, Egypt’s southern most city. However, Trav & I counted up how many days remained on our visas and re-estimated how many nights to…
Feb 27, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Bahariya Oasis

Africa
Desert
Visiting an Oasis was always part of our schedule, we hadn’t decided which Oasis to visit…
Feb 26, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Egypt - Cairo

Africa
Historical Site
City
Cairo was the first stop on this seven month endeavour. After landing, Trav & I negotiated a taxi from the airport to our accommodation for a reasonable price of £300EGP…
Feb 24, 2023
Oliver Eaton

Excitement Post

*It is two weeks out from my journey, I thought I’d write the first entry in my travel blog.
Jan 29, 2023
Oliver Eaton
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