In honour of my friend Paula being back in Europe, on a flying visit from New Zealand her adopted home, we decided to do a one week road trip around Jordan. Here’s the highlights! Hiring a car in Jordan Hiring a car in Jordan is definitely the way to travel the country and even if…… Continue reading One week in Jordan – driving from Madaba to the Red Sea via Petra
Category: Backpacking itinerary
Kampala to Sipi Falls, via Jinja and the source of the Nile
After a Queen Elizabeth National Park tour and a couple of days hiking in Lake Bunyonyi, it’s time to discover what lies to the east of Kampala. The first stop is Jinja to find the source of the Nile. Yep, it’s the source of the Nile When I was researching how to travel independently in…… Continue reading Kampala to Sipi Falls, via Jinja and the source of the Nile
From Russia to Mongolia by train – Tors Travel Tales
I started writing Tors Travel Tales last year, with the aim to eventually write one about every country I’ve been to. I’m not making much headway so far. I think I still have about seventy odd to go! Tors Travel Tales – an attempt to write a backpackers account of every country I’ve been to.…… Continue reading From Russia to Mongolia by train – Tors Travel Tales
From backpacking the Maldives to hiking in Mongolia – a quick tour of the eighty one countries I’ve visited
A brief history of some of the countries I’ve visited during my nearly twenty years of backpacking Is country counting acceptable in the world of backpacking? There’s a lot of negativity around ‘country counting’ in the travel community, with some travellers being very disdainful of those who count. It’s not about the quantity, it’s the…… Continue reading From backpacking the Maldives to hiking in Mongolia – a quick tour of the eighty one countries I’ve visited
Frozen bananas, wild swimming and American school buses in Guatemala – Tors Travel Tales
Cooking lessons, hiking and volunteering as I backpack across Guatemala I travelled through Central America for five months in late 2018, doing a figure of eight route through five countries. I started and finished in El Salvador, taking in Honduras, Guatemala, Mexico and Belize along the way. I have the luxury of travelling every winter…… Continue reading Frozen bananas, wild swimming and American school buses in Guatemala – Tors Travel Tales
TOR GOES TRAVELLING AGAIN 