Nathan Kingerlee is a man on a mission. The 28-year old outdoors enthusiast has set off on a 304km trek from Tipperary to Dublin all in the hope of discovering whether Ireland is still a ‘land of a thousand welcomes’. Oh – and he’s taken along his dog Cara and…
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Taking the Travel Plunge with Nomadic Matt Kepnes
Ask the experts: Twenty-something Bostonian Matt Kepnes has the job that most people can only ever envy. He’s a full time backpacker who funds his travels via his Nomadic Matt site. This week he took some time out to answer a few questions about what it’s like to live the…
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Tips for Video Blogging with TravelYourself
Ask the Experts: This week Cailin O’ Neil of TravelYourself.com takes part in our Q & A on how to video blog while on the road… Q1. Hi Cailin, you recently made the switch from traditional travel blogging to video blogging (vlogging) with travelyourself.com. What can we look forward to…
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Guardian Travel: Catherine Mack in the Aran Islands
In this weekend’s Guardian, travel writer Catherine Mack shares her experiences of Ireland’s remote Aran Islands with Guardian Travel readers. Her article focuses on the island of Inis Meáin, where she meets with Inis Meáin hotel owner Ruairí de Blacam. In her own inimitable way, Mack describes the sparse landscape…
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Packing Tips with FoxNomad
In his own words, FoxNomad, aka Anil Polat is an IT hacker (the good kind), turned digital nomad, travelling the world indefinitely… This week, Anil is extolling the virtues of the ‘80% rule’. Basically the 80% rule means not packing your rucksack or luggage fully to capacity when travelling on…