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[Seattle, USA] Boeing Factory, Bubblegum and a “special” coffee

Mind blowing Ayahuasca ceremony in Phuket, Thailand

Magic mushroom experience in an abandoned building in Phuket, Thailand

Why Malaysia’s Penang Island didn’t do much for me
Sitting on the top floor lounge space in our hostel, me and Lee were full of optimism about taking on Penang’s renowned street food and incredibly famous beaches. After all, all the…

Phuket Cleanse: My experience at Thailand’s best wellness retreat

Rebirthing (breathwork): Spiritual awakening or bullsh*t hoax?

Elephant Jungle Sanctuary day trip in Phuket, Thailand
You ever seen an elephant sh*t? Holy crap! It’s one of the things you’ll get to experience when visiting the Elephant Sanctuary, in Phuket – as well as feeding and washing with…

Face to face with alligators during Everglades airboat tour in Miami
“Has anybody ever died doing this?” I asked our Cuban tour guide. “Yes!” he shouts, as the noisy air boat lifts into the air and then crashes back down again onto the…
Guinness Storehouse tour during St Patrick’s Day in Dublin
ST PATRICK’S Day, St James’s Gate, the home of the black stuff. And I make a confession that almost causes our taxi driver to crash. “I’ve never tasted Guinness before.” The Guinness…

Swimming with pigs, turtles and sharks in The Exuma, Bahamas

Lads Holiday to Edinburgh, Scotland: Bar crawls, BJs and a castle
It’s 6am. My eyes are closed and earplugs tightly fixed. I’m trying my hardest to forget the last few hours, when all of a sudden, a potent scent of fish floods my…

Lads Holiday to Cape Verde? Here’s some great reasons to go Sal, Cape Verde

Playa Del Carmen: From ancient Mayan cities to clubbing in Cancun

Halloween party at Bran Castle in Transylvania, Romania
DRACULA – probably somebody you wouldn’t want to spend Halloween with. And I’m not talking about Bram Stoker’s blood sucking monster – I’m talking about the REAL Dracula, known as Vlad The…

Lads Holiday to Magaluf: Club 18-30 Party Destination

Porch House, Cotswolds: Ghosts, grub and great ale at AA Pub of the Year
“Do you see that chair over there…there’s an old man who sits in it smoking his pipe. People have reported being able to smell his smoke – and his greasy hair!” No,…

10 things we loved about visiting Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka has everything you need for almost any kind of holiday – luxury beach getaway, active trekking trip in the mountains, safari adventure, culinary quest – you name it. And because it’s…

New York: Santacon

Lads weekend in Riga, Latvia: A bloody lucky escape
It’s 5am and I’ve just got off the phone to the hotel receptionist, who assures me the paramedics are on the way. I look over at Rory, his hands are red, there’s…

Belgian chocolates, waffles and a terrorist
It’s Friday, 5.56pm and my missus phones me to make sure I’ll be finishing work in exactly 4 minutes. Vicky’s never this keen, but its my birthday and she’s organised some mystery…

South-West France booze tour!

Murcia: Lots of food, drinking and stinking
Mud. What is mud? By definition, it’s a soft, sticky matter from the mixing of earth and water – AKA wet dirt. For us lads it’s the result of a good sliding…

Swimming with pigs in the Bahamas
I could waffle on about Bahamas for weeks, but I’m not here to sell the honeymoon destination – I’m here to talk about pigs. Now you must’ve seen the Expedia advert (below)…

Egypt: Sex, drugs, Machetes and awful Karaoke in Sharm el-Sheikh
When it comes to cheap winter sun, Egypt will always be one of my favourite destinations. Sharm el-Sheikh is just over five hours away – and without much effort, you’ll find a…

Conrad Hilton in Thailand’s Koh Samui island is nothing less than amazing
THREE and a half seconds. That’s how fast I could be out of bed and into our private infinity pool, ready to watch the warm sun rise over the Gulf of Thailand.…

Dubai: Why you won’t want to stop coming back to this amazing place
Peering through the plane window, excited like a kid approaching Lego Land. It’s hard not to stare at the towering Burj Khalifa, which pierces the sky, dwarfing everything and anything. Glistening like a…

Mount Kilimanjaro charity trek with a man carrying a ‘tiger’ on his back

Toronto: CN Tower Edgewalk, Niagara Falls helicopter ride and lots of wine
TWO beautiful Texan girls stepped up first as I watched in terror… I’m shaking, palms sweating and hands tightly clenched onto a piece of rope which prevents me from a 1,168ft plummet to…

From killer bears to hypothermia – here’s 22 ways to die in Slovenia
Nothing ventured, nothing gained. To reap the rewards on your weekend, you’ve got to be ready to take some risks. Leave the paper cut warnings and the CAUTION THIS DRINK IS HOT signs in…

VIP weekend in Ibiza, Spain
It’s 6.30am and I’m trying to sleep. My ears buzz from a heavy night of house at world famous club, Amnesia. There’s noise outside my balcony, lots of it. As I place…

Sun, sea, surfing and food… Hawaii, USA
Flying to Hawaii, USA, isn’t the quickest of trips. It took 11 hrs to Los Angeles, before a three hour wait ahead of a six hour internal flight over to Oahu International…

Fuerteventura: Windsurfing World Cup, Club Premium and a nudist (or two)

Reykjavic, Iceland is amazing and the PERFECT gift for her, all year round
There’s not a single lady in the world that wouldn’t want to see the Northern Lights, so when deciding what to get my girlfriend for our first Valentine’s together, it made perfect…

Phuket vs Koh Samui:

Lads holiday to Morocco

Who needs a Valentine for Paris when you have a pocket full of euros and a wingman
“City of Love?” Yeah right… The first thing we see after jumping off the Eurostar was a tramp scrounging through the bins looking for food…. decent!! We step outside the Gard du…