When you travel, and especially when you travel solo, you are bound to meet a whole host of characters in hostels. I have touched on this in previous posts ‘The Freak Parade – Oddballs on the Road‘ and ‘Embrace Your Fellow Traveller…‘. What HostelBookers have done brilliantly is sum up the 15 types of weird and wonderful backpackers you are likely to meet in hostels. I would say I am…
For the latest, second, guest post at Pulped Travel, I have asked an old friend of mine (and a published magazine travel writer) to contribute. Heather has produced a really entertaining and insightful guide to an area of Spain many people are close to, on the Costa Blanca, but may not necessarily take the time to visit. I hope you enjoy reading about the Rio Seco as much as I…
I know I said that this blog isn’t about me writing about all the places I’ve visited; thus, leaving many readers relying on this site as a cure for insomnia. Nevertheless, I thought it might be nice to review my year in travel so far and, rather than blather on about all the amazing neoclassical churches I visited or the many sites of Etruscan interest I encountered, I had the…
After several posts from yours truly, I can only imagine that regular readers of Pulped Travel are growing tired of hearing my thoughts on travel by now. I therefore, had a brainwave. I am lucky enough to have met and know so many people that are as passionate as me about travel that I thought I should hand over the reins to them so that they can offer you something…
In September 2008 the world we live in changed forever. No more would we worry or panic about our humdrum lives as a saviour, taking the form of an A-List Hollywood actress, was there to help solve and improve our once miserable existences. Yes…I am talking about Gywneth Paltrow and her much derided weekly lifestyle newsletter GOOP (www.goop.com). It isn’t my intention to tear into Gwynnie’s online baby; most of…