I Need Destinations
Not sure where in the world to go or what to do when you get there? Discover the low-down on every country that I’ve visited so far, and hopefully pick up an idea or three. For tales of royalty from Brunei, or photos of carpentry from Shanghai, or videos of forestry from Uruguay, click on a link below…
November 17th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Denmark! The Road Travelled · Tales From Denmark · Photos Country 80/196: Denmark. Known for its flat landscapes, charming coastal towns, and progressive society, Denmark is a seamless blend of old-world charm and contemporary design. From the cobbled streets of Copenhagen to the windswept shores of Skagen, it offers a variety… May 23rd, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Cyprus! The Road Travelled · Tales From Cyprus · Photos Country 79/196: Cyprus. Primarily known for beaches and booze, this small Mediterranean island nation has far more to it than just freshers. For those who like a demilitarized zone—and who doesn't?—the often-shirked capital offers a safe window into Cyprus' troublesome past… May 1st, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Egypt! The Road Travelled · Tales From Egypt · Photos Country 78/196: Egypt. Culture and chaos in equal measure would sum up the capital as wandering its dusty and smoggy streets is both enchanting and maddening. Hawkers galore spot unwitting tourists at a hundred paces and use their well-practised skills to… April 17th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Czechia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Czechia · Photos Country 77/196: Czechia. Divided in two by wine-swigging Moravia and beer-gulping Bohemia, Czechia, as the government has now branded it, has no rival when it comes to alcohol consumption and cheap alcohol consumption at that. It also has no rival when… March 16th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Slovakia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Slovakia · Photos Country 76/196: Slovakia. The undulating and surprising nation of Slovakia houses the largest collection, after the United States, of Andy Warhol works as well as the highest concentration of castles in the world, something we Welsh know a thing or two… March 9th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Hungary! The Road Travelled · Tales From Hungary · Photos Country 75/196: Hungary. The great nation of the Magyars, Hungary is a bit of an oddity in the heart of Central Europe. With an extremely complex and unique language as well as a hard-line leader, the nation is quite unlike any… February 29th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Austria! The Road Travelled · Tales From Austria · Photos Country 74/196: Austria. Origin of some of the most talented musicians in history, and Conchita Wurst, Austria is the ideal location for all things lyrical. Salzburg was home to both Mozart and, slightly later, a guitar-wielding Julie Andrews while Vienna boasted… February 19th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Germany! The Road Travelled · Tales From Germany · Photos Country 73/196: Germany. Lederhosen, beer benches, dirndls, oompah bands, masses, steins by the hundred, no not my eighteenth birthday party but Bavaria at its stereotypical finest. The Hofbräuhaus in Munich to be exact, which is a must-visit when exploring Germany's southeasternmost… February 13th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Liechtenstein! The Road Travelled · Tales From Liechtenstein · Photos Country 72/196: Liechtenstein. Nestled in the Northern Alps between big brothers Switzerland and Austria, this micronation retains much of its mystery and its history to this day. Largely ruled by the Prince of Liechtenstein, whose family still live in a gothic… January 22nd, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Switzerland! The Road Travelled · Tales From Switzerland · Photos Country 71/196: Switzerland. While her cities are pleasant enough, very few visit Switzerland for the naves of Basel or the clock towers of Bern for it's the nation's wild hinterland that draws the crowds for endless fun and games atop Europe's… January 17th, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Luxembourg! The Road Travelled · Tales From Luxembourg · Photos Country 70/196: Luxembourg. Not just a place for the Jimmy Carrs and Gary Barlows to hide their cash, Luxembourg has plenty more to offer than dull suits and tawdry financial institutions. The teardrop-shaped nation maintains a verdant and rolling hinterland outside… January 3rd, 2024 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Belgium! The Road Travelled · Tales From Belgium · Photos Country 69/196: Belgium. If you're in the mood for a Pathological Lager or a Tart Side of the Moon or, indeed, the greatest selection of beer of any nation on earth then Belgium is the place to go. If you can… November 9th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: The Netherlands! The Road Travelled · Tales From The Netherlands · Photos Country 68/196: The Netherlands. Tallest citizens, yes, highest percentage of English as a second language speakers, yes, most liberal country in the world, quite possibly, Dutch culture is a fantastic amalgamation of old naval, artistic, and architectural heritage with… October 16th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Kosovo! The Road Travelled · Tales From Kosovo · Photos Country 67/196: Kosovo. Undoubtedly, Europe's most controversial nation, through no fault of her own, Kosovo has long polarised opinion with absolutely no sign of any contention slowing down. Despite the odd flare-up along their shared border with Serbia, the embryonic nation… September 13th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: North Macedonia! The Road Travelled · Tales From North Macedonia · Photos Country 66/196: North Macedonia. If searching for Orthodox hilltop churches in pristine rolling hills is your thing or if you enjoy viewing monuments dedicated to famous farmers or notable librarians then North Macedonia should be top of your list.… September 8th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Albania! The Road Travelled · Tales From Albania · Photos Country 65/196: Albania. More than just pristine Mediterranean beaches on a budget, exploring Albania's communist past proved far more enthralling than fighting a German for a sun lounger. Play the 'Spot the Bunker' game and see how many of the seven-hundred-and-fifty… July 26th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Montenegro! The Road Travelled · Tales From Montenegro · Photos Country 64/196: Montenegro. From fjord-like bays on its rugged coast to brutalist tower blocks in the quiet capital, to budget skiing deep in the interior, make the most of Montenegro before a relatively well-kept secret inevitably joins the EU and turns… May 17th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Bosnia & Herzegovina! The Road Travelled · Tales From Bosnia & Herzegovina · Photos Country 63/196: Bosnia & Herzegovina. Few European nations have undergone as rapid a transformation as Bosnia since the brutally dark days of war and genocide in the early 90s. Still fighting many a lingering unpleasant perception, the… March 21st, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Serbia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Serbia · Photos Country 62/196: Serbia. The heart of former Yugoslavia, Serbia still commands a great influence in the region although her deep cultural ties to Russia appear to be hindering her diminishing European ambitions. If baroque-brutalist architecture turns you on, however, Belgrade is… March 10th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Croatia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Croatia · Photos Country 61/196: Croatia. For a country with over a thousand paradisical islands, there are plenty of places to explore well away from the coastline including the great lakes and waterfalls of Plitvice and its buzzing capital: Zagreb. The latter is particularly… February 23rd, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Slovenia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Slovenia · Photos Country 60/196: Slovenia. Not just mountains and lakes as one might assume, Slovenia has a complex, Venetian culture attached to its compact coastline which may catch the unenlightened traveller by surprise. It is also blessed with one of the most attractive capitals… January 29th, 2023 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: San Marino! The Road Travelled · Tales From San Marino · Photos Country 59/196: San Marino. As far as micronations go, few are more pleasing to the eye than this one. Fewer still require a cable car to reach their capital but San Marino is not your usual country. The oldest… October 27th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Vatican City! The Road Travelled · Tales From Vatican City · Photos Country 58/196: Vatican City. The smallest and one of the most unique nations on earth, the Vatican offers so many weird and wonderful quirks that it makes for a traveller's dream. Most densely populated country, highest crime rate, a… October 13th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Italy! The Road Travelled · Tales From Italy · Photos Country 57/196: Italy. If there is one nation's cuisine that I would happily devour for the rest of my life it would be this fine country, and that's despite the hopelessness of explaining veganism. From the mountainous, lake-saturated north to the… June 16th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Ireland! The Road Travelled · Tales From Ireland · Photos Country 56/196: Ireland. Greatest pubs? Check. Friendliest people? Check. Finest weather? Two out of three isn't bad. Whilst Dublin may be the best stag location this side of Slough, there is far more to the country than feather boas and the… April 11th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Monaco! The Road Travelled · Tales From Monaco · Photos Country 55/196: Monaco. The most densely populated nation on earth, Monaco squeezes as much glitz, splendor, and ostentatiousness as one possibly can within its two hundred and two square hectares. From the casino at Monte Carlo to the mega-yacht saturated Port… February 2nd, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Andorra! The Road Travelled · Tales From Andorra · Photos Country 54/196: Andorra. Sandwiched deep in the Pyrenees mountain range between Spain and France, this oft-overlooked sovereign state affords a smorgasbord of surprises for the slightly more adventurous traveller. As well as nine well-respected ski resorts, this nation is perfect for… January 21st, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Portugal! The Road Travelled · Tales From Portugal · Photos Country 53/196: Portugal. The perfect winter escape from the glum North, Portugal is ideal for those looking for a sprinkling of sunshine during December or a snifter of port in March. The vibrant cities of Lisbon and Porto are excellent destinations… January 20th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Spain! The Road Travelled · Tales From Spain · Photos Country 52/196: Spain. A nation I had been taken to many times as a child - fortunately, not in the Liam Neeson way - I was curious to see if road tripping through its mountainous north and tropical south would reawaken… January 20th, 2022 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: France! The Road Travelled · Tales From France · Photos Country 51/196: France. What better country to take Vishnu the van to first than la France? A campers paradise, the country is filled with aires and rest-stops for weary van lifers or exhausted eco-warriors. From the Celtic north-west to the alpine… November 12th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Greece! The Road Travelled · Tales From Greece · Photos Country 50/196: Greece. Forget Faliraki, skip Santorini, stay clear of Corfu, Greece has a lot more to offer than beaches and STD's. Hire a car and explore its mountainous north, where you might even meet a brown bear or three, or… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Cabo Verde! The Road Travelled · Tales From Cabo Verde · Photos Country 49/196: Cabo Verde. This ten-island archipelago lies approximately five hundred kilometres west of the African mainland; and that is about all it has in common with its continental neighbours. Portugal kept a strong grip on the nation until… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Mauritania! The Road Travelled · Tales From Mauritania · Photos Country 48/196: Mauritania. The least-visited nation on the African mainland, and probably my favourite; not sure if there's a pattern there. From stowing away on the longest train in the world to exploring the vast expanse of the Sahara, Mauritania is… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Mali! The Road Travelled · Tales From Mali · Photos Country 47/196: Mali. A nation with a rich history, full of historically significant sites and remarkable mudbrick architecture. Unfortunately, at the time of my voyage, I was unable to visit any of them due to major security issues outside of the… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Burkina Faso! The Road Travelled · Tales From Burkina Faso · Photos Country 46/196: Burkina Faso. At the time of writing, and visiting, Burkina was not the safest nation on earth for foreign backpackers like I. National parks are closed, towns and villages off limits and World Heritage sites unreachable; with… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Niger! The Road Travelled · Tales From Niger · Photos Country 45/196: Niger. The poorest nation in West Africa, and with insurgent issues in many areas, you may think that I had a hard time in Niger: not so! The capital of Niamey was my favourite city in Western Africa, with… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Nigeria! The Road Travelled · Tales From Nigeria · Photos Country 44/196: Nigeria. The beating heart of Africa, Nigeria is the economic powerhouse of the continent. However, it's certainly not achieved this through its tourism industry (doesn't rank in Africa's top ten most visited). Indeed, with one of the most expensive… January 4th, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Benin! The Road Travelled · Tales From Benin · Photos Country 43/196: Benin. The home of voodoo and one of the largest floating cities in the world, Benin (or Benan as the locals pronounce it) has undergone a radical transformation since the collapse of communism in the early 90's. Signs of… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Togo! The Road Travelled · Tales From Togo · Photos Country 42/196: Togo. A slither of a nation but one which enjoys a rich voodoo culture and some of the best beaches in West Africa. The further you venture from the Atlantic Coast, the further you depart from civilization and the… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Ghana! The Road Travelled · Tales From Ghana · Photos Country 41/196: Ghana. A country I will always remember as the place I attempted my first, and hopefully only, marathon (attempted being the operative word). I only made it halfway, but I was roared on by literally handfuls of eager locals.… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Côte d'Ivoire! The Road Travelled · Tales From Côte d'Ivoire · Photos Country 40/196: Côte d'Ivoire. More developed than its western and northern counterparts, Côte d'Ivoire is one of the fastest growing economies in the world (top five GDP growth in both 2018 and 2019). Tourism is playing an increasingly important role… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Liberia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Liberia · Photos Country 39/196: Liberia. Sometimes referred to as the United States' fifty-second state (sorry Puerto Rico), this small corner of Africa provides quite the shock if you're not aware of its history. With the local accent sounding more The Bronx than West Africa,… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Sierra Leone! The Road Travelled · Tales From Sierra Leone · Photos Country 38/196: Sierra Leone. If there is any country in the world perceived more incorrectly than Sierra Leone, I am yet to visit it. Everything that I disliked about neighbouring Guinea and its destitute capital is in stark contrast to… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Guinea! The Road Travelled · Tales From Guinea · Photos Country 37/196: Guinea. If I had to sum up Guinea in one word it would be this: mayhem. The fact I was squashed inside an overloaded jeep for over a day to get there didn't help my initial perception of the country.… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Guinea-Bissau! The Road Travelled · Tales From Guinea-Bissau · Photos Country 36/196: Guinea-Bissau. A world away from its bustling neighbours, Guinea-Bissau is one of the hidden gems of Africa. Visited by less than thirty thousand people each year, the country is untouched by touristy developments and culture-sapping big business. The capital, Bissau,… January 3rd, 2020 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: The Gambia! The Road Travelled · Tales From The Gambia · Photos Country 35/196: The Gambia. Africa's smallest mainland nation: this bizarrely shaped slither should not be avoided when roaming the Western part of the continent. Pristine beaches, an abundance of birdlife and easy links from Dakar make The Gambia a simple… December 25th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Senegal! The Road Travelled · Tales From Senegal · Photos Country 34/196: Senegal. The country that provided me my first insight into the African continent, Senegal is a vibrant, colourful and, at times, extremely chaotic nation. The capital, Dakar, is one of the best cities in Western Africa to gather the visas… May 22nd, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Mexico! The Road Travelled · Tales From Mexico · Photos Country 33/196: Mexico. The nation where my Central American backpacking voyage came to an end, although you might get punched in the face if you tell a Mexican that they are part of Central America. A country so vast that you could… May 22nd, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Belize! The Road Travelled · Tales From Belize · Photos Country 32/196: Belize. A little-known corner of the Commonwealth where Queen Lizzie still rules supreme and English is the common tongue, but don't let that put you off. Whilst the mainland is the location of some of the finest cave systems and… May 21st, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Guatemala! The Road Travelled · Tales From Guatemala · Photos Country 31/196: Guatemala. Watching a volcano erupt from atop the volcano next door is an experience I will never forget, and for that alone I will always have fond memories of Guat. However, there is far more to the country than just… May 21st, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: El Salvador! The Road Travelled · Tales From El Salvador · Photos Country 30/196: El Salvador. A nation often overlooked by the casual Central American backpacker, despite the fact that I found it to be the cheapest and most welcoming of all. The towns and beaches along the Pacific coast are havens… May 13th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Honduras! The Road Travelled · Tales From Honduras · Photos Country 29/196: Honduras. Trying to find positive stories about trips through Honduras is not an easy task. Often flown over by backpackers, I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of the countryside that a lot were missing out on. Whilst its scuba… May 13th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Nicaragua! The Road Travelled · Tales From Nicaragua · Photos Country 28/196: Nicaragua. A nation I very nearly avoided due to the rather dramatic travel warning provided by the wonderful UK government at the time. Despite being advised against all travel in Nicaragua due to civil unrest, I listened to what backpackers… May 1st, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Costa Rica! The Road Travelled · Tales From Costa Rica · Photos Country 27/196: Costa Rica. Ecotourism is a word that every nation wants to be associated with these days, none more than Costa Rica. Whilst their desire to lead the way in sustainable tourism (with a plan to become the first… May 1st, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Panama! The Road Travelled · Tales From Panama · Photos Country 26/196: Panama. The start of a new expedition led me to Panama, where my backpacking adventure through Central America began. From a capital city akin to Miami, all roads lead to beautiful wilderness, where jungles and waterfalls still rule the landscape.… April 26th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Ukraine! The Road Travelled · Tales From Ukraine · Photos Country 25/196: Ukraine. The largest nation (not named Russia) in Europe and one desperately trying to stop the annexation of more of its eastern territory by their aforementioned neighbour. Towards the west, and in the capital, life goes on much as before,… April 26th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Moldova! The Road Travelled · Tales From Moldova · Photos Country 24/196: Moldova. Only San Marino and Liechtenstein are visited less (in terms of European countries) than Moldova. That’s rather impressive given that it is over one hundred and fifty times bigger than them both combined. But what it lacks in tourists,… April 24th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Romania! The Road Travelled · Tales From Romania · Photos Country 23/196: Romania. Although known for their vampires and eerie castles, we soon discovered that Romania's nightlife is also notorious - as we stumbled from casino to casino in the historic capital. From Bucharest, the route to find Dracula takes in one… April 24th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Bulgaria! The Road Travelled · Tales From Bulgaria · Photos Country 22/196: Bulgaria. Whilst the urge to head straight to the fine beaches on the shores of the Black Sea may be great, there is far more to this country than cheap beer and loutish foreigners. We delved deep into the Bulgarian… April 19th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Turkey! The Road Travelled · Tales From Turkey · Photos Country 21/196: Turkey. A nation spanning two continents, with few others on earth being able to lay claim to as much history as theirs. The city of Istanbul, in particular, has been captured and ruled by more civilizations than maybe any other… April 10th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Georgia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Georgia · Photos Country 20/196: Georgia. Upon our bedraggled arrival in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, we found a surprisingly charming city that would not look out of place anywhere in Europe (given the amount of E.U flags proudly hung around the country, that’s what… April 10th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Armenia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Armenia · Photos Country 19/196: Armenia. The first country in the world to declare Christianity as its state religion, Armenia is dotted with countless historic churches and monasteries, oft built in the most scenic of locations. To access them usually requires negotiating some extremely heavily… April 9th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Iran! The Road Travelled · Tales From Iran · Photos Country 18/196: Iran. One of the trickiest countries to enter this side of North Korea, to say the Iranian government is not keen on allowing Western tourists to road trip around its historic nation is an understatement. However, once you've bribed enough… April 9th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Azerbaijan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Azerbaijan · Photos Country 17/196: Azerbaijan. A thirty-hour "ferry" across the Caspian Sea must be one of the more unusual ways of entering Azerbaijan, but we like to arrive somewhere in style. Oil rich and stable, the country has undergone rapid development since it broke… April 8th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Uzbekistan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Uzbekistan · Photos Country 16/196: Uzbekistan. A true Silk Road destination, Uzbekistan is a one-stop shop for anyone looking to take a step into the past and follow Marco Polo's iconic route. The infamous cities of Samarkand and Bukhara are filled with countless ornately-decorated, blue-domed… April 8th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Tajikistan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Tajikistan · Photos Country 15/196: Tajikistan. I absolutely adore this country. The highlight of our Silk Road voyage, Tajikistan was as wild and as beautifully desolate as any nation I've ever been to. The Pamir Highway, for which we spent a week navigating, is a… April 7th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Kyrgyzstan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Kyrgyzstan · Photos Country 14/196: Kyrgyzstan. A nation that divides my own opinion. On the one hand there is the rugged and quite stunning Mars-like landscape, filled with deep canyons and crimson gorges with viridescent rivers running through the middle. Good. On the other hand,… April 7th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Kazakhstan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Kazakhstan · Photos Country 13/196: Kazakhstan. A nation undergoing rapid transformation, Kazakhstan is starting to embrace a sustainable future, with the eyes of the world fixed on the capital Astana for the World EXPO 2017. A surprisingly modern metropolis, the city has changed beyond recognition… April 6th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Mongolia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Mongolia · Photos Country 12/196: Mongolia. When we began the planning phase of our Silk Road voyage (yes, we did plan), two particular legs appeared more challenging than the rest: the Pamir Highway and Western Mongolia. Just how challenging they would be, we could not… April 6th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Russia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Russia · Photos Country 11/196: Russia. The first stop on our Silk Road adventure was one that proved to be full of surprises. With the dire press it receives through Western media outlets, I didn't have sky-high hopes for our month in Russia before our… April 4th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: China! The Road Travelled · Tales From China · Photos Country 10/196: China. With Chinese New Year just around the corner, Yugyeong and I decided to make the brief trip over North Korea to Beijing, joining in with what's been dubbed as 'the largest human migration on earth'. We spent the first… March 27th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Malaysia! The Road Travelled · Tales From Malaysia · Photos Country 8/196: Malaysia. A country separated by the 'South China Sea' into two similarly sized but highly contrasting regions. I decided to spend the festive season exploring the faraway island of Borneo, of which Malaysia controls the northern reaches. From my base… March 23rd, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Brunei! The Road Travelled · Tales From Brunei · Photos Country 9/196: Brunei. A nation I knew very little about before my arrival in the capital: Bandar Seri Begawan. I left three days later knowing even less than when I arrived, as this minature Muslim nation gave very little away. Mosques and… February 14th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: North Korea! The Road Travelled · Tales From North Korea · Photos Country 7/196: North Korea. One of the most reclusive, unstable and unwelcoming destinations on earth – or is it? Yes, it absolutely is. Having said that, I would be lying if I said that I didn’t have a slightly morbid fascination… February 11th, 2019 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Japan! The Road Travelled · Tales From Japan · Photos Country 6/196: Japan. For my all too brief summer vacation from teaching in South Korea, I took the opportunity to hop across the East Sea for a week in the Land of the Rising Sun. A whistle stop tour of three prominent Japanese… September 19th, 2018 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: South Korea! The Road Travelled · Tales From South Korea · Photos Country 5/196: South Korea. My first voyage into Asia, as well as teaching, as I took a job at an English language hagwon in Daegu. It was a massive shock to the system, both culturally and professionally, as I had… September 19th, 2018 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: The UK! The Road Travelled · Tales From The UK · Photos Country 4/196: The United Kingdom. My home. I come from a small corner of the Welsh countryside where the land is beautiful and the sheep even more so. I’m only joking, not all Welsh people are infatuated by sheep, some prefer… September 19th, 2018 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Iceland! The Road Travelled · Tales From Iceland · Photos Country 3/196: Iceland. If your plane ever has a stop-over in Reykjavik, pick up your bags, leave the airport, and book a return flight in a week's time. That's what I did and I do not regret it (the Icelandic Phallological Museum… September 19th, 2018 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: Canada! The Road Travelled · Tales From Canada · Photos Country 2/196: Canada. The country where the idea for Bucket List 196 was formed, and somewhere I miss more than any other. I lived and worked in Downtown Vancouver for a year, and I can honestly say that it is one of… September 18th, 2018 Jack Noah Rees
Bucket List 196: The USA! The Road Travelled · Tales From The USA · Photos Country 1/196: The United States of America. Every journey must start somewhere, and mine began in January 2015 on the shores of Waikiki Beach, Hawaii, after a rather substantial victory in a casino in Vancouver, and a spontaneous booking of a…
