One of the best things about Istanbul is just how many cultures are visually impacting the city at any given time. Bridging the gap between Europe and Asia, the city is situated on the banks of the strategically important Bosphorus strait, known historically as a meeting point for much of the Old World’s trade. Founded in 330 AD as Constantinople, Istanbul is now a modern day gateway to experiencing a mix of religion, culture and history. One of the main reasons why I wanted to visit Istanbul for so long was due to the geographical split between Europe and Asia. The cultural riches of Europe a ..read more

Back in January 2018, my friends and I travelled the length of Norway where we ended our trip visiting Villmarkssenter in Tromso. Here we experienced one of our best travel moments since starting travelling. As a big dog lover, getting the chance to dog sled in the Arctic circle and spend hours with the dogs was amazing! However, since writing about my experiences in my Norway Part 2 post, I have had some comments and emails from readers who were worried that dog sledding is cruel to the dogs. Some other readers also commented that it was no different than elephant riding. This was when I ..read more

Back in March 2018, I visited Bangkok for my fourth time in the last 7 months. Having pretty much exhausted most of the main tourist attractions, I wanted to visit other places that I hadn’t previously been to. My girlfriend, Sita, suggested going to visit the ancient capital city of Thailand, Ayutthaya. She explained how the Burmese burnt the city leaving now ancient ruins. As someone who loves history, this got me very excited to visit! Ayutthaya is a place that you will find fun to explore if you’re interested in learning more about Thai culture and its history. However, I know some of you ..read more

This blog post will be a little different to ones that you’re used to reading here on 3TravelBug! I am excited to announce that this will be a collaboration article with Nina Clapperton and her blog, Nina Out and About. I will be exploring the pros and cons and of group travel. Whereas, Nina will be explaining the pros and cons of solo travelling. So let’s begin! I usually travel with my friend Max and on occasion, some of my other friends. Racking up 31 different countries with a number of people has been an amazing experience and adventure. It would be strange to imagine those trips now with ..read more

Back in 2016, I wanted to go travelling for my birthday. Although we had previously done a trip to Europe in 2015, it wasn’t really what we expected. However, we wanted to give travelling another go! Luckily, we gave travelling another shot as the rest is history.. I had heard many good things about the nightlife in Eastern Europe, mainly from travellers youtube videos. Also, we had been to Prague in 2015 and the night life was crazy! I remember at the time, people were quite surprised we had decided to spend my birthday in Riga, but honestly it was one of the best weekends of my life. We met ..read more

This post was inspired by one of my latest blog posts, (Top 5 Countries That I have Travelled 15-18). As this post did so well and had so much positive feedback, I decided to write a blog post on my best moments whilst travelling. However, just like the last article, being able to narrow my list of awesome travel moments down was extremely difficult. Nevertheless, after much thought here are my top 5! Climbing Mt. Fuji in Japan is number 5 on my best travel moments! Climbing Mt. Fuji was part of my Asia trip with Max and Haydn, so being able to experience the climb with them only made the ex ..read more

I am thrilled to have been nominated by Prerana from Inside Travellers Shoes for the Sunshine Blogger Award! It is an incredible honour to be nominated for awards by other bloggers that appreciate your work! Within the last 12 months, 3TravelBug has now received 3 different awards and I am so thankful to everyone who has helped the blog grow so much over a small amount of time! WHAT IS THE SUNSHINE BLOGGER AWARD? The Sunshine Blogger Award is given to bloggers who are creative, inspiring and hard working in their niche. It is awarded by bloggers, to other bloggers, who recognise their develop ..read more

Over the last 3 years, I have visited 31 different countries, which makes writing this article a difficult task. Nevertheless after much deliberation, I have come up with the top 5 countries that I have visited! 5. At number 5 on the list is Vietnam. In the summer of 2017, I spent 17 days in Vietnam and started my travels in Hanoi. Before setting off to Asia, I pre-booked through Vietnam Backpackers Hostel trips to Halong Bay and Sapa. I also booked a weeks long adventure down the coast of Vietnam called the Buffalo Run. Being able to spend a couple of days on your own private island a ..read more

During my first trip to Bali in November of 2017, I always felt like I had unfinished business there. Although I only spent 5 days in Bali, getting a big stomach bug cut what we saw short. Almost a year later, I decided that my girlfriend and I should return back to Bali to explore the areas we previously didn’t explore. The trip already started off on a high as when we were landing we saw one of the many volcanoes that Bali has to offer from the plane. On our arrival, we planned to stay one night Kuta as we really wanted to get to Ubud as quickly as possible. We stayed at Angkul Beach Inn Ho ..read more

Being able to write this post after only blogging for 16 months is a surreal moment. If the title hasn’t given it away already, 3TravelBug is now a top 100 travel blog ranking at 79! Creating the blog in May 2017, the blog was originally just a place where we would write about our trips so we could remember them. We never expected to gain an audience of over 62,000 views by September 2018. The idea came during our Iceland trip where we started to go-pro our travels. Within a couple of months, we noticed that when we posted we were attracting high levels of traffic. But what was more exciting ..read more