Yabby Jack’s Travel Blog

Bright lights, noise, gambling and prostitution - gotta love Las vegas

Driving over the mountains from LA to Las Vegas for the first time, or just Vegas as most people know it, you have no real idea of what you will find after 3 hours passing through 120 degree heat and a landscape that suggest the name ’Death Valley’is not inappropriate.
Sweeping over the final rise Vegas lies before you glinting in the sun and looking strangely smaller than you might have expected.
It’s the middle of the day and you More

Two ways to travel around Europe

There are a few ways to tackle European travel. The most popular for a student on a gap year is to go inter-railing and stay in a whole load of cheap hostels. This involves getting one ticket for an area of Europe - for example Spain, Italy and France – for a certain period of time, from a week to six months. This ticket then allows you to catch any train in any of these countries during this time. More

The Food Culture of the Italians

Italy, the name itself conjures images of Roman soldiers, Julius Caesar and all the other events that happened in history. Many things have been written about the history of Italy and the places of interest, but few have mentioned about the food culture of the Italians.

Most people around the world drink milk and coffee, but the Italians drink cappuccino, a mixture made out of coffee, milk and milk foam made with the most intense luxury kitchen accessories.

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Hostels: Good or Bad?

When people go travelling, especially on longer trips to many destinations, one of the prime objectives is to save as much money as you can on accommodation bills and food, so you can stay on holiday longer.

Of course, for those that are used to hotels, this can create quite an issue. People who want room service, private bathrooms and a fancy restaurant are probably not the type who would enjoy a backpacking holiday anyway, and definately shouldn’t book into More

Yabby Jack is Leaving!

Hi Everyone! Well I’m really sad to be leaving but I got that travelling bug. I’m going to ride out the recession by taking what little I have left of the old student loan and traveling the world to write a killer novel in places where I can actually afford to eat. I have loved the last three years of uni and I’m never going to forget you guys. Hopefully this will act as a connection, I’m going to go a little face book blind when I am gone. Sounds silly but face book is a little bit too full on for me. I don’t really want to be reminded of the things I’m missing every back at home. If you need to get hold of me you all have my email.

So final goodbyes, bye Shara thanks for all the help, look after Ben and of course good bye Johney!