Ally'sTrip.com Travel tales, tips and photos for the terminally restless. http://www.allystrip.com/ 2012-05-18T06:44:29+01:00 FeedCreator 1.7.2 Who is Ally? 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=29 Ally'sTrip.com And most importantly: what has he done for me lately? About Ally'sTrip.com 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=28 Ally'sTrip.com Everything you never wanted to know about this site. How, where and most importantly: Why? Desperately seeking Batad 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=84 Ally'sTrip.com If you're a lifelong city-slicker headed bush in search of the Eighth Wonder of the World, there are three things you really should have: a map, a clue and a reasonable level of sobriety. Oops. The total ignoramus's guide to travel photography 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=81 Ally'sTrip.com No pain, no gain 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=79 Ally'sTrip.com I came for a tan and the world’s biggest pina colada. What I got were monsoons, shipwrecks and a covert operation to claim Thailand’s most beautiful beach. Yup, just another week in paradise. Bahrain to Britain without a wing or a prayer 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=75 Ally'sTrip.com Three weeks of budget-shredding bliss through homeless Newcastle, star-studded London, sleepy Scotland and steamy Bahrain with a maxed out credit card and the world’s most unlikely tour guide. Home Sweet Home(ish) 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=72 Ally'sTrip.com I may have come searching for my Middle Eastern roots in the land of veils and saffron, but it’s orange blossoms, mosques and accusations of international espionage that I find. Surprised? The Art of Haggling 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=68 Ally'sTrip.com Never be ripped off again with Ally's eight step guide to this essential travel skill. The four country hop 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=67 Ally'sTrip.com When you attempt to run, truck and couch surf your way across four countries in as many weeks, protests, terrorism and cultural misunderstandings are bound to follow. All you can do is hold on and try to have a blast. Hot, hot, nights 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=64 Ally'sTrip.com Grab some water and extend your thumb for a camel-saddled, goat-crashin’ good time from the Sahara to the Sierra with the world's most incompetent hitchhiker. Morocco mania 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=62 Ally'sTrip.com Sly thefts, polite muggings and how I became the marketing manager for a Chefchaouen drug lord. Hold on to your Fez hats for 72 hours of Moroccan madness. Eleven things you'd never think to pack... 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=58 Ally'sTrip.com ...and the reaons you'll be glad you did. EXIT, Europe East 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=59 Ally'sTrip.com Yodelling champions, Iggy Pop, AWOL soldiers and a hot and steamy session in a Budapest bath house ... it’s all you’d expect from a zig-zag dash behind the Iron Curtain. The Balkan Bash 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=55 Ally'sTrip.com Crazed Croats, impersonated journalists, brawls, extremists, cliff diving and of course a Bosnian nymphomaniac. Who would have thought the Balkans would be so much fun? Mamma Mia! 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 2012-05-18T10:44:29+01:00 http://www.allystrip.com/articleView.html?article_id=53 Ally'sTrip.com Take nothing for granted when you're travelling with your polar opposite through the land of wine and pasta.