When in the Scottish Highlands, be sure to look for these fluffy, cute little horned devils. Then stay the hell away from them. This adorable couple are full-time inhabitants and guardians of the ruins of an old soldier’s garrison. As cutely as they posed for a picture, it was only a trap to lure us [...]
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Fabulous Friday Photos: Scotland
Posted in Fabulous Friday Photos, Scotland on February 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Highlands
Posted in Scotland, tagged backpacking, fairy glen, highlands, isle of skye, macbackpacker, Scotland on October 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The Highlands were nothing like I expected. They were about ten thousand times better. I haven’t had the opportunity to upload any more pictures, but when I can I will. Although photographs can’t do them justice. The tour consisted of four South Africans, four Chinese people, two Indians, two Americans–me and a boy from Kansas [...]
Wow
Posted in Scotland, tagged backpacking, europe, highlands, macbackpacker, mountains, Scotland, travel on October 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
That tour was pretty intense. I just got back to Edinburgh a few hours ago and I’m about half dead from exhaustion, but I can’t sleep yet. I still have a few things to do–namely delve into the frighteningly unwashed depths of my backpack and repack everything–somehow–because I’m leaving at about 4 o clock tomorrow [...]
Why Hostels Are Awesome
Posted in Scotland, tagged backpacking, edinburgh, europe, hostels, packpack, Scotland, travel on October 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Sunday in Edinburgh is pretty slow, and it’s freezing outside so I’m inside for a bit, waiting for my room to get ready. I’ve stayed at a different hostel every night. Edinburgh is great for hostels–I’ve paid about £12 a night at each hostel I’ve stayed at, and they’ve all been clean. Friday night’s hostel [...]
It’s A Bonnie Wee Land
Posted in Scotland, tagged backpack, edinburgh, edinburgh castle, hostel, pub crawl, Scotland, travel on October 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I finally made it to Edinburgh yesterday afternoon after some interesting setbacks. My bus/ferry to Edinburgh was supposed to leave at 6.30 in the morning because the other time was 11.15 and of course that was already full by the time I bought my ticket. That night I could not sleep. I have insomnia and [...]





