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Beating the long term travel blues: Party, Drink & Sun. Ibiza Island - Party capital of the world.

To see larger versions of these photos (and more) check out the Ibiza Gallery, here.

Also be sure to check out some of the videos from Ibiza in the Video Section of the site.

To explian, a short while ago I found myself feeling board and dismayed with my life on the road. I found myself saying (and you’re going to hate me for saying this) “I need a holiday from my holidays”, and yes, if I heard myself saying such nonsense whilst gainfully employed, I’d want to have a go too.. But never the less, moving to a new place every 1 to 7 days for nine months straight really takes it out of you, so I came up with a plan to beat this terrible ailment.

Party every day, get drunk every day, and go to the beach every day (for as long as you can..)

Such a simple plan, I only wish I thought of it sooner. All it takes is time (which you have plenty of when long term travelling, and money, which is something you don’t really have when long term travelling – but you gotta do what you gotta do..).

So have another look over the above photos and videos and see how this instalment of the Travel Survival Guide could possibly help inspire you to beat the travel blues if/ when you get the opportunity for long term travel..

Laundry.. the stylish way..

Ever get stuck without clean (ok, or wearable) socks and undergarments..? I know I have - several times this year. In these tricky circumstances, you have limited choice.. You can find a friend of similar size, and borrow theirs (preferably without them knowing). You can ‘Go Commando’ and deal with the extra related chaffing.. Or you can do the sensible thing and WASH..

For this edition of the Travel survival guide, I’ll show you the correct method to cook your socks & underwear, to make sure they are safe to wear once again.

You will need a kitchen with cook top and clean pots (around 2-4L). You will also need something to stir the potent mixture with, I’ve chosen a wooden ladle here because I’ve found it works really well with dirty smelly cotton.

Firstly, fill the cook pot with water, mineral water for best results - I used Evian, as that was readily available where I was at the time, but you can use what ever you can get locally. Bring the water to a savage boil, and add soap to taste. Taste again to be sure of the mixture.

Next add your dirty dirty socks and underwear to the boiling water, taking extra care not to touch them with your bare skin.

Leave to simmer, stirring occasionally, until you can smell the freshness of soap in the air. This indicates they are ready.

Remove your clean socks & underwear from the broth, and discard of the boiling water carelessly (we threw ours out our 6th story window..).

Hang to dry, noting that colours are highly likely to run - if there is any colour left, that is.

If you need your garments in a hurry, try using the microwave to speed up the drying process.. And there you have it, fresh boiled socks.. Voilà..!

Emergency Hotel Exit Drills..

This could save your life one day. Recently whilst staying in a luxury resort few days, a good friend of mine and I decided that if we were to light a fire (accidentally of course), we wouldn’t know how to get out of the building if the lifts were not working..

So after a case of beer and a bottle of Tequila, we went for an exploratory search on the hotels emergency exits and staff corridors.. I’d recommend you do the same for the next hotel you stay, because if you do accidentally start a fire or for some reason a fire breaks out, you will want to be the first ones out.. Safety first, as i always say..

Unfortunately for this Travel Survival Guide, there are no photos of my own for you to view - it was a stealth mission. But if you ask the nice people at hotel we were staying at, I’m sure they wouldn’t mind sharing their security videos and photographs with you..

So there are a few things to remember on these sort of missions., firstly, it is advantageous to smell as much like you have been doused in rum as possible to throw any staff off your trail. They will think a bottle of rum has fallen over and broken somewhere and will hopefully turn around to call a clean up crew before they see you. It is also advantageous to remember what room number you are staying in or be able to think quickly enough to make up a valid room number, in the unlikely event that you are approached or stopped by hotel security. Remember, it is important to explore as much of the hotel as possible in the shortest period of time, which will prepare you in the event of a real fire.

It is also wise to have your story straight.. or to have no story at all. This will increase the success rate of these missions, remembering you should be running these drills in every place you visit from now on.

All that is left for you to think about is actually exiting the building or complex in a quite and orderly fashion, and some time later making a successful re-entry of the building, preferably using the main front entrance (making sure to wait for the concierge to open the door for you to allow you to enter).

Remember, safety first. Good luck.

Retrieving your Beer and Snacks from a locked kitchen..

While staying in an excellent hostel, a number of guests and I found ourselves in an emergency situation where-by the communal kitchen was closed and locked before we had a chance to retrieve our drinks from the fridge or eat all of our late night snack stash. - As you can imagine, this kind of situation for an intoxicated person is not going to make peace for anyone (especially those trying to sleep in the area), so to help you (and others) out in the future when you become stuck in a similar situation, see the following demonstration on how to retrive beer & snacks from a locked kitchen (using a mango picker.. =) - Happy hunting..

Emergency Hotel Weiner Cooking.

Ok, here’s a new series for Homelessfuk that will hopefully make all of our lifes a little bit easier and more plesant while surviving in the wider world..

I think the photos speak for themselves, but if you need any advice, please don’t hesistate to ask away..

(One quick tip, try adding a coffee filter for that extra smooth meaty flavour.. - And I’d suggest take out coffee in the morning.. )