Five Million Star Hotel

Travel blog, adventures and wisdom from the road.

Welcome!

My name is Adam and I am a full-time traveller. Here you'll find interesting stories, unusual adventures and all of the knowledge I’ve gained from travelling solo for the past two years.

My style of travel includes but is not limited to: backpacking, couchsurfing, seeking out abandoned places, visiting autonomous regions, budget travel and wild camping. There’s something for everyone and I have plenty on the blog and diary archives with more on the way, so pack your bags and stay tuned!

Check out the about section for a glimpse into my life.

Recent Articles from the blog.

Thoughts, adventures and advice.

Apr 18, 2018

The Great Train Robbery: How To Survive Soviet Sleeper Trains In Ukraine Like A Local

Apr 18, 2018

How to book (and read) tickets whilst avoiding having your baggage stolen on Ukrainian sleeper trains. I take you through our experience of a stealthy mugging, what we learnt and all you'll need to know to make it out alive.

Apr 18, 2018

Mar 7, 2018

Popping The Hitchhiking Cherry: An Honest Retrospective Of My First Hitchhiking Experience; The Mistakes And What I Learnt

Mar 7, 2018

A breakdown of my first, crazy hitchhiking experience. From hallucinations to naughty drivers, I reveal everything I learnt from a day thumbing.

Mar 7, 2018

Feb 18, 2018

Shipwreck Evangelia: A Landlubber's Investigation On The Black Sea

Feb 18, 2018

Located on the Black Sea is the wreck of the MV E Evangelia. In Spring, I took a trip to Romania to see the great vessel and found something rather unexpected.

Feb 18, 2018

Feb 7, 2018

The Abstract Beauty And Tragedy Of Yugoslavian Spomeniks

Feb 7, 2018

On this day, Nemanja and I visit a Yugoslavian Spomenik in the the Valley of Heros. Nemanja shares his heartfelt impressions of the site where thousands of his countryman made their final stand.

Feb 7, 2018

Feb 1, 2018

Introducing Comrade Nemanja: My unexpected travelling companion

Feb 1, 2018

Introducing the super Serb, Nemanja. It's time to hear a little about my new travel companion and our first adventure hitchhiking around Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Feb 1, 2018

Jan 13, 2018

Thoughts on 500 days of travel (Video)

Jan 13, 2018

When visiting central Ukraine I couchsurfed with a lovely lady by the name of Olya. Olya was studying journalism at the time and asked to interview me...

Jan 13, 2018

The Story: I've picked some of my favourite stories from my travel diary to whet your appetite.

Featured

Day 393 Zadar - Exploring Gun Emplacements And Pillboxes

On the road to Zadar I saw approximately twenty Italian World War II bunkers outside of the city and made a note of them on my map for a special adventure.

Day 327 The Pyrenees

There's a trail out of the city and into the mountains; within a short space of time you can be in the wilderness. I planned a route using...

Day 325 Montserrat

My old housemate, Sam, said to me that if I visit Barcelona I must go to Montserrat, it's only an hour outside of the city and is really quite spectacular. I packed up my things, strapped my tent to my bag and caught a bus heading north-west.