Sydney is a Australia’s largest city, with a population of nearly 5 million people. Although it would be easy to spend weeks in Sydney as a tourist or backpacker, I have had the pleasure of exploring Sydney over two separate stopovers and I hope to have many more stopovers in Sydney in the future.

Islands Near Stockholm

Ever since some Swedish backpackers explained the concept behind the Scandinavian booze cruises to me in Thailand in 2006, I wanted to try one. First, it’s interesting to understand how alcohol sales work in Sweden to understand the need for booze cruises. As I know from Northern communities in Canada, alcohol abuse can be a …