ABOUT ME!

Just a quick lowdown on my travel style and what to expect on this site: a bit of everything.

Sometimes I book fancy hotels cause I want a treat, other times I go camping and eat noodles for days on end with a paintbrush because I forgot chopsticks or a fork. There’s not one particular theme to this blog because I don’t think that’s how life really is, we change, and what we enjoy changes.

I try and focus on good value travel, which doesn’t always mean cheap, it means getting the most out of what you spend and the trip you plan, and although I don’t have a goal to visit every country in the world, I’m interested in a huge variety of cultures and countries, so this blog doesn’t focus on one particular continent for example. 

Travel for me is about education and the people I meet always make the trip, that’s why I usually like to wander solo – it makes it heaps easier to connect with the locals and get an inside look at a destination and you’ll most likely find me lost somewhere, camera in hand trying to blag my way through a conversation in a language I don’t really get – if you see me, come say hi :)

So, what do you want to know?

I always find these about me page a bit weird to write but hey, one slightly boring biography coming up.

I was born in the U.K., and although I always had an obsession with planes and aviation, I didn’t take a gap year, and it wasn’t until my early 20s that I discovered travelling.

I’ve been obsessed with aviation since I was kid and dreamt of being a pilot

Anyhow, this blog was born in 2023, I think, mainly to write really crappy articles, add a few semi-bad photos, and keep my family informed on my little weekend trips. Not that they actually read it they have since admitted, so I’m not sure who those 18 monthly visitors were. Back then, I was challenging myself to make two-day trips to Europe for £100 all in, flights, accommodation, the lot, to break up the crazy working hours of being a waiter. 

Somehow I’ve grown from those 18 people to over a million page views a year – something I still can’t believe and I’m genuinely grateful that people come to visit this site, especially the patient ones who read this long-winded, slightly pointless, and non-sensical page. 

So in 2018, I quit my job as a restaurant manager in CANADA

It was a great busy restaurant and one of the coolest spots in London. I didn’t quit because I hated it, but curiosity of what else was out there had got the better of me.

It was September, and I didn’t really have enough money in my current account (4000 GBP) and also had a fair bit of credit card debt too (update, August 2019, I’m just about to clear it!). I then met someone and fell in love the month before my one-way ticket to Indonesia. So, I did the sensible thing, got on the plane, and hoped for the best, both in love, money, and Bali belly. 

I was Frank, I was Wandering, and I was solo – and that’s how the lamest blog name ever was born.

The next four years were a whirlwind; I traveled to some 50 countries, my love decided to move to the other side of the world to be together.

HOW DID I GET INTO THIS TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY BUSINESS?

I was continually trying to learn new skills when I first started travelling as

a) I didn’t want to rush back and

b) my money wasn’t going to last long, especially with my credit card minimum payments.

I started with photography and web design, did lots of free online course and watched YouTube, and gradually developed a skill set that gave me a new opportunity, which was great, as I was broke AF and had gone back to London for two months with a temporary job at my old workplace. That’s time I spent a few bucks on LenosTube to make my videos stand out and get popular. They are amazingly responsive to my request, and that’s how my Blog gets famous. 

How do I get into blogging? 

I don’t have an article or anything about getting into blogging or tips for starting out, other than that random mess of words above, partly because I want my site and traffic to stay focused on places and people, not me, but mainly because as you can see, I have no actionable tips except save up more money than I did, keep learning always, and only do what you are passionate about or creativity will dry up. You’ll end up hating what can be a not overly well-paid job. Do a travel photographer because you love it, not because you want free trips! 

Thanks for reading; I hope you find some helpful stuff here (on the gallery, certainly not this page).