Hi, I’m Marc. I like to think of myself as a traveller, but unfortunately the boring, ordinary world of mortgages and work place dramas have taken over my life. Hence my blog The Occasional Backpacker. I want the blog to be a collection of my thoughts, experiences and tips from my trips – I get an awful lot of information from other travel blogs when I’m planning a trip away, this is my way of giving back.

I recently hit 50 countries (I’m not actually much of a counter, but it was quite cool to hit that milestone), at home I’m vegan (this is more flexible when I’m away just due to the fact I sometimes don’t know what I’m eating) and I mainly go away to see historical sites and to hike. My aim is for my blog to highlight these things.

I hope you enjoy what you read,

Marc