Hey, I’m Luke, founder, blogger and editor of The Backstreet Nomad travel blog. I’ve been passionate about exploring our world ever since I traded in the ledger for a suitcase and a beer in 2010. I left my cushy accounting job to travel and ‘study’ (in that order) across England and Europe. Since then my adventures have taken me all over to to Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, the Pacific, Indonesia, and New Zealand, as well as finding time to explore up and down my own East Coast of Australia.
After reading back through my earliest travel journals there was a theme apparent: that most trips as a beginning traveller focused on the obvious attractions. While not inherently bad (being that these obvious sights were the draw cards in the first place, right?), it has since left a longing to revisit these places and understand more of the cultures, the wider country and to discover the unknown.
Above all, I learnt that flights are not always the best way to explore, even if sometimes it is the cheapest.
A passion for travel has evolved into a passion for finding the road less travelled, as it is often what is most unseen that is the richest treasures and leaves the longest memories.
Through this blog I hope to discover some of your favourite places in the world and share some of my own.
This blog has existed in its current form since about 2014, I started journaling my European study vacation on a small Blogspot site in 2010, but I believe I’ve always been a travel writer. My earliest memory of this was on a school excursion to the Blue Mountains in grade 5. I took a tiny notepad and paper and wrote down things that happened on the trip. I wish I still had it, but I’m sure it said something simple like “Next we went to the Three Sisters, which are some large rocks off the cliff. Then we went to Jenolan Caves” etc etc. Basic, but travel writing in its purest form.
If you’ve been somewhere special and want to share it with me, you can use my contact page to email me.
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Hi Luke,
I blog just like you and have to say yours is the very first (EVER) where the main page does not contain a photo of you smack dab upfront before content. I think this is a nice touch – it stands out as different to me.
We were just in Singapore so I was checking out your posts there. We did not do the explored pass 🙂 We did stay at Marina Bay Sands for one night and boy was that worth the splurge.
Anyway, I love your color scheme, your layout and the focus on content vs. “me meet” that feels like it’s become the industry norm. I might follow your lead, I am tired of seeing the same look and feel over and over. Nikki
Hi Luke! Your site is very good. Hoping to read more of your blogs.
Hi Luke, I love your blog. Looking forward to new posts!
love your website
Thanks Barry!
Lovely blog, Luke! Thanks for following us on twitter and I must agree with you that guidebooks are a waste of space!