Phil Thomas | Travel Writer & Blogger
@some1elsescountry.bsky.social
Travel writing and musings for adventurers low on time but high on Wanderlust
Bylines: BBC Travel, CN Traveler, T+L, The Independent, Newsweek and others
113 - and counting - countries. Next up: 🇦🇹🇮🇹🇸🇻
✍️ www.someoneelsescountry.com ✍️
Bylines: BBC Travel, CN Traveler, T+L, The Independent, Newsweek and others
113 - and counting - countries. Next up: 🇦🇹🇮🇹🇸🇻
✍️ www.someoneelsescountry.com ✍️
Yet another #Brexit boon - on arrival, queuing for an hour to register for EES (for a country that would have let us in with just a passing glance at passport pre-2020).
Congrats yet again to everyone who voted for this, you’ve done us all proud, clap clap. 😒😫🤮
Congrats yet again to everyone who voted for this, you’ve done us all proud, clap clap. 😒😫🤮
November 22, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Yet another #Brexit boon - on arrival, queuing for an hour to register for EES (for a country that would have let us in with just a passing glance at passport pre-2020).
Congrats yet again to everyone who voted for this, you’ve done us all proud, clap clap. 😒😫🤮
Congrats yet again to everyone who voted for this, you’ve done us all proud, clap clap. 😒😫🤮
👋 #TravelBloggersCommunity theme of the week for #travelblogshare is #citybreak
I’ve written a blog series on “Second Time” visits to popular destinations including cities in 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇹🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪
You’ve done the showstopper sights…now go off the beaten track!
www.someoneelsescountry.com/second-time-in
I’ve written a blog series on “Second Time” visits to popular destinations including cities in 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇹🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪
You’ve done the showstopper sights…now go off the beaten track!
www.someoneelsescountry.com/second-time-in
November 21, 2025 at 7:30 PM
👋 #TravelBloggersCommunity theme of the week for #travelblogshare is #citybreak
I’ve written a blog series on “Second Time” visits to popular destinations including cities in 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇹🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪
You’ve done the showstopper sights…now go off the beaten track!
www.someoneelsescountry.com/second-time-in
I’ve written a blog series on “Second Time” visits to popular destinations including cities in 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇮🇹🇹🇷🇫🇷🇩🇪
You’ve done the showstopper sights…now go off the beaten track!
www.someoneelsescountry.com/second-time-in
Allons danser!
Cajun culture alive and well in #Lafayette, Louisiana 💃⚜️ 🍻
#travelwriter #travelblogger #traveladdicts
Cajun culture alive and well in #Lafayette, Louisiana 💃⚜️ 🍻
#travelwriter #travelblogger #traveladdicts
October 21, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Allons danser!
Cajun culture alive and well in #Lafayette, Louisiana 💃⚜️ 🍻
#travelwriter #travelblogger #traveladdicts
Cajun culture alive and well in #Lafayette, Louisiana 💃⚜️ 🍻
#travelwriter #travelblogger #traveladdicts
Barring picking up some bug on the flight back last weekend, loved #SriLanka.
Everyone said to skip Colombo but I was pleasantly surprised.
Well overdue creating some #travelblogs off the back of this trip…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger
Everyone said to skip Colombo but I was pleasantly surprised.
Well overdue creating some #travelblogs off the back of this trip…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger
October 3, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Barring picking up some bug on the flight back last weekend, loved #SriLanka.
Everyone said to skip Colombo but I was pleasantly surprised.
Well overdue creating some #travelblogs off the back of this trip…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger
Everyone said to skip Colombo but I was pleasantly surprised.
Well overdue creating some #travelblogs off the back of this trip…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger
Even in the rain, Sri Lanka is charming!
Shoes took a little while to dry mind you…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog #srilanka
Shoes took a little while to dry mind you…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog #srilanka
September 27, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Even in the rain, Sri Lanka is charming!
Shoes took a little while to dry mind you…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog #srilanka
Shoes took a little while to dry mind you…
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog #srilanka
Doesn’t matter how old you get, seeing this number of #elephants this close is never not going to be unbelievably cool.
Minneriya National Park, Sigiriya, #SriLanka 🇱🇰 home of the largest single gathering of Asian elephants on Earth
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog
Minneriya National Park, Sigiriya, #SriLanka 🇱🇰 home of the largest single gathering of Asian elephants on Earth
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog
September 22, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Doesn’t matter how old you get, seeing this number of #elephants this close is never not going to be unbelievably cool.
Minneriya National Park, Sigiriya, #SriLanka 🇱🇰 home of the largest single gathering of Asian elephants on Earth
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog
Minneriya National Park, Sigiriya, #SriLanka 🇱🇰 home of the largest single gathering of Asian elephants on Earth
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelblog
Sundays in Sri Lanka - just the 870m drop for company.
World’s End hike in Horton Plains National Park
#traveladdicts #travelbloggee #hiker
World’s End hike in Horton Plains National Park
#traveladdicts #travelbloggee #hiker
September 21, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Sundays in Sri Lanka - just the 870m drop for company.
World’s End hike in Horton Plains National Park
#traveladdicts #travelbloggee #hiker
World’s End hike in Horton Plains National Park
#traveladdicts #travelbloggee #hiker
Ignoring East-meets-West cliches, it’s impossible not to be attracted to a city that spans two continents and 1,500 years of history…far too much to see in one visit!
New blog - Second Time in Istanbul - now live.
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New blog - Second Time in Istanbul - now live.
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/second-...
#travelblogshare #travelblogger
September 14, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Ignoring East-meets-West cliches, it’s impossible not to be attracted to a city that spans two continents and 1,500 years of history…far too much to see in one visit!
New blog - Second Time in Istanbul - now live.
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/second-...
#travelblogshare #travelblogger
New blog - Second Time in Istanbul - now live.
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/second-...
#travelblogshare #travelblogger
Completing this year’s summer roadtrip blog series, a jaunt round Northern and Western #Ireland featuring the Antrim Coast, Derry, Slieve League, Galway and much more besides…
Have a read here: www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/summer-...
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #roadtrip
Have a read here: www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/summer-...
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #roadtrip
September 10, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Completing this year’s summer roadtrip blog series, a jaunt round Northern and Western #Ireland featuring the Antrim Coast, Derry, Slieve League, Galway and much more besides…
Have a read here: www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/summer-...
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #roadtrip
Have a read here: www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/summer-...
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #traveladdicts #roadtrip
The moment of staring at Notre Dame’s façade and asking the big questions…
Is that the pope being sat on by Satan ✅
Is that pitchfork doing what I think it is ✅
Is that a vomiting man being speared by a devil ✅
Definitely a blog - and maybe a photo piece - coming soon!
#traveladdicts #paris
Is that the pope being sat on by Satan ✅
Is that pitchfork doing what I think it is ✅
Is that a vomiting man being speared by a devil ✅
Definitely a blog - and maybe a photo piece - coming soon!
#traveladdicts #paris
September 8, 2025 at 7:21 PM
The moment of staring at Notre Dame’s façade and asking the big questions…
Is that the pope being sat on by Satan ✅
Is that pitchfork doing what I think it is ✅
Is that a vomiting man being speared by a devil ✅
Definitely a blog - and maybe a photo piece - coming soon!
#traveladdicts #paris
Is that the pope being sat on by Satan ✅
Is that pitchfork doing what I think it is ✅
Is that a vomiting man being speared by a devil ✅
Definitely a blog - and maybe a photo piece - coming soon!
#traveladdicts #paris
#Dorset by afternoon and evening light on that rarest of occasions
A British bank holiday Roadtrip not cursed by crap weather
#traveladdict #travelwriter
A British bank holiday Roadtrip not cursed by crap weather
#traveladdict #travelwriter
August 24, 2025 at 10:01 PM
#Dorset by afternoon and evening light on that rarest of occasions
A British bank holiday Roadtrip not cursed by crap weather
#traveladdict #travelwriter
A British bank holiday Roadtrip not cursed by crap weather
#traveladdict #travelwriter
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/perfect...
New blog in my Summer Roadtrip series on my favourite part of Italy - #Puglia and #Basilicata. All you could want from Italy - millennia of history, great cuisine ahd wine and views to die for.
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
New blog in my Summer Roadtrip series on my favourite part of Italy - #Puglia and #Basilicata. All you could want from Italy - millennia of history, great cuisine ahd wine and views to die for.
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
August 11, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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New blog in my Summer Roadtrip series on my favourite part of Italy - #Puglia and #Basilicata. All you could want from Italy - millennia of history, great cuisine ahd wine and views to die for.
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
New blog in my Summer Roadtrip series on my favourite part of Italy - #Puglia and #Basilicata. All you could want from Italy - millennia of history, great cuisine ahd wine and views to die for.
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
That’s one hell of a high kick!
Day one of #Wexford #Fladh a festival of Irish culture, music and dance that has taken over the town.
#traveladdict #travelblogger #ireland
Day one of #Wexford #Fladh a festival of Irish culture, music and dance that has taken over the town.
#traveladdict #travelblogger #ireland
August 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
That’s one hell of a high kick!
Day one of #Wexford #Fladh a festival of Irish culture, music and dance that has taken over the town.
#traveladdict #travelblogger #ireland
Day one of #Wexford #Fladh a festival of Irish culture, music and dance that has taken over the town.
#traveladdict #travelblogger #ireland
Things I love about #ireland
1. Shopfronts
2. Pubs
There’s more but this isn’t a bad start!
#travelblogger #traveladdict
1. Shopfronts
2. Pubs
There’s more but this isn’t a bad start!
#travelblogger #traveladdict
August 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Things I love about #ireland
1. Shopfronts
2. Pubs
There’s more but this isn’t a bad start!
#travelblogger #traveladdict
1. Shopfronts
2. Pubs
There’s more but this isn’t a bad start!
#travelblogger #traveladdict
Coastline, culture and a whole load of Communist kitsch.
Three reasons - amongst many - why I have #Bulgaria among the best summer roadtrips in Europe
📣 New blog post below 👇
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
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Three reasons - amongst many - why I have #Bulgaria among the best summer roadtrips in Europe
📣 New blog post below 👇
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/the-per...
July 22, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Coastline, culture and a whole load of Communist kitsch.
Three reasons - amongst many - why I have #Bulgaria among the best summer roadtrips in Europe
📣 New blog post below 👇
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/the-per...
Three reasons - amongst many - why I have #Bulgaria among the best summer roadtrips in Europe
📣 New blog post below 👇
#travelblogger #travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/the-per...
Less than 2hrs from London ✅
Landscapes to make the jaw drop ✅
Puffins galore ✅
The world’s only roundabout under the sea (it’s pretty funky) ✅
Welcome to the Faroe Islands!
#traveladdict #faroes #visitfaroes #travelbloggercommunity
Landscapes to make the jaw drop ✅
Puffins galore ✅
The world’s only roundabout under the sea (it’s pretty funky) ✅
Welcome to the Faroe Islands!
#traveladdict #faroes #visitfaroes #travelbloggercommunity
July 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Less than 2hrs from London ✅
Landscapes to make the jaw drop ✅
Puffins galore ✅
The world’s only roundabout under the sea (it’s pretty funky) ✅
Welcome to the Faroe Islands!
#traveladdict #faroes #visitfaroes #travelbloggercommunity
Landscapes to make the jaw drop ✅
Puffins galore ✅
The world’s only roundabout under the sea (it’s pretty funky) ✅
Welcome to the Faroe Islands!
#traveladdict #faroes #visitfaroes #travelbloggercommunity
24hrs in #Berlin? GO!
The 100 is still Europe’s best value sightseeing bus - €3.80 single ticket (valid for 2hrs) and you get 80% of Berlin’s main sights en route.
And then stop for currywurst. Obviously.
#travelblog #traveladdicts #travelbloggercommunity #visitberlin
The 100 is still Europe’s best value sightseeing bus - €3.80 single ticket (valid for 2hrs) and you get 80% of Berlin’s main sights en route.
And then stop for currywurst. Obviously.
#travelblog #traveladdicts #travelbloggercommunity #visitberlin
July 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
24hrs in #Berlin? GO!
The 100 is still Europe’s best value sightseeing bus - €3.80 single ticket (valid for 2hrs) and you get 80% of Berlin’s main sights en route.
And then stop for currywurst. Obviously.
#travelblog #traveladdicts #travelbloggercommunity #visitberlin
The 100 is still Europe’s best value sightseeing bus - €3.80 single ticket (valid for 2hrs) and you get 80% of Berlin’s main sights en route.
And then stop for currywurst. Obviously.
#travelblog #traveladdicts #travelbloggercommunity #visitberlin
The only Southern AZ and New Mexico itinerary you’ll ever need (most likely 😂) - reel and blog below
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelblogcommunity #visitarizona #visitnewmexico
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#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelblogcommunity #visitarizona #visitnewmexico
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June 18, 2025 at 10:57 AM
The only Southern AZ and New Mexico itinerary you’ll ever need (most likely 😂) - reel and blog below
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelblogcommunity #visitarizona #visitnewmexico
www.instagram.com/reel/DLA677j...
#traveladdicts #travelblogshare #travelblogcommunity #visitarizona #visitnewmexico
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Flashback to #Ghana and some of the highlights of the East
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelcommunity
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#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelcommunity
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June 13, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Flashback to #Ghana and some of the highlights of the East
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelcommunity
www.instagram.com/reel/DK2BycE...
#traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelcommunity
www.instagram.com/reel/DK2BycE...
#blueskymonday incoming from Henningsvær, Norway.
Enjoy the colour contrast on land, sea, mountains and built environment. #traveladdicts
Enjoy the colour contrast on land, sea, mountains and built environment. #traveladdicts
June 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
#blueskymonday incoming from Henningsvær, Norway.
Enjoy the colour contrast on land, sea, mountains and built environment. #traveladdicts
Enjoy the colour contrast on land, sea, mountains and built environment. #traveladdicts
The perfect base to explore #Tuscany without a car isn’t where you’d think.
Read more in my latest #travelblog
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/certald...
Read more in my latest #travelblog
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/certald...
June 9, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The perfect base to explore #Tuscany without a car isn’t where you’d think.
Read more in my latest #travelblog
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/certald...
Read more in my latest #travelblog
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity #traveladdicts
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/certald...
Opportune moment to catch picture of Notre Dame, complete with fireball-shooting crane
#paris #francetravel #traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelpics
#paris #francetravel #traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelpics
June 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Opportune moment to catch picture of Notre Dame, complete with fireball-shooting crane
#paris #francetravel #traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelpics
#paris #francetravel #traveladdicts #travelblogger #travelpics
Off to Paris tomorrow - was never the biggest fan until last summer when they held the most sensational Olympics of all time.
Any recommendations for underrated attractions/districts ?
PS - Not packing quite so much patriotic headwear this time!
#travel #traveladdicts #travelblogger
Any recommendations for underrated attractions/districts ?
PS - Not packing quite so much patriotic headwear this time!
#travel #traveladdicts #travelblogger
May 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Off to Paris tomorrow - was never the biggest fan until last summer when they held the most sensational Olympics of all time.
Any recommendations for underrated attractions/districts ?
PS - Not packing quite so much patriotic headwear this time!
#travel #traveladdicts #travelblogger
Any recommendations for underrated attractions/districts ?
PS - Not packing quite so much patriotic headwear this time!
#travel #traveladdicts #travelblogger
Having this view to ourselves after deciding on an after-dinner hike was a pretty special evening on #Lofoten
Perk of the midnight sun!
(Hoven, 370m)
#traveladdicts #norway #bestofnorway #travelblogger #travel @visitlofoten.bsky.social
Perk of the midnight sun!
(Hoven, 370m)
#traveladdicts #norway #bestofnorway #travelblogger #travel @visitlofoten.bsky.social
May 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Having this view to ourselves after deciding on an after-dinner hike was a pretty special evening on #Lofoten
Perk of the midnight sun!
(Hoven, 370m)
#traveladdicts #norway #bestofnorway #travelblogger #travel @visitlofoten.bsky.social
Perk of the midnight sun!
(Hoven, 370m)
#traveladdicts #norway #bestofnorway #travelblogger #travel @visitlofoten.bsky.social
New #travelblog - 5 Thoroughly Underrated European cities!
Describing anywhere as a hidden gem in the era of Instagram is pretty futile…but these five come close 🇧🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇿🇮🇪
Where deserves to be added?
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/five-un...
Describing anywhere as a hidden gem in the era of Instagram is pretty futile…but these five come close 🇧🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇿🇮🇪
Where deserves to be added?
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/five-un...
May 26, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New #travelblog - 5 Thoroughly Underrated European cities!
Describing anywhere as a hidden gem in the era of Instagram is pretty futile…but these five come close 🇧🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇿🇮🇪
Where deserves to be added?
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/five-un...
Describing anywhere as a hidden gem in the era of Instagram is pretty futile…but these five come close 🇧🇪🇮🇹🇫🇷🇨🇿🇮🇪
Where deserves to be added?
#travelblogshare #travelbloggercommunity
www.someoneelsescountry.com/post/five-un...