Niall Horan Spending One Direction Break Backpacking And Flying Economy?
Whilst Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson have rarely been out of the headlines since One Direction kickstarted their eighteen-month hiatus last year, Liam Payne and Niall Horan have been keeping an incredibly low profile.
In fact, sightings of Niall have been few and far between, with the superstar previously saying that he was desperate to spend his time off from being in the biggest band on the planet backpacking and traveling the world with his friends.
And, well, it sounds as though he really has got his wish.
In fact, the 22-year-old has been spotted out and about in Boracay in the Phillipines by fans, with previous sightings including Niall with his head down as he made his way around Bali and Australia.
Furthermore, it has also been claimed by various sources that Niall has opted to pretend that he isn’t a multi-millionaire and travel in economy class as he makes his way around Asia, ensuring that he gets the most authentic backpacking experience possible.
As word began to spread about Niall’s low-key adventures, fans took to their Twitter pages to share how happy they were that Niall was finally able to live his dream of seeing the world instead of just inside hotel rooms:
I love how niall is legit traveling trough asia w his lil backpack & friends! have fun @NiallOfficial & @WhelanBasil
— 1D Updates (@1DLittleSecret) February 16, 2016
@ughniallno although I do miss niall, I am happy he’s taking a much needed break and traveling the world
— B (@ughniallno) February 17, 2016
I’m glad that niall’s enjoying his time off and traveling with his friends like he’s always wanted to do :)
— . (@concertguitars) February 17, 2016
niall seems to be having so much fun traveling the world, i’m glad he’s actually having a real break from social media and everything else
— ari misses harry (@harrysillusions) February 17, 2016
I love that Niall is traveling to all of these random places around the world and no one knows where he is.
— emma seth (@EmmalineFSeth) February 17, 2016
niall travelling the world and flying in economy class king of being down to earth
— amelia (@heyangelamelia) February 15, 2016
love that niall is traveling economy class to fly it’s great seeing him seeing sights properly and backpacking w/o being mobbed
— shan (@horanfaded) February 14, 2016
niall is cute riding on the economy class in an airplane instead of being in th first class
— kiara (@njhfooI) February 13, 2016
I’m so happy for niall he’s doing exactly what he wanted to do during the break and traveling economy to enjoy it just like any other
— LOUIS!! (@senourry) February 12, 2016
Reasons why Niall is my favorite: he’s traveling across Asia right now taking economy class on cheap airlines & staying in hostels
— Noshin Chowdhury (@noshinxD) February 12, 2016
It really seems as though Niall is living his big plans for the break to the extreme, with the star previously telling Fabulous magazine: “I’ve spent the past few years of my life in planes and on tour buses and I’ve been through countries I’ve really loved but haven’t had a chance to really see. I want to go back to Australia and definitely Thailand.
"With the band, we stayed in luxury hotels, but I want to see these countries like any lad of my age, just staying in hostels and that sort of thing. I don’t want to stay at a Four Seasons. I’ve done that, I want something else.
"I did think about dying my hair brown so I won’t get recognised, but I genuinely believe that if I’m on my own with my mates from home, no one will give me a second look.”
And we can only hope that Niall continues to have as peaceful a break as he is having at the moment - he has definitely earned it.
