June 20, 2022

Home

DON'T STOP LIVING: A LIFESTYLE OF TRAVEL
JONNY BLAIR'S TRAVEL BLOG

I’m Jonny Blair, your host for this journey. I’m a travelling Northern Irishman and I have an absolute passion for people, places, travel, history, geography, culture, beer and football. Sometimes all at the same time…this travel blog started in 2007 when I was backpacking in Canada and has now amassed over 5,000 posts and 10 books. This is all from my journeys through over 200 countries around the world. Click on the relevant flag to read my stories.
Adammia Flag

Adammia

Albania

Alderney

Andorra

Andorra

Antarctica

Antarctica

Austenasia

Austenasia

Australia

Australia

Austria

Austria

Backpacking in Autistan: Another New Country Where Liars Are Unwelcome!

Autistan

Algeria

Algeria

Angola

The Azores

Benin

Republika Bialenska

Botswana

Botswana

Brittany

Brittany

Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Burundi

Cameroon

 

Cape Verde Islands

DR Congo

Costa Rica

Costa Rica

Egypt

Estonia

Estonia

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Faroe Islands

Faroe Islands

Finland

Finland

Gabon

Gagauzia

Germany

Germany

Germany Death Camps

German Death Camps

Guernsey

Guernsey

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

flag of herm

Herm Island

Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hungary

Hungary

Isle of Man

Isle of Wight

Isle of Wight

Ivory Coast

Jersey

Jersey

Karakalpakstan

Karakalpakstan

Kosovo

Kosovo

The Official Flag of Krolestwo Dreamlandu

Krolestwo Dreamlandu

Kenya

Ladonia

Ladonia

Lagoan Isles

Lagoan Isles

Lebanon

Lesotho

Maasai Tribe

Madagascar

Malawi

Mauritania

Dream Destinations: Mauritius

Mauritius

Mexico

Mexico

Monaco

Montenegro

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Northern Ireland flag

Northern Ireland

Flag_of_Macedonia.svg

North Macedonia

Paraguay

Paraguay

The flag of the People's Republic of Podjistan

Podjistan

Reunion Island

Rwanda

Sao Tome E Principe

The Official Sark Flag.

Sark

Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving

Seborga

Senegal

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Sovereign Military Order of Malta

Solomon Islands tourist

Solomon Islands

South Africa

South Africa

Swaziland

Swaziland / Eswatini

Tanzania

Tanzania

Transnistria

Transnistria

Uganda

The Gambia

The Gambia

Togo

Tunisia

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkey

Turkmenistan

How To Get A Letter of Invitation for Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan

Venezuela

Venezuela

Western Sahara

Zambia

Zimbabwe

 
British Antarctica

British Antarctica

South Shetlands

South Shetlands

 
Bangladesh Flag

Bangladesh

Brunei Darussalam

Brunei Darussalam

Cambodia

Cambodia

China

China

How to get a Visa on Arrival for East Timor.

East Timor

India

India

Indonesia

Indonesia

Japan

Japan

Laos

Laos

Macau

Macau

Malaysia

Malaysia

Mongolia

Myanmar

Myanmar

North Korea

North Korea

Philippines

Philippines

Singapore

Singapore

South Korea

South Korea

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka

Taiwan

Taiwan

Thailand

Thailand

Vietnam

Vietnam

 

Antigua and Barbuda

The Bahamas

Barbados

Belize

Belize

British Virgin Islands

Cuba

Curaçao

Dominica

Dominican Republic

El Salvador

El Salvador

Grenada

Guadeloupe

Guatemala

Guatemala

Haiti

Honduras

Honduras

Jamaica

Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Panama

Panama

Saint Lucia

Saint Martin

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Sint Maarten (Dutch)

Trinidad and Tobago

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos

 
Armenia

Armenia

Ready to tour Afghanistan!

Afghanistan

Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Belarus

Belarus

Bahrain

Bahrain

Chernobyl Exclusion Zone

Chernobyl Excl. Zone

touring isfiya in israel

Druze People

Georgia

Georgia

Gorno-Badakhshan

Gorno-Badakhshan

Iran

Iran

iraq flag visa

Iraq

Israel

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Jordan

kurdistan iraq flag visa

Kurdistan

Kuwait

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyzstan

Moldova

Moldova

Nagorno Karabakh

Nagorno Karabakh

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Qatar

Russia

Russia

Saudi Arabia

Tajikistan Flag

Tajikistan

United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates

 
Basque Country

Basque Country

Bavaria

Bavaria

Belgium

Belgium

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Canary Islands

Catalonia

Catalonia

The quirky flag of Christiania the Freetown.

Freetown Christiania

croatia foods

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Republic

Czech Republic

Denmark

Denmark

Dont Stop Living

Dont Stop Living

France

France

Frestonia

Frestonia

Gibraltar

Gibraltar

Greece

Greece

Herzegovina flag

Herzegovina

Iceland

Iceland

Italy

Italy

Kashubia flag

Kashubia

Księstwa Sarmacji

How to Get A 72 Hour Kaliningrad Visa in Gdańsk, Poland

Kaliningrad

Kugel Mugel

Latvia

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Lithuania

Lovely

Lovely

Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Flag_of_Macedonia.svg

FYR Macedonia

Malta

Netherlands

Netherlands

Northern Cyprus

Other World Kingdom Flag

Other World Kingdom

Norway

Norway

Poland

Poland

Portugal

Portugal

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland

Republic of Srpska

Republic of Srpska

Romania

Romania

Romkerhall

Romkerhall

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: Backpacking in San Escobar, Another Country That Doesn't Really Exist, But is Recognised By Witold Waszczykowski

San Escobar

San Marino

San Marino

Serbia

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Slovenia

Spain

Spain

Sweden

Sweden

Switzerland

Switzerland

The Azores

Crazy! The Flag of the Republic of Uzupis.

The Republic of Uzupis

Ukraine

Ukraine

Vatican City

Backpacking in the Kingdom Of Wallachia: The Wacky Country Bordering Czechia

Kingdom Of Wallachia

 
Canada

Canada

Welcome to Islandia: The World's Coolest New Micronation!!

Islandia

 
Aboriginal Australia

Aboriginal Australia

Fiji flag backpacking

Fiji

Pohnpei, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA

FSO Micronesia

Guam backpacking

Guam

backpacking Kiribati

Kiribati

Maori New Zealand

Maori New Zealand

Nauru

Marshall Islands

New Zealand

New Zealand

Papua New Guinea

Queensland

Queensland

New South Wales

New South Wales

Tasmania

Tasmania

Australian Capital Territory

Australian Capital Territory

Victoria

Victoria

 
Argentina

Argentina

Bolivia

Bolivia

Brazil

Brazil

Chile

Chile

Colombia

Colombia

Ecuador

Ecuador

French Guyana

Guyana

Guyana

Peru

Peru

Suriname

Suriname

Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego

Uruguay

Uruguay

 
England

England

Scotland

Scotland

wales

Wales – Cymru

The Cornwall Flag!

Cornwall

Alderney

Devon

Devon

Dorset

Dorset

 
AFC Bournemouth

AFC Bournemouth

Glentoran FC

Glentoran FC

Northern Ireland Football

Northern Ireland Football

BUY MY BOOKS

JOIN ME ON SOCIAL

“Where do you go? Buttoned in your favourite coat, stepping out to a different world, and you might be home late”
- Ocean Colour Scene

USEFUL SITES

Antisan is a 33m crewed luxury motor yacht based in Cannes, France and available for yacht charters on the French Riviera and Mediterranean. Day charters for up to 40 guests, as well as events such as Cannes Lions, MIPIM and the Monaco Grand Prix.

Buy travel adapter from DHgateTravel the world on $50 A Day!

JONNY BLAIR IN THE MEDIA

A Northern Ireland fan who has visited more than 100 countries is hoping for a special victory on Saturday. Jonny Blair, 36, from Bangor in Co Down, said he had been caught up in the buzz of the Euro 2016 Championship. He is a full-time traveller who was at several of the team’s away game qualifiers in places like Romania and the Faroe Islands. Mr Blair said: “I have been to over 100 countries now and this is just another step on the journey, so it is off to another destination after the tournament anyway, win, lose or draw.” He added: “I just got the big buzz of finally being at a tournament so I had to be here.”
Belfast Telegraph
'Much-travelled Northern Ireland fan hopes for special victory'
From Bangor, Co Down, Jonny Blair has travelled to Afghanistan, Iraq, El Salvador and many places you may not have even ever heard of – such as Transnistria and the Republic of Karakalpakstan. A travel writer and backpacker, he has been travelling full-time for seven of the past 13 years and has visited around 120 countries – many of them currently struggling under the weight of years of warfare. “I like to go to places where there are typically less tourists, or preferably, no other tourists,” says Blair, who takes up jobs along the way and blogs at dontstopliving.net.
Irish Times
‘I’ve been to Afghanistan and Iraq, but main security incident I experienced was in Belfast’
These photographs are more than holiday snaps. The man in them, originally from Bangor, Northern Ireland, has made travelling his lifestyle for the last 10 years. During the decade since he packed his bags, Jonny Blair has visited more than 70 countries, met tribespeople, worked on farms, fed hyenas and been white-water rafting. And he has brought a reminder of home on his journey.
BBC
'Bangor man travels the world with Northern Ireland flag'
Jonny Blair, a 36-year-old Irish backpacker, said he was undaunted by the violence. “My lasting memory of Afghanistan was playing football with children by the Buddha monastery in Samangan (northern Afghanistan) (and) a night out drinking tea and smoking shisha (water pipe) in Mazari-Sharif,” he told AFP. “It’s totally worth the risk.”
Daily Mail
'War tourism in Afghanistan: adventure or reckless hedonism?'
Bangor-born blogger Jonny Blair describes himself as “a long term backpacker and digital nomad”. He has been travelling the world since 2003. “Since 2003, I have visited around 130 FIFA countries and a further 40 unrecognised countries and states,” he said. “I have worked in Irish pubs in three continents, taught English to children, teenagers and adults and spent six months on the farms of Tasmania.”
Irish Examiner
'Online Lives of a Digital Nomad'
Jonny is a Northern Irishman who currently lives in Poland. However, his journey to get there has been nothing short of insane. Along the way, he’s lived in 7 countries, studied in 5, and worked in over 50 different types of jobs. He loves an adventure, and as a tourist he’s visited over 150 countries and all 7 continents. You can follow Jonny’s adventures on his Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, Flickr accounts, as well as on his two blog’s Don’t Stop Living and Northern Irishman In Poland. You can also connect with him on GAFFL.
Go Gaffl
'From World Cup Sticker Books To Playing Next To An Ancient Buddhist Monastery: Here’s How Jonny Turned His Travel Dreams Into Reality'

CONTACT JONNY BLAIR

Jonny Blair is a very approachable and welcoming guy, message him here, he replies to every message that doesn’t go into junk.