Today’s Friday’s Featured Food comes from China once again. We know how much the Asians love their rice, but how about some special coloured rice with sugar added to it? Throw in a walk to…
I write this from China today live. 6 years ago I first visited China and headed to Beijing and Badaling (for the Great Wall). In the intervening time I have now been in China 10…
The last 2 days haven’t being the glammed up and happy travel life you want. I’ve been confined to bed and the toilet. In equal measures. All travel bloggers and writers seem to concentrate on…
A bit later than billed comes today’s Working Wednesdays – been dying in bed with a fever so haven’t had the energy to type anything in the last 24 hours. What does harvesting echinacea mean??…
Hangzhou in the Zhejiang Province is a Chinese city which attempts to mix the past with the present, at least that’s the impression I got from my visit. Hangzhou has a decent influx of foreigners…
No matter how long or short a trip you are on, or even where you are going, an extremely handy thing to have is a first aid kit. On long trips I always carry my…
On my series where I cross borders of the world, this ranges from passport stamping borders, internal country borders and indeed the Equator. While England and Scotland are very much separate countries, they use the…
Time for another in my series of fellow world travellers on Don’t Stop Living! I’m a big fan of Maria Falvey’s website Accelerated Stall, which is not your normal travel blog by any means. Taking…
Don’t avoid the obvious when it comes to saving money on accommodation. You’ve already paid a lot for your flight so try to incorporate a free night’s accommodation into that, either before or after your…
First up – it’s St. Patrick’s Day today – Sunday 17th March 2013… so Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!!! It is an Irish Day of the year and is widely celebrated worldwide. I grew up…