What? So you’re telling me an essential aspect of travel is growing a beard. Well, kind of yes…I mean if you’ve ever travelled “properly” and you’re male, then your face doesn’t shave itself does it? Growing a beard on your travels for me is something that a guy must do at some point! Yes we…
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In my latest edition of World Travellers, I talk travel with Ashley and Paige, who both come from Victoria in Australia. Read about their immense travel repertoire which encompasses Mount Everest, Antarctica and the Fjords of Norway! Who are you? Ashley & Paige Where are you from? Ashley: Bendigo, Victoria, Australia Paige: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia…
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Carrying on from my 1,000th Blog Post and my reminiscing of Toronto, Canada on my last trip to North America got me thinking again. Do you know that I haven’t written about the USA for a few years?! In fact some people who follow my blog didn’t even realise I had been stateside yet –…
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On our travels we all like to attend events and functions and we especially love freebies! Free drink, free food, free hats, free souvenirs and FREE entry. Here’s a blaggers guide for your Monday’s Money Saving Tips today. How to get FREE entry to events! It doesn’t always work but worth a try…I’ve done a…
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“What tongueless ghost of sin crept through my curtains?” – Noel Gallagher. The Hanoi Hilton isn’t a hotel. Well it might be, but the one I’m talking about here is a prison. It’s officially called Hoa Lo Prison but has earned the nickname “The Hanoi Hilton” over the years. It’s no longer used as a…
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A bit of a change from the normal here on this post. This is an article I wrote for a travel magazine once which was never published and until now hasn’t seen the light of day. This was my introduction into Paraguay, the day I…was a stranger in Paraguay! This article is reproduced here in…
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This is officially the 1,000th actual post on my travel blog Don’t Stop Living (not including pages or deleted posts)!! I know for a fact that if you had said to me in Toronto in 2007 when I started my travel blog that in less than 6 years I would have amassed more than 5…
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In my ongoing series of world borders, I prove how easy it is to travel the world, cross borders into new countries and get visas. This post is all about getting from Malaysia to Brunei Darussalam on the island of Borneo. Obviously there are many different ways to cross this border, but for the basis…
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Today I warp myself back to a delicious lunch I enjoyed in Panama City’s Casco Antiguo – the Old Town. Friday’s Featured Food hasn’t yet had a meal from Central America so it’s time to put that right! Panama City’s old town is so unbelievably untouristy that you will just love and embrace the charm…
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I thought I’d write about one of my nights out in Gaborone in Botswana today as it was a really great travel memory. Having arrived at the border into Botswana from South Africa at Tlokweng, my bus took me onwards to the capital city of Gaborone. As it was late at night I had arranged…
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