Month: September 2013

World Travellers: Gunnar Garfors, The Youngest Hobby Traveller to Visit Every Country in the World

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This is one of my favourite World Travellers to date!! Today I feature Gunnar Garfors. This crazy yet calm Norwegian has been to EVERY country in the world. How amazing is that?! And even better, he is the youngest person ever to do this as a hobby. He travels on his holidays from work and Read more about World Travellers: Gunnar Garfors, The Youngest Hobby Traveller to Visit Every Country in the World[…]

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Friday’s Featured Food: Peking Duck at QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China

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While Beijing will never be my favourite city in China, it does hold a few saving graces. Tiananmen Square is a great place to relax, Beijing is the gateway to the Trans Siberian Railway and also for our recent trip to North Korea plus there’s Peking Duck!! On Friday’s Featured Food I was initially going Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Peking Duck at QuanJude Restaurant, Beijing, China[…]

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Thirsty Thursdays: My Top 5 Bars in Pyongyang, North Korea🇰🇵

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While Pyongyang is hardly a “party city” or somewhere to get ridiculously drunk and go on pub crawls, there are bars and restaurants there that are open to foreigners. I was on tour with Young Pioneer Tours (you can get 5% off future tours if you tell them you saw them through Don’t Stop Living). YPT Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: My Top 5 Bars in Pyongyang, North Korea🇰🇵[…]

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My Top 5 Things To See and Do In Nazareth, Israel

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Life finally took me properly to the Middle East this month. We are backpacking round a few countries here and heading into the Caucases too over the next few months. In Israel, we will be spending around 3 weeks in the country, our first stop after Afula was to spend a day backpacking in Nazareth. Read more about My Top 5 Things To See and Do In Nazareth, Israel[…]

Dream Destinations: Kurumba Resort In The Maldives🇲🇻

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It’s dream time again on Don’t Stop Living!! I’ve touched on some dream destinations before including Aruba and the South Pole, today it’s time for the Maldives. As I reach the 80 country mark later in the month, I’m constantly researching other places that might provide slightly more luxury than the backpacker lifestyle I’ve become Read more about Dream Destinations: Kurumba Resort In The Maldives🇲🇻[…]

Working Wednesdays: Report Compiling and Research for Zopa

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I’ll return to my time working in London today on Working Wednesdays for a brief look at the time I did some research and report compiling for Zopa. I worked for Bite Communications in Ravenscourt in London and I was a Public Relations Assistant. The work was varied and the work was busy. I worked Read more about Working Wednesdays: Report Compiling and Research for Zopa[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Music

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Yes, music is today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials – as travellers we need it and the way I see it there are only two types of music when we travel: 1. Music we play ourelves (normally MP3 player or on guitar) 2. Music other people play (in hostels, in shops, on buses, at concerts etc.) And both types are Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Music[…]

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Top 5 Places For A View of Pyongyang, North Korea

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I absolutely fell in love with the inspiring skyline of Pyongyang, North Korea’s proud and patriotic capital city. I was able to see the view of the city from a load of different places, high and low and also from the edge of the city. From the sleeping river, to the forests throughout the city, Read more about Top 5 Places For A View of Pyongyang, North Korea[…]

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10 Nighttime Activities in Pyongyang, North Korea

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I totally loved Pyongyang while on tour with the awesome tour group Young Pioneer Tours. One of the biggest surprises was the sheer amount of night time activities in Pyongyang – it was a nice pleasant surprise and you are NEVER short of things to do in this city. While it’s not well lit at Read more about 10 Nighttime Activities in Pyongyang, North Korea[…]

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Watching the Mass Games on National Day in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea

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Wow. There I was, on National Day (9th of the 9th) in Pyongyang watching the biggest spectacle on earth, well asides the four yearly FIFA World Cup Final that is. You’ve heard a lot about the Mass Games and you might want to go to watch it. My advice is simple – do it. Get Read more about Watching the Mass Games on National Day in the May Day Stadium, Pyongyang, North Korea[…]