Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Guinness at the North Korea🇰🇵To South Korea🇰🇷Border at Panmunjom, DMZ

Posted on November 28, 2013October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Did you hear the one about the Northern Irishman and the Southern Irishman drinking Irish stout on the North Korea to South Korea border? Hands across the divide – two countries on one island, two countries on one peninsula. One love – Guinness. The black stuff. Through my time working in Irish pubs and backpacking Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Guinness at the North Korea🇰🇵To South Korea🇰🇷Border at Panmunjom, DMZ[…]

Backpacking in Nagorno Karabakh: 5 Things to see and do in Vank

Posted on November 27, 2013September 8, 2017 by Jonny Blair

Vank is an extraordinary place that you can’t believe it exists. This wannabe tourist resort is nestled into unknown countryside in the enigma that is Nagorno Karabakh. Vank is a small town which has some crazy things going on in it, and is also the perfect base for exploring Gandzasar Monastery. Local lad Levon Hairapetian Read more about Backpacking in Nagorno Karabakh: 5 Things to see and do in Vank[…]

Backpacking in Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia: 6 Things to see and Do

Posted on November 26, 2013January 5, 2026 by Jonny Blair

Nobody goes backpacking in Singaraja. In fact, no travellers really ever go to Singaraja. It’s a shame cos this is a great wee city. My Antarctica travel buddy Rodrigo and I headed to Bali last year and incorporated a day trip to Singaraja into our plans just out of curiosity’s sake. It was worth it. Read more about Backpacking in Singaraja, Bali, Indonesia: 6 Things to see and Do[…]

Where to Stay in Ankara, Turkey: Hotel Capital

Posted on November 25, 2013July 18, 2024 by Jonny Blair

My Turkish experience has been pretty cool in that we have gone to a few places well off the backpacking trail which was nice. This has meant spending time staying in hotels and even caves (at Goreme) instead of the usual hostel lifestyle. While Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and houses 5 million Read more about Where to Stay in Ankara, Turkey: Hotel Capital[…]

Qobustan Rock Inscriptions and Museum, Azerbaijan

Posted on November 25, 2013June 6, 2015 by Jonny Blair

Taking a trip out of Baku to Qobustan to see the rock inscriptions is a top tip while touring Azerbaijan. Qobustan is a world heritage site, as listed by UNESCO. That fact alone makes it worth seeing, but the truth is that Azerbaijan is such an off the beaten path backpacking beast that you’ll be Read more about Qobustan Rock Inscriptions and Museum, Azerbaijan[…]

Top 10 Travel eBooks To Buy

Posted on November 25, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

A recent conversation with a mate sparked the whole “are physical books dead?” debate and while I disagreed, we did admit that travelling light means bunging e-Books into your hard drive storage and laptop. And a few of my travel blogging buddies have released some awesome e-Books the last few years. I’ve read these all Read more about Top 10 Travel eBooks To Buy[…]

Book Review: Traveling in Sin by Lisa and George

Posted on November 24, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

It’s time for another awesome book review and I’m delighted to feature one from two fellow travellers, globertrotters and writers. Lisa Niver Rajna and George Rajna run the fantastic site We Said Go Travel and I also interviewed them on my World Travellers Series earlier in the year. Both Lisa and George are members of Read more about Book Review: Traveling in Sin by Lisa and George[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Make As Many Friends As You Can

Posted on November 24, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

This week has been your usual epic week of travel in my lifestyle and something got me thinking again. It was something I said to myself I was going to do back in 2003 when I first left Northern Ireland. I hate being alone (unless I’m working on something) and I love being around people. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Make As Many Friends As You Can[…]

brian and noelle in sumatra wandering on

World Travellers: Brian and Noelle from Wandering On

Posted on November 23, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

Time for another inspiring travel interview in my World Travellers Series. Today we meet Brian Barry and Noelle Kelly – a cool Irish couple on the road since 2009, sharing their stories and wisdom here on Don’t Stop Living and through their own site Wandering On. Who are you? We are an Irish couple, Brian Read more about World Travellers: Brian and Noelle from Wandering On[…]

Kandy, Sri Lanka: Such A Joy To Me

Posted on November 23, 2013May 2, 2014 by Jonny Blair

You’ll forgive me for a personal and long awaited random blog post, I hope. Kandy is a city in Sri Lanka. Its the second biggest one in the country none the less and I headed there on my tour of the island earlier in 2013. Sometimes in life though, you don’t bother to see all Read more about Kandy, Sri Lanka: Such A Joy To Me[…]