Author: Jonny Blair

I'm Jonny Blair, a travelling Northern Irishman. Since leaving my homecity in 2003, I have managed to visit over 200 countries and over 1,500 towns or cities across all 7 continents. Along the way I have worked in countless jobs! Join my journey on Don't Stop Living - a lifestyle of travel as I provide you with tips and inspiration to live your travel dreams! Safe travels! Follow me on Facebook, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
Kaiping Diaolou Cluster Village World Heritage Sites

Kaiping Diaolou Tour: MaJianglong Cluster Village, Guangdong Province, China

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Continuing on from my first post on the historic town of Chikan on the Kaiping Diaolou Tour, we headed to MaJianglong next. This is basically a cluster village within the Kaiping Diaolou range of World Heritage Sites. The Cluster village contains scattered towers and is situated deep in the countryside. You will need a ticket Read more about Kaiping Diaolou Tour: MaJianglong Cluster Village, Guangdong Province, China[…]

Jonny Blair's travel blog harvesting cauliflower at Ambleside Farm in Tasmania

Working Wednesdays: Cauliflower Harvest at Ambleside, East Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

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My final flirt with cauliflower harvesting and indeed working on Tasmanian farms came at Phil’s Farm on Loanes Lane, Ambleside in East Devonport in Northern Tasmania. I had spent almost 6 months living in Tasmania, working on farms almost the entire time and still fitting travel and sightseeing in on my days off. As a Read more about Working Wednesdays: Cauliflower Harvest at Ambleside, East Devonport, Tasmania, Australia[…]

Arconada...Armstrong! (backpacking in Valencia a brace of decades ago)

5 Things To Do In Valencia, Spain

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I did the whole travelling in Europe thing when I lived in Northern Ireland and England, but it didn’t quite feel like I was travelling properly. I’ve been reminiscing recently about a trip that I did 10 years ago to the east coast of Spain. While most travellers going to Spain head to Madrid and Read more about 5 Things To Do In Valencia, Spain[…]

Crossing the carrick a rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland

Crossing The Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, North Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️

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Travelling in your home country is something people often overlook and despite the fact that I don’t live in Northern Ireland anymore, I still LOVE the tourist sights that we have to offer. On every trip back I make sure I visit at least one tourist attraction. Crossing the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge on Northern Ireland’s Read more about Crossing The Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, North Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland🔴✋️☘️[…]

Always carry spare memory cards on your travels

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Spare Memory Cards

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Don’t even talk to me about losing photos. Literally over the years of travel I have simply lost THOUSANDS of photos just because either I erased a memory card as I had no spares, my hard drive broke or my computer stupidly over wrote old flies with new ones deleting the old ones. Even in Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Spare Memory Cards[…]

shortest flight in the world scotland

Westray to Papa Westray: The Shortest Flight in the World at 47 Seconds!

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If you follow Don’t Stop Living you will know that I NEVER write about places I haven’t been unless it’s in a “I want to go there” way and this post is just inspired by my love for unusual and off the beaten track destinations. I haven’t been to Scotland since 2008 and despite spending Read more about Westray to Papa Westray: The Shortest Flight in the World at 47 Seconds![…]

free views of city skylines

Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Free Views of City Skylines

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As a budget traveller and nomadic Ulsterman I find myself loving skyscrapers and vantage points over towns and cities. Having grown up in a town where the highest building was a church and anything over 3 storeys looked out of place, it’s incredible to be able to go dozens of floors high on lifts and Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Free Views of City Skylines[…]

Getting a second Australia working holiday visa

How To Get A SECOND Australian Working Holiday Visa

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You have to love Australia. It’s hard not to…and you might have already gone there on a working holiday visa  but that year went so fast (or is going so fast) that you need and want another year. You’ve come to the right page. Here’s a full guide on how to get a second Australian Read more about How To Get A SECOND Australian Working Holiday Visa[…]

Forest Parks the Everyday Nomad blogging in Alexandria

World Travellers: Forest Parks AKA Everyday Nomad

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Today’s interview with a world traveller is an intriguing one for me, the reason being, I’m not sure which sounds more like a real name between Forest Parks and Everyday Nomad! In fact both names make a good name for a traveller and both names make a good name for a travel website. We’re lucky Read more about World Travellers: Forest Parks AKA Everyday Nomad[…]