“Travel the world and the seven seas; everybody’s looking for something” – Eurythmics. Nobody will ever visit every country in the world, I stand by that. There are too many of them, (I count 627 currently) with more being formed every day and more debates than we ever need. And yes, I mean real countries.…
Read More“Bring a smile. It’s a winner.” – Ron Hands, 2016. If nothing on this site ever inspires you, perhaps this one can. It was a joy, privilege, and honour to meet up with, interview and sink beer with Ron Hands. Ron is an 83 year old blogger and can tell a story or too. Ron…
Read MoreIf you have followed my travel blog the last few years, you will have seen that I follow Nomadic Matt AKA Matt Kepnes. Matt owns the number one travel blog on the internet, where he uses his expertise to help you travel Better Cheaper Longer. He knows how to plan trips, how to save you money…
Read MoreI’m delighted to release my latest e-Book, The Backpackers Guide to the Inca Trail! Back in 2010 I hiked the real Inca Trail in Peru and it was always my dream to release a book about it to help others interested in doing the popular hike. The book is a detailed 102 page guide to hiking the Inca…
Read MoreYou know that feeling you get? You just want control. You want to be your own boss. You want to own your own island and stick your own flag in it and pour an ice cold beer from that fridge as you watch the sun sink. Yeah, that one. This is the book for it.…
Read MoreYou might have seen my social media updates about this release of my first ever travel blog, so here it is in a post to explain a bit more. As I head to my 100th country this month, I wanted to get my first ever travel blog released to get it out of the way.…
Read MoreYou’ve probably seen me promoting a few books to help you along your way and this one does the same. It’s written by Rebecca Jaynes and is all about teaching English abroad, enjoying it and seeing the world at the same time. The same sort of inspiring story that a lot of us backpacking bloggers…
Read MoreMy latest book review is of this topsy turvy thrilling travel related novel by Cody Punter. The story “The World at Large” details a young man on a spontaneous backpacking journey. You never know what’s ahead along the way. It’s available on Amazon now. The World at Large It was just another harmless escape, another routine…
Read MoreTime for another Book Review on Don’t Stop Living and one with a sexy nature to it and an intriguing title. It’s also the third book I am reviewing with a Costa Rican edge to it! That’s because I already reviewed Deacon Blake’s book Mercenary Justice (Deacon runs the Hemingway Inn in San Jose) and author…
Read MoreRide of Your Life Time for another book review on Don’t Stop Living as I feature Ran Zilca’s Ride of Your Life. Before I started reading this book, I wasn’t sure what to expect. On the surface, it seems like a travel memoir, and travel memoirs are tricky business. They focus on the individual experience…
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