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Monday’s Money Saving Tips: 10 Ways to get Free or Cheap Beer on Your Travels!

This could easily sneak into my Thirsty Thursdays feature, but alas I’m trying to save you all money, so here it is – a backpacker’s guide to cheap beer! These are my top 10 ways to get FREE or cheap BEER on your travels. I’m from Northern Ireland, beer is certainly my way to relax Read more about Monday’s Money Saving Tips: 10 Ways to get Free or Cheap Beer on Your Travels![…]

Cheap North Korea Tours!! 5% Discount with Young Pioneer Tours!!

Following on from my recent trip to North Korea, I’ve been buzzing ever since! I’m delighted to announce that my readers, that’s you guys can get an exclusive 5% off any North Korea tour if booked through Young Pioneer Tours and quoting the code “Don’t Stop Living”!! (the best tour agency to run trips to North Read more about Cheap North Korea Tours!! 5% Discount with Young Pioneer Tours!![…]

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My Top 5 Camping Memories!

As I celebrate the 10 year mark of being away from Northern Ireland by camping out in the desert at Wadi Rum with Rum Stars (AMAZING!), I thought it was a good time to share my top 5 camping moments from my travels…including my latest spot of desert camping, these moments were inspiring… 1. Camping Read more about My Top 5 Camping Memories![…]

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FREE TEFLs!! Get Your Free Certificate and Teach English in China!!

Yes that’s right I’m offering FREE TEFLs today on Don’t Stop Living. You can get a FREE TEFL and start a new life and a new career in teaching English in China. It’s all organised through the FREE TEFL service. I’m pretty excited to be helping to promote this – you’ll know one of the Read more about FREE TEFLs!! Get Your Free Certificate and Teach English in China!![…]

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

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[…]

Working Wednesdays: Report Compiling and Research for Zopa

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

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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How to Get a 72 Hour China Visa at Beijing Airport

I’ve now been to China officially 18 times, and it was only recently on my 17th visit that I decided to travel without a visa in advance and check out the system for getting a visa on arrival. My first trip to China in 2007 was to Beijing and I had my visa in advance. Read more about How to Get a 72 Hour China Visa at Beijing Airport[…]

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Safari in Tanzania: Tarangire National Park

My recent safari tour in Tanzania saw us visit three massive national parks, and this, the first installment comes from Tarangire National Park. I had been on some safaris before, but none of them really on a grand scale to be honest. I’d been to Singapore Night Safari, watched monkeys in Borneo, seen a load Read more about Safari in Tanzania: Tarangire National Park[…]

tandem cycling in China's Yangshuo

Tandem Cycling In Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China

Believe it or not, but until recently I had never done tandem cycling before! You might have read my adventures cycling in places like Montevideo, Soweto and Taiwan, but China was the place where my girlfriend and I first hopped on a tandem bicycle! We were backpacking in the Guangxi Province of China and staying Read more about Tandem Cycling In Yangshuo, Guangxi Province, China[…]