Category: Thirsty Thursdays

On Thursdays, Don’t Stop Living brings you an alcohol related story from around the world.

Thirsty Thursdays: A Night Behind Bars At Alcotraz London (Cell Block 212)

Thirsty Thursdays: A Night In Jail⛓️‍👮‍♂️At Alcotraz Prison Bar, London, England (Cell Block 212)⚖️🏛️👨🏻‍⚖️📜🚔

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“By a lonely prison wall, I heard a young girl calling” – Pete Saint John. On a summer night as August 2025 came to a close, I embarked on yet another wild bar experience! It sio happened on the exact 18 year anniversary of this very travel blog, Don’t Stop Living. You know the drill, Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Night In Jail⛓️‍👮‍♂️At Alcotraz Prison Bar, London, England (Cell Block 212)⚖️🏛️👨🏻‍⚖️📜🚔[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawling In Douala, Cameroon🇨🇲

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Well the dream had been realised and that was when I finally landed in Cameroon in March 2024. After wanting and promising to visit it for years, the reality finally came! I went through the Cameroon Online Visa process and landed in Yaounde International Airport and then Douala International Airport. I was ready for football Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Pub Crawling In Douala, Cameroon🇨🇲[…]

Visiting The Crown Pub, Birmingham, England: Where Black Sabbath⬛🟪Played Their First Ever Gig

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“He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field. When he travelled time for the future of mankind” – Black Sabbath. I started to write this post 2 years ago when I was back backpacking in Birmingham. It’s a city I have visited over 10 times but rarely written about, except maybe a review Read more about Visiting The Crown Pub, Birmingham, England: Where Black Sabbath⬛🟪Played Their First Ever Gig[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: 9 Bars And Cafes I Visited In Comoros🇰🇲

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Comoros is not a sociable country, so to say, and this is a good thing. It’s chilled out and relaxed. People don’t bother you here, I loved it! As a tourist, people are welcoming and friendly. You don’t get harrassed and hassled. It’s a breath of fresh air really. You can walk by anonymously, at Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 9 Bars And Cafes I Visited In Comoros🇰🇲[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹

Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹

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“Those little grey cells” – Hercule Poirot. In 2015 for the first time in my life, I backpacked through Lithuania, visiting Kaunas, Pažaislis Monastery, Vilnius, Siauliai, Kryziu Kalnas and even the Republic of Uzupis (“the sink is full of fishes, she’s got dirty dishes on the brain” – Noel Gallagher) It was my first time Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Local Liqueur Bilibili in Central African Republic🇨🇫

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“Best under pressure, with seconds left, I show up” – Usher. Central African Republic was certainly a wildcard country addition to my travel jigsaw in January 2025. After three visa refusals/failures (in Poland, Burkina Faso and Abidjan), we finally were granted a visa with 7 minutes left to board our flight from Douala in Cameroon Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Local Liqueur Bilibili in Central African Republic🇨🇫[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: 8 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨

Thirsty Thursdays: 10 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨

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“And do they have to know about my goodnight girl” – Wet Wet Wet. There are a few crazy things about Castries and my time in Saint Lucia. It’s another country where I backpacked three different parts over three days and never really wrote about much about it. It’s a small island country, that seems Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 10 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 10 Bars in Dominica

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 11 Bars in Dominica🇩🇲The Green💚Island🏝️

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“You should never fight your feelings. You have to follow nature’s law” – Embrace. I arrived into Dominica a little later than expected and it was really a crazy few days of whackpacking travel in December 2021. Here is why – I was backpacking in Dominica during the pandemic, after some truly personal struggles and Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 11 Bars in Dominica🇩🇲The Green💚Island🏝️[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O'Kell's In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲

Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O’Kell’s In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲

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“The courtyard of my heart seems lonely” – Band Baaja Baaraat (song – Mitre). In a lot of countries, and cities I am in, I do love a quirky random pub visit – often I like to visit the oldest pub in a city. I have managed to do this in quite a few places Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O’Kell’s In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲[…]

The Poolside Bar (Hotel Univers 3 Aeroport Luxe)

Thirsty Thursdays: The Only 5 Bars I Visited In Niamey, Niger🇳🇪

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“Stand by me; nobody knows the way it’s gonna be” – Noel Gallagher. I certainly didn’t go to Niger for a booze up or even to pub crawl it, nobody does that do they? But somehow in the madness of it all we actually still managed to drink in 5 different bars in 4 days Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: The Only 5 Bars I Visited In Niamey, Niger🇳🇪[…]