Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Torch
Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials I’m talking about a torch. I have used the same torch for three years. It is essential to have a torch on your travels, even if you are not camping.…
Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Sleeping in Airports
Don’t avoid the obvious when it comes to saving money on accommodation. You’ve already paid a lot for your flight so try to incorporate a free night’s accommodation into that, either before or after your…
Working Wednesdays: Barman at Heathlands Hotel, Bournemouth, England
I always enjoyed being a barman and indeed it’s the only job that I’ve actually done regularly. I think I counted that I have worked on 40 different bars over the years, if you’re reading…
Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Sleep In Your Car
For a start you will need to actually own a car to do this (or rent one) – but once you’ve bought one, suddenly you don’t need to stay in hostels, rent a flat or…
Monday’s Money Saving Tips: Share A Room!
Every Monday I bring you my top money tips from my travels. Remember as a budget traveller you have to really strip down to the bare essentials. Last week I mentioned how simply selling your…
Travel Myths Busted: Part 3 – The Fake Inca Trail
I’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…
Travel Myths Busted: Part 2 – Popular Hostels are the Best!
In the second part of this series of travel myths busted, Don’t Stop Living aims to dispel any of those travel facts and opinions you often hear. This one is a particularly annoying one for…
Fujian Tour Part 9: The Qingde Building, Our Accomodation
The amount of random places I have stayed surprises even myself. This particular overnight dwelling ranks as one of the oddest but undoubtedly one of the most spectacular. We stayed in an ancient Earthen Tulou…
Backpacking in Argentina: Staying at the Cruz Del Sur Hostel, Ushuaia
I actually stayed in 4 different places while in Ushuaia, the world’s most southerly city in November 2010. My sole purpose to visit Ushuaia was to go to Antarctica and I basically used the…
Salar De Uyuni Part 13 – A Night At Height In Hospedaje Las Rocas
On my wanders round this sphere I have stayed in many places of various varieties through the years. This has included trains, houses, tents, hostels, hotels, inns, guesthouses, bed and breakfasts, motels, cars, settees, airports,…