Summer 2025 saw me embark on my long awaited and self-monikered “Rainy Summertime Tour“. I chose 4 new island nations to backpack through and I did it in the so-called Rainy Season. After backpacking The Maldives, where of course all inclusive holidays are commonplace and expected, I was back on the backpacking trail again at…
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“Saw a vagabond king wear a Styrofoam crown, wondered if I might end up the same” – Jon Bon Jovi. This time it was me. Homeless. Aimless. Gameless. Grace fall. Vagabond. Nomad. Nowhere. Lost. Lonely. Lazy. My world had come down. It was always going to… With the lifestyle I have lived for 22 years,…
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Is it possible to backpack a country without visiting it? Well yes, the global excrement entities of Untied Nations and the European Union try to believe it is possible!!! They do this by swallowing faraway lands and including them in a country they are not in, and in some cases in a continent they are…
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“Don’t tell me it’s not worth fighting for” – Bryan Adams. Tears drained naturally from my eyes when I heard this Bryan Adams song being sung in a bar I once worked in – 21 years later, in a hotel I once stayed in – 31 years earlier. The Heathlands Hotel in East Cliff, Bournemouth,…
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“Altogether now, in no man’s land” – The Farm.🇾🇹 A while back, I wrote that it is possible to backpack through the European Union at Africa away. What I meant is that sadly, generations on, European countries such as France, Portugal, Spain and England (since I don’t recognise “UK”) are still controlling parts of Africa.…
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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,…
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Europe is known for a more classy and history-rich gambling scene than that of Las Vegas. Its architectural grandeur, high-stakes drama, and centuries of refined gambling culture have helped shape some of the most legendary casinos to visit, even for non-gamblers. They are simply an experience to visit as they offer so much more beyond…
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“Time flies” – Oasis compilation album. Time really does fly. From my first ever radio listen of Oasis in April 1994 on a Radio One session, before finally getting into buying CDs and cassette tapes of Oasis, it has been a wild 31 years. In the early years of Oasis, 1994 to 1998 I owned…
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There’s a certain magic in Ireland that you don’t just see—you feel. It’s in the hush of mist over rolling hills, in the roar of waves against ancient cliffs, and in the warmth of a pub corner where strangers are soon friends. This is a country where stories are currency, and the land itself seems…
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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…
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