Don’t Stop Living is 10 Years Old Today: My Thoughts On Sharing a Third of My Life With The World

Posted on August 27, 2017July 18, 2020 by Jonny Blair

“As the day was dawning, my plane flew away. With all the things caught in my mind” – Noel Gallagher. 27th August 2007 – 27th August 2017. Don’t Stop Living is officially 10 years old today. Timewise, that’s almost 30% of my life. It’s more than 50% of my adult life. I’ve shared my life Read more about Don’t Stop Living is 10 Years Old Today: My Thoughts On Sharing a Third of My Life With The World[…]

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Testing the Pepo App

Posted on August 22, 2017August 23, 2017 by Jonny Blair

Recently I came across a new app called Pepo. After testing it for a while, I would like to introduce it to you today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials. I found the Pepo app through its official website – Pepo.com and when I found out that some of my travel friends have been using it for Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Testing the Pepo App[…]

Disturbia in Serbia🇷🇸: Backpacking In Belgrade, No Red Star Delight

Posted on August 17, 2017August 20, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Where are you when the sun goes down, you’re so far away from me” – Dire Straits. Disturbia: Backpacking in Red Star Belgrade, Serbia. A country which offered me a hat trick of names over the years was also one I neglected to wham into my backpack. As a 10 year old I watched Yugoslavia Read more about Disturbia in Serbia🇷🇸: Backpacking In Belgrade, No Red Star Delight[…]

My Travel Target: To Visit 200 Countries Before I am 40

Posted on August 16, 2017August 24, 2017 by Jonny Blair

This is a huge post, a crazy mission and one of the most ridiculous things I have ever written on here or on anywhere else, but here goes. The more I cover my depression, suicide, honesty and despise of liars on here, the more people keep messaging me to tell me to look on the Read more about My Travel Target: To Visit 200 Countries Before I am 40[…]

Backpacking in Poland: The Time I Went Speed Dating in Warszawa

Posted on August 15, 2017January 8, 2018 by Jonny Blair

Long before I had this blog, and when I was also single, back in 2004 as a student at Bournemouth University, in England, I went to a “Speed Dating night” with my friends Lock in Lee, Mad Mike and Jody. At the time, reality events and TV shows were all the rage, I appeared in Read more about Backpacking in Poland: The Time I Went Speed Dating in Warszawa[…]

Backpacking in the Philippines: My Top Five Memories

Posted on August 13, 2017February 2, 2021 by Jonny Blair

Being based in Hong Kong from 2011 to 2015 (give or take a few side trips and jaunts around the world) allowed me to see most of Asia, and as of August 2021, there are only 5 recognised Asian countries I have yet to visit (Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Maldives). I was so busy working, writing Read more about Backpacking in the Philippines: My Top Five Memories[…]

Staying in or Going out: How Technology Changed Our Habits

Posted on August 12, 2017August 15, 2017 by Jonny Blair

Outdoor Activities Go Indoors The Internet of things has dramatically changed the way we communicate, socialize, and source information. Perhaps the most notable change has been the way we interact with one another. Barely a decade ago, people preferred face-to-face communication. Kids frequented public parks, played in sand pits, and climbed on jungle gyms. Today, Read more about Staying in or Going out: How Technology Changed Our Habits[…]

My Stay at the Hotel Ibis Centrum, Krakow, Poland

Posted on August 11, 2017 by Jonny Blair

It is always an emotional return for me to cities I backpacked through before I started my new life in Poland. As a tourist, I visited Poland 4 times before moving here in 2016. One of those trips saw a train journey to the popular city of Kraków. At the time, I was coming into Read more about My Stay at the Hotel Ibis Centrum, Krakow, Poland[…]

Top Reasons to Visit Israel this Year

Posted on August 10, 2017September 11, 2018 by Jonny Blair

Israel is a very small country and you can travel across most of it in a day at a push, though I spent 3 weeks there (and also 3/4 days backpacking in Palestine). On your visit, you’ll see landmarks dating back to antiquity and signs marking the modern country’s connection to its Biblical past. They Read more about Top Reasons to Visit Israel this Year[…]

Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Using Lonely Planet Guides on Your Travels

Posted on August 8, 2017August 8, 2017 by Jonny Blair

If you have followed my journey the last 10 years on here, you will know that I love to be the tourist, every day of my life. I am a very spontaneous tourist who ventures anywhere and everywhere I can. “If it exists as a place, I’ll go there” – Jonny Blair. I am a Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Using Lonely Planet Guides on Your Travels[…]