Don’t Stop Living – a lifestyle of travel brings you ongoing travel tips from all seven continents!
“I go crazy. Oh so crazy. Living on my own. Dee o de de dee o de de. I don’t have no time for no monkey business” – Freddie Mercury. Trust me when I say this was one of the craziest and scariest nights of my life, and I’d say so for my travel buddy…
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“In Camden Town we’ll walk there as the sun goes down” – Suggs. Mauritius is an exotic tropical paradise location. That is undisputed by most of us. I wasn’t here to backpack hardcore, go sightseeing, go hiking or deep sea diving! I was here to chill out, write the chapters for my 11th book (and…
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“The night seems to fade, But the moonlight lingers on” – UB40. In April – May 2023 I managed to visit 5 new African countries, 4 of which have coastline on the Indian Ocean, 4 of which begin with letter M and 3 of which are island countries. Some of that I had titled my…
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“Now the sun’s gone to hell; and the moon’s riding high” – Mark Knopfler. Although Mauritius is a small island, I still decided to stay relatively close to the main international airport – Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport. I was here on a stopover between France and Reunion Island and the way things worked out…
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On my last big trip (February 2020) as COVID was beginning, I toured seven African countries – South Africa, Angola, Zambia, Lesotho, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Namibia. Although our first flight landed in Luanda, Angola – our first country to leave the airport on that trip was Namibia. I was here with two friends, Malina (from…
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“Alone on the beach🇷🇪, on my own, out of reach, but you just passed me by” – Noel Gallagher (quoted by Jonny Blair when referring to someone who let me down). When I went backpacking (or whackpacking) in Reunion Island, I was here mostly to chill out, get a glimpse of the lifestyle, backpack the…
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“Eponymous” – Rapid Eye Movement. It was summer 2009 and my life was in disarray. I was coming towards the end of a 12 month renting lease on a flat in the seaside district of Southbourne in Bournemouth, Dorset, England. Times were changing and looking back at that now (here in May 2023), it is…
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“Nayim from the halfway line ” – Tottenham Hotspur fans. Is it possible to go to one continent and yet class yourself as backpacking a different continent? 😂🤣 Well I did a bit of research and it turns out that it is possible to backpack The European Union while also backpacking Africa. You can even…
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Backpacking In Reunion Island: My Dorm Room Stay At Hotel Kaz, Saint Denis I was looking for a budget option while backpacking in Reunion Island and I decided to stay in the capital city, Saint Denis. This was part of a tour where I backpack The European Union in Africa! Logistically Saint Denis was perfect…
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As the weather starts to warm, more and more people will begin taking vacations to different parts of the world. However, vacation prices have steadily been rising in recent years to levels which are hard for the average American to meet out of pocket without saving in advance. Learning everything there is to know about…
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