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“And your bird can sing” – The Beatles. First up – I wrote this about my first visit to Paramaribo in January 2011. At the time, I expected it would be my only visit to Parbo. But no, I returned twice more, both times in 2014 before and after Guyana. In 2011, I got my Read more about Backpacking in Suriname🇸🇷: Top 15 Sights in Paramaribo[…]
LIFE is LIVING. BREATHING is LIVING. I’m living now. I’m alive. Of that I’m sure. Life is for living and I’m happy that I’m living. But this week while backpacking in East Timor I was asked by three people (1 young girl, 1 young guy, 1older guy) that annoying question “What do you do?” or Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: So What Do You Do For a Living?[…]
East Timor is 98% Catholic and you’ll be aware of that especially in Dili. One of the key sights to see in the entire country is the massive Jesus Statue at Cape Fatucama. Known locally as the Cristo Rei. Really one of those sights not to miss when backpacking in East Timor. What is the Read more about Backpacking in East Timor🇹🇱: Visiting the Jesus Statue at Cape Fatucama[…]
So it’s official – this is my 1,500th blog post on Don’t Stop Living that is published and live for the whole world to read. Not a brag or a boast by the way, but certainly this is a reflective post for me – it was only something I noticed as I logged in and Read more about My Personal Top 10 Posts from the first 1,500 Articles on Don’t Stop Living[…]
“From feudal serf to spender, this wonderful world of purchase power” – Richey James Edwards. I love Sark. It’s just a magical dream like island. No public transport. No major advertising. No worries or stress. Sark is one of the few remaining inhabited places in the world where cars are banned from roads and only Read more about Backpacking in Sark, Channel Islands: Best 15 Things to Do[…]
One of the things I wanted to check out in East Timor were the bars in Dili. I like to relax on my travels, with a beer staring out and watching the world go by. Life slows down immensely when you arrive in East Timor. There’s no stress here. Relaxing becomes a way of life. Read more about Thirsty Thursdays🇹🇱: Top 6 Bars in Dili, East Timor[…]
“I am the one and only” – Chesney Hawkes. When I googled for hostels in East Timor, only one came up and it’s no wonder – there only is one hostel in the entire country! But mind you – that’s one more than North Korea! So naturally I stayed in the ONLY backpackers hostel in Read more about Staying at the ONLY Backpackers Hostel in East Timor🇹🇱: East Timor Backpackers, Dili[…]
It’s been a while since I did a Tuesday’s Travel Essential and while it’s been a slow week in East Timor, this one is overdue. Saving money on paper? Me being “green”? Well, kind of a new thing really…decades have passed since people started talking about going paperless and the whole “green travel, green world” Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Save Money On Paper, Take Photos of Things Instead[…]
My most recent backpacking trip took me to East Timor, also known as Timor Leste. This place only became a country in 2002 which was one of the reasons that intrigued me to it. Another reason is that it completed my “South East Asia on a Shoestring Lonely Planet book” finally in terms of actual countries, Read more about How to Get an East Timor🇹🇱Visa On Arrival at Dili Airport[…]
It is my delight to welcome Annette White to my World Travellers series. Annette runs a really cool and inspiring site called Bucket List Journey, which details all the things that Annette ticks off and adds on to her ever growing adventures. Annette is also one of the few travellers in this series who I Read more about World Travellers: Annette White from Bucket List Journey[…]