Category: Regular Features

On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!

World Borders🇩🇪: Crossing the Former Berlin Wall from East Germany (DDR) into West Germany (FROG)

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“You’ll never change what’s been and gone” – Noel Gallagher. There is no tongue in cheek and definitely no apologies for one of the most blatant tourist sites / sights (delete as appropriate) ever covered on here. The fact is I should’ve written about this crossing years ago. It was March 2005 as a dreamy Read more about World Borders🇩🇪: Crossing the Former Berlin Wall from East Germany (DDR) into West Germany (FROG)[…]

Sunday’s Inspiration: Two Years of Depression, Liars Unsorried, GuruGod Stalked

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“I travelled round the world from year to year. But each one found me aimless; one more year the worse for wear” – Cold Chisel. So here it is. Another reflection post on another lazy hazy crazy Sunday afternoon. Nobody’s dream. Not yours. Non mine. Neh his. Niet hers. Never ours. Marc Overmars. The moon. Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Two Years of Depression, Liars Unsorried, GuruGod Stalked[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 7 Non Alcoholic Beers in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦

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“Work is the curse of the drinking classes” – Oscar Wilde. While backpacking in Saudi Arabia recently, I realised it was one of the rare countries I visited where I didn’t consume any alcohol. This is due to the strict law – alcohol is simply forbidden here and will result in imprisonment, fines or expulsion. Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 7 Non Alcoholic Beers in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦[…]

Backpacking in Saudi Arabia: The Train Journey From Hail to Riyadh

Backpacking in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦: The Train🚂Journey From Hail to Riyadh

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“Grimsby Town don’t even play in the town of Grimsby!” – Every football fan! So another train journey and I love them. This one, in Saudi Arabia. Hail Train Station, Saudi Arabia Hail Train Station, Saudi Arabia just reminded me of over elaborate, middle of nowhere train stations in China. Shaoguan sprang to mind, I Read more about Backpacking in Saudi Arabia🇸🇦: The Train🚂Journey From Hail to Riyadh[…]

Backpacking in Turkmenistan: Staying at the Swanky Bagt Koshgi Hotel and Wedding Palace in Ashgabat

Backpacking in Turkmenistan🇹🇲: Staying at the Swanky Bagt Koshgi Hotel and Wedding Palace in Ashgabat

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“Don’t kill your dreams” – Adam Topolski. The sea air eased my corporate soul back in 2007 as I smoothed my way for eternity out of daily office work, nothing against the wonderful Bite Communications company I worked for at the time, but I’d barely backpacked the globe and life was as stale as Turkmenistanian Read more about Backpacking in Turkmenistan🇹🇲: Staying at the Swanky Bagt Koshgi Hotel and Wedding Palace in Ashgabat[…]

World Borders: Muslims Only - The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia

World Borders: Muslims Only☪︎🕌🕋🤲🌙- The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦

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“Another turning point; a fork stuck in the road” – Green Day. This is a world border which is slightly different to those in my normal World Borders series, as whether you enter this border or not depends solely on one thing – if you are a Muslim or a Non-Muslim. I am a Non-Muslim Read more about World Borders: Muslims Only☪︎🕌🕋🤲🌙- The Fork in the Road Near Mecca, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Burj Al Arab Juice at Jeedaan Juice Shop in Old Muscat, Oman

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After my Saudi Arabia adventure, I headed to Oman for a few days to “chill out”. But in travel, at least in my life, chilling out doesn’t ever really happen. I have to explore a place when I’m there and see as much as I can. In Oman, I stayed at the cosy Hotel Naseem Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Burj Al Arab Juice at Jeedaan Juice Shop in Old Muscat, Oman[…]

How To Get A Mongolia🇲🇳Visa in Warsaw, Poland

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After such depression in 2016 caused by the brace of serial unfriendlies plus the wannabe GuruGod stalker, I quit travel completely. For the second time in my adult life I didn’t visit any new countries for a 7 month period, nor did I have any desire for anything other than honest friends and survival. But Read more about How To Get A Mongolia🇲🇳Visa in Warsaw, Poland[…]

World Travellers: Daniel Kiteski From Passport Symphony

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The latest in my list of World Travellers is Daniel Kiteski from Passport Symphony. Let’s check out what Daniel has to say to Don’t Stop Living about his crazy adventures. Who are you? My name is Daniel Kiteski, a digital nomad and wanderluster from Macedonia. My mission is to explore all the countries in the Read more about World Travellers: Daniel Kiteski From Passport Symphony[…]

World Borders: How to Visit the Border Entrance Between Bahrain🇧🇭And Saudi Arabia🇸🇦At King Fahd Causeway

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“That’s me in the corner. That’s me in the spotlight. Losing my religion” – Rapid Eye Movement.  When I was backpacking Bahrain in 2015, I made a trip to the Saudi Arabia border and it was something I always meant to include in my World Borders series, yet always forgot about it. The reason I Read more about World Borders: How to Visit the Border Entrance Between Bahrain🇧🇭And Saudi Arabia🇸🇦At King Fahd Causeway[…]