On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
The fresh salty air, the warmth of the sun on your skin and the sound of waves rolling in, is there anything more uplifting than time spent by the sea? Creating a feeling that is hard to match, it’s no surprise that coastal getaways have been a holiday fixture for many of us for generations. Read more about Summer by the Sea: Coastal Getaways Worth Adding to Your Bucket List[…]
The Day I Did A COVID PCR Test At Windsor Park, The National Football Stadium In Dominica “Cold cold heart – hard done by you. Some things look better, baby, just passing through” – Elton John. Northern Ireland play their home matches at Windsor Park in Belfast. I’ve been watching them there for 5 decades Read more about The Day I Did A COVID PCR Test At Windsor Park, The National Football Stadium In Dominica🇩🇲[…]
“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, Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Homeless, Aimless, Gameless – My Fall From Grace In September 2025[…]
“Teotihuacan” – Noel Gallagher. Reminiscing on my 2014 overland/oversea trip through Central America, I realised I skippacked a load of places and that my route was not so obvious. My exact route would also not have been clear from my blog posts on here on Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica. Here, Read more about My Overland And Oversea Backpacking Route Through Central America[…]
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 Read more about 5 Times I Backpacked France🇫🇷Without Even Visiting France!😂🇬🇫🇬🇵🇷🇪🇾🇹🇸🇽[…]
“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, Read more about 21 Years Later: Sentimental Return To The Heathlands Hotel Where Once I Worked In Bournemouth England[…]
“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. Read more about The Immigration Procedure When Landing In Dzaoudzi, Mayotte🇾🇹, And What Is Mayotte🇾🇹?[…]
“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, Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Night In Jail⛓️👮♂️At Alcotraz Prison Bar, London, England (Cell Block 212)⚖️🏛️👨🏻⚖️📜🚔[…]
Welcome to the latest interview in my World Travellers series, which started back in 2012. Today we meet Ron Swilling From Follow My Footsteps, sharing stories where Africa has huge impact… Who are you? I am a fellow traveller on the dusty and sparkling journey of life. Where are you from? Home is both South Africa Read more about World Travellers: Ron Swilling From Follow My Footsteps[…]
The name of the next station on my Tasmanian tour was “Lower Landing”, I didn’t really like that name actually. It’s a bit false. And the name was totally false. It’s a custom built station for the sake of the Western Wilderness Railway. That took the shine off the stop there, but didn’t take the Read more about West Coast Wilderness Railway Part Seven – Tasting Honey at “Lower Landing”[…]