On weekdays I provide essential and informative travel tips, with a different subject each day!
In my ongoing world borders series I bust down border crossings to their simplest form to ensure you can all easily replicate my journeys, cross the same borders as me and realise there is more to travel than flying in and out of countries on a 6 day holiday (as much as I love that Read more about World Borders: How to Walk From Gibraltar to Spain (Gibraltar Town to La Linea de la Concepcion)[…]
I’ll continue to type up the rest of my posts from Tunisia, despite the fact that in all honesty it is a dirty, over-rated and disorganised nation. So much so that our friends there and our couchsurfing hosts also admit that, and they dream of escaping their native land to earn money abroad. We toured Read more about Backpacking in Tunisia🇹🇳: Top 7 Sights in Mahdia[…]
I met Graham Askey in the Why Not Hostel in Tbilisi Georgia in 2013. His type of travel intrigued me and he is a man I have a great deal of respect for. He avoids the obvious backpacking scene and gets to the heart of alternative destinations, some of which are torn apart by war Read more about World Travellers: Graham Askey From Inside Other Places[…]
Today on Don’t Stop Living dot net I share a short sharp version of my story on how I’ve managed to travel the world away from my Northern Irish homeland for over a decade, 12 years away now. As well as my 10 easy steps to travel the world, here are the ways I always Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: 10 Ways I’ve Managed to Travel The World for 12 Years[…]
These top 5 posts I do on cities are always my personal top 5, there are not meant to be “THE 5” things to do by the way, there is no right or wrong way to travel and no real “best sights” – everyone picks their own. These days I like to list a top Read more about Backpacking in Yerevan, Armenia: Top 5 Things to See and Do[…]
My latest world traveller is Sofie, who comes from Belgium and loves to move around as well as running the website Wonderful Wanderings. Who are you? Hi! I’m Sofie, originally from Belgium and still living there. That might not sound very adventurous, but I have always loved to travel and am currently using Belgium as Read more about World Travellers: Sofie Couwenbergh From Wonderful Wanderings[…]
As of today the worlds highest building is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. As a backpacker in Dubai there was no way I was going to pay the ridiculous price tag of $30 US Dollars to go “to the top”. There’s even an irony there as “the top viewing platform” isn’t even Read more about The Backpacker’s Way to do the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates[…]
“I followed the stars and I sailed to the sun, I held it in my fingers. Alone on the beach on my own out of reach, when you just passed me by” – Noel Gallagher. Travel Blogs > Printed Travel Media The latest in my cannon of Working Wednesdays this week stated (with huge justifications and proof) that Read more about Sunday’s Inspiration: Top 5 Tips on Becoming a Professional Travel Blogger[…]
After a few weeks of deciding what to do with my life while I was staying with one of my best mates in Bournemouth, I was excited to get back on the road again and try out my latest backpack. You might have heard my recent nightmare with Tunis Air (far and away the most Read more about My New Backpack: The Mindshift Rotation180° Travel Away[…]
“I read the news today oh boy” – The Beatles Working Wednesdays returned with a flourish last week and I’m getting my head round more wacky job related experiences and opinions these days. When I first studied Journalism back in 1997 in Belfast City, travel blogs may have existed, but they certainly were not widespread, Read more about Working Wednesdays: 10 Reasons Why Travel Blogs Are Better Than Printed Travel Media[…]