Category: Thirsty Thursdays

On Thursdays, Don’t Stop Living brings you an alcohol related story from around the world.

Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹

Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹

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“Those little grey cells” – Hercule Poirot. In 2015 for the first time in my life, I backpacked through Lithuania, visiting Kaunas, Pažaislis Monastery, Vilnius, Siauliai, Kryziu Kalnas and even the Republic of Uzupis (“the sink is full of fishes, she’s got dirty dishes on the brain” – Noel Gallagher) It was my first time Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Murdering A Poirot Beer🥸༻࿓🍺 In The Agatha Christie Themed “Puaro” Bar, Vilnius, Lithuania🇱🇹[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Local Liqueur Bilibili in Central African Republic🇨🇫

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“Best under pressure, with seconds left, I show up” – Usher. Central African Republic was certainly a wildcard country addition to my travel jigsaw in January 2025. After three visa refusals/failures (in Poland, Burkina Faso and Abidjan), we finally were granted a visa with 7 minutes left to board our flight from Douala in Cameroon Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Local Liqueur Bilibili in Central African Republic🇨🇫[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: 8 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨

Thirsty Thursdays: 10 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨

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“And do they have to know about my goodnight girl” – Wet Wet Wet. There are a few crazy things about Castries and my time in Saint Lucia. It’s another country where I backpacked three different parts over three days and never really wrote about much about it. It’s a small island country, that seems Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: 10 Bars I Drank In In Saint Lucia🇱🇨[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 10 Bars in Dominica

Thirsty Thursdays: Top 11 Bars in Dominica🇩🇲The Green💚Island🏝️

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“You should never fight your feelings. You have to follow nature’s law” – Embrace. I arrived into Dominica a little later than expected and it was really a crazy few days of whackpacking travel in December 2021. Here is why – I was backpacking in Dominica during the pandemic, after some truly personal struggles and Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Top 11 Bars in Dominica🇩🇲The Green💚Island🏝️[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O'Kell's In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲

Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O’Kell’s In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲

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“The courtyard of my heart seems lonely” – Band Baaja Baaraat (song – Mitre). In a lot of countries, and cities I am in, I do love a quirky random pub visit – often I like to visit the oldest pub in a city. I have managed to do this in quite a few places Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Pint Of O’Kell’s In The Mitre, The Oldest Pub In The Isle Of Man🇮🇲[…]

The Poolside Bar (Hotel Univers 3 Aeroport Luxe)

Thirsty Thursdays: The Only 5 Bars I Visited In Niamey, Niger🇳🇪

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“Stand by me; nobody knows the way it’s gonna be” – Noel Gallagher. I certainly didn’t go to Niger for a booze up or even to pub crawl it, nobody does that do they? But somehow in the madness of it all we actually still managed to drink in 5 different bars in 4 days Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: The Only 5 Bars I Visited In Niamey, Niger🇳🇪[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: My Top 10 And Bottom 2 Bars In Central African Republic 🇨🇫

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“Love’s a hide and hate display” – Nicky Wire. I never expected to visit 5 bars in the CAR, nevermind double figure it, but here we are, there we were. In my previous few countries – Niger I drinkpacked only 5 bars and in Burkina Faso just the 9, with Mauritania limited to 5 non-alcoholic Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: My Top 10 And Bottom 2 Bars In Central African Republic 🇨🇫[…]

Thirsty Thursdays: Watching Kennedy Star🌟Live At Bar Caupa Bangou, Niamey, Niger🇳🇪

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Thirsty Thursdays: Watching Kennedy Star Live At Bar Caupa Bangou, Niamey, Niger Well on our last night backpacking in Niamey, Niger, we were served up a treat – local live music – guitars, drums, singing live in front of our eyes with cold beers to boot. It was the final night of a wild adventure Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Watching Kennedy Star🌟Live At Bar Caupa Bangou, Niamey, Niger🇳🇪[…]