On Thursdays, Don’t Stop Living brings you an alcohol related story from around the world.
I thought I’d write about one of my nights out in Gaborone in Botswana today as it was a really great travel memory. Having arrived at the border into Botswana from South Africa at Tlokweng, my bus took me onwards to the capital city of Gaborone. As it was late at night I had arranged Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Night Out in Gaborone, Botswana🇧🇼[…]
Last weekend I attended the second annual Hong Kong Beer Festival, known as Beertopia. Aside from the usual range of ales, stouts and lagers I was somewhat surprised to stumble upon a new beer I had never heard of before – Pizza Beer! What? A beer made of pizza? Or a pizza topped with beer? Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Pizza Beer in Kowloon, Hong Kong[…]
The Crown Bar in Belfast in my home country of Northern Ireland is a brilliant place. I LOVE it and I take my friends there any time I’m showing them round my country. I’m pretty surprised this is the first time I’ve written about it, but buzzing at the thought of helping promote Belfast and Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: The Crown Bar in Belfast, Northern Ireland[…]
Before I go on, I fell in love with Uruguay. It’s by far one of my favourite countries and things just seemed perfect there. A relaxing place, decent beaches, great cities that aren’t too big, cheap beer and food, great bus travel, friendly people and their obsession with Mate!!! Today’s Thirsty Thursdays takes me back Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Mate Tea in Uruguay, a National Obsession[…]
I had never heard of Mocochinchi before arriving in Bolivia in 2010. In fact, it was only my curiosity while walking round the streets of La Paz that I decided I had to buy one and try it. In the end I loved it and went back for more. It’s a refreshing drink, which you Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Drinking Mocochinchi in Bolivia at the Markets in La Paz[…]
The last 2 days haven’t being the glammed up and happy travel life you want. I’ve been confined to bed and the toilet. In equal measures. All travel bloggers and writers seem to concentrate on the good things – arriving in new cities, trying new food, seeing world heritage sites etc. But from now on, Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Water and Lucozade[…]
First up readers, bloggers and internet users, I owe an apology but it ain’t my fault thankfully! Being a travel blogger is glammed up as being an awesome job and I do my best to make it sound double cool, but believe me that’s only because we only cover the good stuff – when we Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Tapioca Tea in Shinying, Taiwan[…]
As Thirsty Thursdays go this ranks as one of the most obscure! I had spent a week or so in Sri Lanka, touring around. It was a special trip because my parents had joined me and my girlfriend – I only see my parents once at year at most these days. It got to the Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: Having a Beer in an Elephant Souvenir Shop in Pinnawala, Sri Lanka[…]