On Tuesdays, Don’t Stop Living highlights the top travel essentials as you backpack round the globe!
Down the years of backpacking the world, hiking became a big part of my journey. I have done hikes on every continent now, including a wacaday trip up Cuverville Island in Antarctica in 2010. Looking back, my favourite hikes were the Real Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru, it was so epic, I even Read more about Best Backpacking Equipment For Hiking[…]
“Stepping out to a different world and you might be home late” – Ocean Colour Scene. All these years of long term backpacking has meant a constant need to change, alter, switch, shift, upgrade to a new, clean, pristine backpack, multiple times. I’ve changed backpacks about 15 times in the last 26 years, since I Read more about My Superb New Backpack: The FirstLight® 35L+ From ThinkTank[…]
As I become more and more experienced as a traveller, I also learn what things to pack and what not to pack – what to leave behind. Down the years I made many mistakes when it comes to preparation, equipment, packing etc. It’s all a learning process, a trial and error. You learn from your Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Random and Quirky Items To Put In Your Backpack[…]
After losing my wallet in horrendous fashion in 2012 while tubing in Laos, I had to really look after my possessions a lot. Yet down the years, I have managed to lose phones, wallets, cameras and hats – sadly my famous blue hat was also lost in Laos in 2012. Since the Laos disaster, I Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Wallet from Allett Wallets[…]
If you have followed my stories since this blog’s inception in 2007, then you will probably have seen my varying array of backpacks. I can’t even remember half of the brands I used, from Hello Lulu to a £6 ASDA job to Adidas to the ones that got slashed on a night bus in Colombia, Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My New Backpack – The BackLight®18L From Mindshift Gear[…]
As technology advances and I find myself trying desperately to have the newest laptop, a phone that works, a hard drive that doesn’t break and just any device that helps me work faster and easier. I’m always on the lookout for new ideas to try, even though I admit I am usually one of the Read more about Using Chipolo: A Clever Device That Connects Your Belongings Making Sure You Won’t Lose Them![…]
I checked my hard drive recently, and tried my best to compile all my photos and videos from my journeys into albums on there, it takes a lot of organisation. I will never be able to count, but I’ve probably taken 1,000,000 travel photos in my life. But my expertise is in writing, not in Read more about Using Fotor to Edit Your Travel Photos[…]
Recently I came across a new app called Pepo. After testing it for a while, I would like to introduce it to you today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials. I found the Pepo app through its official website – Pepo.com and when I found out that some of my travel friends have been using it for Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Testing the Pepo App[…]