On Tuesdays, Don’t Stop Living highlights the top travel essentials as you backpack round the globe!
Driving is a regular part of most of our lives. We drive from home to work and from work to home on almost any given day – yes even I did that as a long term backpacker! For parents, there is the inevitable daily drive to school with the kids and also for sports and Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: 8 Things You Should Have in Your Emergency Travel Kit in Your Car[…]
Good old Post Offices. We need them when we travel. They are simply the best way to send physical items to friends and family. However it’s not always the easiest thing to find and organise when you travel. I try to limit my visits to post offices by travelling light, and using stamps to post Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Post Offices[…]
Learning to drive is something I recommend for any would be travellers. Sure, it’s not cheap and it’s not easy to learn when you’re a teenager, but it will stand you in good stead for when you get older and travel. These days I admit I rarely use my driving licence, yet I carry it Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: A Driving Licence[…]
South America is arguably the most rewarding continent you can ever visit. The diverse culture, weather, scenery, history and architecture make it a travellers dream. Cold, extreme climates in the south. Hot beaches in the tropical north. From the mountains of Chile to the low lying Amazon jungle of Brazil. From the ancient Inca settlements Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Tips for Staying Safe in South America[…]
Today on Tuesday’s Travel Essentials it’s time to take advantage of all the passports you can get. You’ll need them – trust me. When you go travelling, your passports fill up quickly with visas and stamps so it’s essential to have a back up – dual nationality and multiple passports is the best way to Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Dual Nationality, Holding Multiple Passports[…]
I love hostels and the vibe that they provide you with on your travels. I love the relaxation of them. I love the people you meet in them and how they feel like home. Hotels are soul-less, hostels have personality. At least most of them (of course I’ve stayed in a few shockers down the Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: 5 Things A Decent Hostel Should Have[…]
Getting to and from airports is something I have got used to as a long term traveller but there is something that still annoys me to be honest. That is that most people I have met simply get off a flight, hop in the first taxi they see and head to their hotel. It makes me cringe. Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Getting To and From Airports[…]
OK, so you’ll probably know that I’m more of a hostel style backpacker than a posh hotel lad. It’s just the lifestyle of it all that I love. Meeting people in hostels, cheap tours, new friends, cold showers, no privacy etc. I still love the buzz of hostels! So apologies to my readers who stay Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: My Guide to Booking Hostels[…]
Yes, music is today’s Tuesday’s Travel Essentials – as travellers we need it and the way I see it there are only two types of music when we travel: 1. Music we play ourelves (normally MP3 player or on guitar) 2. Music other people play (in hostels, in shops, on buses, at concerts etc.) And both types are Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Music[…]
One of the joys of always being on the road is the sheer quantity of people you meet. You’ll literally have thousands of new people in your life coming and going as you move from city to village, jungle to desert and ship to bus. But on that journey, some of them will become good Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Business Cards and Swapping Contact Details[…]