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Inspiration Lost and Then Found

Published on 22 June, 2012

I have just come across this post, which I recall tapping out mid-way across the Atlantic while a good friend was gin-snoozing next to me. Closing my laptop I joined her in a quick nap and forgot all about this until now…on a rainy Mexican day when there is little to distract me from my writing. This isn’t my usual… Read more →

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You Know You’ve Been Travelling a While When…

Published on 17 June, 2012

‘How long have you been going for?’ comes up more than once a day when you’re travelling and I struggle to give a simple answer. This trip, I will have been away from the UK for exactly one month today. However, that’s not the entire reality. The longer answer is that I left ‘home’ in September 2010 and have been… Read more →

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How Not to Visit Semuc Champey: Part 2

Published on 30 March, 2012

This is part 2 of How NOT to Visit Semuc Champey caves. You might want to check out part 1 first. Don’t expect seated transport when you visit Semuc Champey’s caves I woke up to find I had been transported back to hell, but this time it lay within me with a burning sensation in my stomach that reminded me… Read more →

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For the start of this tale on How Not to Visit Semuc Champey, see Part 1. Guatemala is full of adventure but there are some things I'd have done different.... Read more →

How Not to Visit Semuc Champey: Part 1

Published on 23 March, 2012

This post is about visiting Semuc Champey (or, rather, how NOT to visit Semuc Champey) and is part of my First Time Around The World Series… Don’t decide to visit Semuch Champey without knowing what it is Semuc Champey was the word on everyone’s lips in Guatemala. I mean EVERYONE! Never mind Antigua or even Tikal, visit Semuc Champey was THE… Read more →

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Visit Semuc Champey was the hot thing to do in Guatemala and my trip there was an unplanned adventure. But I would have done some bits differently.... Read more →

Isla De Ometepe: My Barefoot Volcano Hike

Published on 13 November, 2011

This post about Isla de Ometepe is part of my First Time Around The World series… Isla de Ometepe is very simply an island comprised of two conical volcanos looming out of Lake Nicaragua. What else was there to do on the island but to climb them (or at least one of them)? It was a decision that would bring me… Read more →

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Isla de Ometepe is an island comprised of two conical volcanos looming out of Lake Nicaragua. If you're going to climb one, don't do it barefoot like I did.... Read more →

Getting to San Juan del Sur from Costa Rica

Published on 2 November, 2011

This post about getting to San Juan del Sur from Costa Rica is part of my First Time Around The World Series… The longest journey ever lay ahead: Getting rom San Juan del Sur to Costa Rica I hit Central America without much of a plan, so comfortable I had become with my wandering ways. Nicaragua was next door to Costa Rica,… Read more →

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It was a long haul getting to San Juan del Sur from Costa Rica but arriving in Nicaragua it was absolutely worth it.... Read more →

A Decadent Way To Travel: From Barcelona to Rome by Boat

Published on 1 October, 2010

Last night I boarded the Grimaldi Barcelona to Rome ferry which leaves from the port at the end of La Rambla in Barcelona heading to Civitavecchia, a place about 45 minutes outside Rome. When I say ferry, really I mean a small crusie (think I’ve picked up the last leg of a holiday cruise which, for the price is not… Read more →

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With low-cost flights and decent trains, it's rare to go slower by boat but the Barcelona to Rome ferry is a very decadent and indulgent way to travel.... Read more →