Category: archive
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Jacqui: Voyages around South America . the end and the beginning!
Greetings from Guatemala! Yes, the South Amercing Circuit is finished and our overland is finished. Hopefully everyone who left Caracas over the past few days got home to their various
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Airline news: Aeroflot to Re-Vamp Image!
Many travellers have their own tale to tell about Aeroflot. The Beetle has a vivid and scary memory flying from Dublin to Havana via Gander in Canada. It was December,
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Bird watching in Tari, southern highlands, Papua New Guinea by Steve Mago
The morning was cool and fresh and immediately I knew the rest of the day would turn out perfect. From the lodge, we were looking down over the Tari Valley
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It’s A Small World!
While I spent last week in the shadow of Kilimanjaro the thought occurred to me, “Is anywhere still truly remote?” Though we were in the middle of Maasailand and a
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Jacqui’s Notebook from South America
Greetings!! When last I wrote carnival was in the offing and here it is a month later and it all seems so far away. Rio was excellent despite the weather
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Free London Museums: The National Portrait Gallery (NPG)
The Beetle’s second favourite museum in London is the National portrait Gallery. At the moment, this is a terribly fashionable place to be seen as it currently hosting a Mario
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Can you name the Seven Wonders of the World?
This is the first of a series of seven looks at the seven wonders of the world. The list was started in the second century BC and the wonders we
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More on Dhaka, Bangladesh by Atom Crater
Food (curry): The simple unexpected truth is that Indian/Bengali food in England is much tastier than the food here. Not sure why that should be, but the local curries are
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Flying around China
Contrary to popular opinion, it is possible to travel independently around China. However, having said that, it has to be one of the most frustrating countries to travel in as