Mediterranean Magic, Tunisia, October 2025
Part 2 of the Maghreb chronicles finds me in Tunisia – a breeze to travel through and noticeably more liberal. Things have taken a distinctly […]
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Maghreb Magic, Algeria, October 2025
For my latest adventures I have reconnected with an old friend Grace to explore some of the Maghreb – or western Arab lands of North
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Hiking the Rila and Pirin Mountains, Bulgaria, July 2025
The Bulgarians always seem to be the bad guys in international crime novels- I was picturing heavy-set, surly henchmen of organised crime. However the warm
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Serbia not Siberia! April 2025
And so I have book- ended another conference trip in Europe with a brief exploration of new territory, flipping a coin and landing in Serbia.
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Egyptology A Crash Course, Egypt, February 2025
I’ve never studied history as a subject but instead have been steadily piecing together the stories of the world as I have travelled it. As
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Of Cars, Cigars and Bars, Cuba, December 2024
Cuba… where do I start? The Grand Old Dame now shabby was once the Paris of the Antilles. A Spanish colony with an invaluable geographical
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Caribbean Sailing, Grenada, SVG & St Lucia, December 2024
It has been a week of sailing aboard the Royal Clipper stopping at ports around the Leeward southern islands of the Caribbean. Generally setting sail
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Hoist the Sails, Barbados, December 2024
Well I’ve made the quick hop now over to Barbados to join my sailing trip for the festive season. Like the backpacker of old I
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From Ocean To Ocean, Panama, December 2024
Santa is going to have a hard time finding me this year as I’ve set off island hopping in the Caribbean. Like a Corsair my
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Treading Lightly on Tuvalu, August 2024
It’s sometimes hard to know where the end of the earth is but Tuvalu – a little island nation in the Pacific near the date
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All Aboard The Ghan, Australia, July 2024
I need to share a long weekend getaway with you- although you might think it doesn’t meet the standard when compared with some of my
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