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There And Back Again…Maybe #6

Scrappy can’t make it over the Blue Mountains so a new car is in order to follow in the footsteps of that great pink thing: Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

There And Back Again…Maybe #4

Follow the yellow brick, um, plane…

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There And Back Again…Maybe #3

Stopover 2: Fiji
We stepped off the plane in Nadi at some silly hour of the morning, with the sun still rising as we made our way out of the airport. Our accommodation was already booked at the Beachouse, some way to the south west and along the main island’s Coral Coast, but now we [...]

There And Back Again…Maybe #2

Stopover 1: Los Angeles
Eleven hours and three movies after some tearful farewells back home, we touched down in LA: alleged City of Angels. I have a habit of singing any songs relating to a place upon arrival, so it was time for some Red Hot Chili Peppers while waiting at passport control… shame I [...]

Manchester, England

Several years ago Manchester
was re-christened Mad-chester by the music press, partly due to
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Hakuna Matatu? (2 of 2)

Hakuna Matatu?
Kenya

Sopa!
The funniest experience we had that summer was while travelling down to Narok, self-proclaimed Gateway to the Mara.

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Hakuna Matatu? (1 of 2)

Sophie Dixon-Box spent a summer in Kenya and devel

Bournemouth, England

“Bournemouth? My gran lives there!”
This is the refrain we locals tend to hear as we wander about
the land, and to be honest there are plenty [...]

There And Back Again…Maybe #1

Well. Just 26 hours to go – 21 if you count the trip to the airport – and I haven’t packed yet. Oops!

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There And Back Again…Maybe

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