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Valentine’s in Vietnam
Armed with chocolate, bread and cheese, Leanne Cur
An Artist’s Paradise – La Loire France
Norm Goldman suggests that attending an art worksh
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #16: Leaving Peru Into Ecuador: More Gold, More Bodies, More Sex & Lots of Rain and Misery – Lima, Peru
Drenched, ripped-off and nearly washed away, Wee-Cheng braves the most grueling border crossing of his travels.
Worldwide with Wee-Cheng #2: Life on the Beaches of Copacabana – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Leaving the UK’s cold behind, Rio’s warmth isn’t just in the weather. Where else could be better for spending New Year?
With the Sea Always On My Right: County Sligo
County Sligo The most dastardly act the IRA committed against England occurred in this area in 1979. At Mullaghmore, the IRA blew up the yacht of Lord Mountbatten, killing him and members of his family. Nearby, Classebawn Castle was Mountbatten’s home. W.B. Yeats grave at Drumcliff Further on, we were now in the area of
Travels without a Plan #23
End of the Road – Cambodia and Thailand Well, this is quite honestly the last of my travel updates. Yup, this is the end of this particular road for me. The bank is calling, the credit card is stretched to the limit and I don’t think I can call in any more favours from family
Travels in India and Pakistan #12
Village Life Everyone is in search nowadays for an ‘authentic’ experience while travelling. I think, in a small village in the eastern Punjab in Pakistan, one was handed to me. Staying with a family for two days in Gujranwala, north of Lahore, I was informed I would see village life and meet the people living
There And Back Again…Maybe #4
Follow the yellow brick, um, plane… Sydney Harbour Bridge Yes, we finally made it – and two days early no less! My first sighting of Oz was not exactly inspiring: a coastline shrouded in cloud and rainy mist, followed by a wet and windy landing at the airport, but then again it is ‘winter’ down
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
The Usual Suspect – Mexico
So you’re at the US/Mexico border, and Customs wan
The Buddha’s Striptease #1
Fear of Rafting Well, I finally made it to Oz. Wanted to come here for a while. I was supposed to be in Sydney, all expenses paid in 1999, courtesy of the company I worked for in NYC, Morgan Stanley (or, as I like to refer to the company, my rich Uncle Morgan who sent