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Breaking the journey between Krakow and Warsaw in Kielce
Kielce - a small Polish town, perfectly placed to overnight and break up the journey between two of Poland’s greatest cities So I have to admit, we broke the journey between Krakow and Warsaw because we wanted to see a bus station. Yep, we are strange like that...
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Three Weeks in Morocco: Our Itinerary, Impressions and some Images…
Travelling through Morocco was always going to go one of two ways. Back in February, when we announced to family and friends that our next destination would be Morocco, it raised more than one or two eyebrows. You see, on more than one occasion, they had heard Mark...
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Impressions of Romania
The country in Europe we want to revisit more than any other… As Kirsty mentioned in her end of year wrap up for 2016, Romania was the one country in which we could have easily spent much longer. There were two factors that stopped us doing so. The first was the...
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Fifty Shades of Blue in Chefchaouen…
Or, why is almost every square inch of this small hillside town in Morocco doused in blue paint? Another place on my Moroccan #bucketlist (yep, there's that word we don't use again!) was the Blue City of Chefchaouen. I'll be honest here: until recently when I saw...
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Tibet in Photos | Our Favourite Images from Tibet
A photographic look back at our travels through Tibet Our three-week journey through Tibet began with a VERY long train ride from Beijing to Lhasa from where we journeyed along the Friendship Highway to Gyantse and Shigatse, visiting places of interest along the way....
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Is the Acropolis always covered in scaffolding? | Athens, Greece
Plus tips on avoiding the crowds, the best time to take photographs and a rant about the entrance fee Avoiding the crowds at the Acropolis is not rocket science: you just need to arrive soon after it opens at 8 am when most independent travellers haven't yet jumped...
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Street Art in Tangier, Morocco
One thing that made Tangier's medina stand out from all the other labyrinthine old towns in Morocco was its highly colourful street art. Whilst we'd seen a few murals here and there in other towns, nowhere else (with the possible exception of Asilah) did we see such a...
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Where to break the journey between Bangkok and Chiang Mai
Five great places in Central and Northern Thailand that are ideal stopovers en route from Bangkok to Chiang Mai Travelling directly between the capital and Thailand’s fourth-largest city is easy. Buses depart throughout the day and night from Bangkok’s Mo Chit bus...
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Visiting Visoki Decani Monastery in Decani, Kosovo
Where to break the journey between Prizren and Pristina How many regions make up the former Yugoslavia? It’s a good pub quiz question, don’t you think, but I’m never quite sure of the correct answer. Depending on how the question is worded (notice I used the word...
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