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Friday’s Featured Food: Barbecue Lunch in Casco Antiguo, Panama City’s Old Town

Today I warp myself back to a delicious lunch I enjoyed in Panama City’s Casco Antiguo – the Old Town. Friday’s Featured Food hasn’t yet had a meal from Central America so it’s time to put that right! Panama City’s old town is so unbelievably untouristy that you will just love and embrace the charm Read more about Friday’s Featured Food: Barbecue Lunch in Casco Antiguo, Panama City’s Old Town[…]

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Thirsty Thursdays: A Night Out in Gaborone, Botswana

I thought I’d write about one of my nights out in Gaborone in Botswana today as it was a really great travel memory. Having arrived at the border into Botswana from South Africa at Tlokweng, my bus took me onwards to the capital city of Gaborone. As it was late at night I had arranged Read more about Thirsty Thursdays: A Night Out in Gaborone, Botswana[…]

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World Travellers: Caroline From Traveling 9 to 5

Today in my ongoing series on World Travellers we meet Caroline who runs the excellent website Traveling 9 to 5 dot com! Please note the single ‘l’ in Traveling. The joys of the diversification of the English language…over to Caroline and Josh… Who are you? Caroline Eaton, married to the better half of Traveling 9 Read more about World Travellers: Caroline From Traveling 9 to 5[…]

Kaiping Diaolou Cluster Village World Heritage Sites

Kaiping Diaolou Tour: MaJianglong Cluster Village, Guangdong Province, China

Continuing on from my first post on the historic town of Chikan on the Kaiping Diaolou Tour, we headed to MaJianglong next. This is basically a cluster village within the Kaiping Diaolou range of World Heritage Sites. The Cluster village contains scattered towers and is situated deep in the countryside. You will need a ticket Read more about Kaiping Diaolou Tour: MaJianglong Cluster Village, Guangdong Province, China[…]

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Working Wednesdays: Cauliflower Harvest at Ambleside, East Devonport, Tasmania, Australia

My final flirt with cauliflower harvesting and indeed working on Tasmanian farms came at Phil’s Farm on Loanes Lane, Ambleside in East Devonport in Northern Tasmania. I had spent almost 6 months living in Tasmania, working on farms almost the entire time and still fitting travel and sightseeing in on my days off. As a Read more about Working Wednesdays: Cauliflower Harvest at Ambleside, East Devonport, Tasmania, Australia[…]

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5 Things To Do In Valencia, Spain

I did the whole travelling in Europe thing when I lived in Northern Ireland and England, but it didn’t quite feel like I was travelling properly. I’ve been reminiscing recently about a trip that I did 10 years ago to the east coast of Spain. While most travellers going to Spain head to Madrid and Read more about 5 Things To Do In Valencia, Spain[…]

Crossing the carrick a rede rope bridge in Northern Ireland

Crossing The Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, North Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland

Travelling in your home country is something people often overlook and despite the fact that I don’t live in Northern Ireland anymore, I still LOVE the tourist sights that we have to offer. On every trip back I make sure I visit at least one tourist attraction. Crossing the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge on Northern Ireland’s Read more about Crossing The Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, North Antrim Coast, Northern Ireland[…]

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Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Spare Memory Cards

Don’t even talk to me about losing photos. Literally over the years of travel I have simply lost THOUSANDS of photos just because either I erased a memory card as I had no spares, my hard drive broke or my computer stupidly over wrote old flies with new ones deleting the old ones. Even in Read more about Tuesday’s Travel Essentials: Spare Memory Cards[…]