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19/06/13

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Welcome to the jungle

By the time I hit Kerala I was more than ready for it: with Rajasthan’s dusty forts a distant memory I was ready to hit up something a little more ...
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  • Thursday February 16, 2012

Things to do in Saariselkä

Saariselkä is a small tourist village in mountainous northern Finland which offers a beautiful landscape, various snow-based activities to get involved in and, of course, an opportunity to see the ...
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  • Thursday February 9, 2012

Making a difference in Malawi

September 2011: From the air, it looked like a leopard’s coat: hills of dry grass were dotted with random dark spots of green mango trees and large boulders. I landed ...
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  • Thursday February 2, 2012

Positive social change for Honduras

September 1, 2011 was the day that I became a Global Brigader, and 11 am was the time that I looked out onto the beautiful landscape of an undiscovered country ...
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  • Thursday January 26, 2012

Picture-perfect Prague

In Prague, New Year’s Eve (or Silvestr as the Czech would say) is a major celebratory holiday. With three days to experience Prague and see in 2012, my main concern ...
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  • Thursday January 19, 2012

Friends in high places: a Cannabis Cup special

As a kid, Usain Bolt probably dreamt of the Olympics while he was outstripping all his mates on the running track. Neil Armstrong probably gazed at the Moon and wondered ...
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  • Thursday December 8, 2011

Christmas in the capital

With just over two weeks left to go, the capital has been transformed into a beautifully illuminated, life-sized snow globe (minus the snow) in the countdown to Christmas day. So ...
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  • Thursday December 8, 2011

Terrific Tarnovan tales

Veliko Tarnovo is one of the oldest settlements in Bulgaria, dating back at least five million years. Nicknamed ‘the Old Capital’, this timeworn city sits in a mountainous region of ...
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  • Thursday November 24, 2011

Jaipur: up, up and away

Having been on the road for a while at this point in time, I’d lost all sense of a sleeping pattern: probably for the best when facing a 4:30 start. ...
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  • Thursday November 24, 2011

Gallivanting the golden sands of gorgeous Goa

Let’s be honest about it, the existing beach scene has very much gone to the dogs: Ibiza is past its expiry date, Koh Phangan is being sucked into that same ...
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  • Thursday November 3, 2011