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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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