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Colombia – The Lost City
Everyone has heard of Machu Picchu in Peru but Ciudad Perdida, the Lost City of Columbia is far less well known despite being 650 years older and also shrouded in mystery. Unlike Machu …
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Beyond Bogota…the roads less travelled.
Leaving Bogota, we headed for the hills – literally. Bogota is a huge city, the Uber taking us from the historic district of Candelaria drove nineteen kilometres in relatively heavy traffic to the…
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Colombia Calling
Colombia, one of the most beautiful and diverse countries in the world, suffers from an image problem. Mention Colombia and a few people may think ‘coffee’ but most will automatically conjure images of…
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Portuguese Camino – Walking Backwards😁
All Caminos seem to lead to Santiago de Compostela. Three Portuguese Caminos – the Coastal Route, the Central Route and the Liturgical Route – all travel through Portugal towards Santiago and all three…
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Camino del Faro- The Lighthouse Way
Mention the words ‘Camino’ and ‘Spain’ in the same sentence and most people will think about the Camino de Santiago, the incredibly popular pilgrimage way of St James. But there are others far…
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Scotland – Midges, Clouds and Bright Water
Some place-names exert a kind of magnetic pull and the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland is one of them, hinting at a wild and romantic remoteness. It has been…
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Philippines – the Highs and Lows
We are home – back after more than ten weeks wandering around the Philippines. Adjusting slowly to the dramatic change in temperature, wearing jumpers and jackets in a cool, breezy Irish May but…
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Philippines – Burial Rites and Birthdays
After our hugely enjoyable trekking in the rice terraces around Banaue in Northern Luzon, we were on the move again to another mountain town about a three hour van-ride away. As soon as…
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Philippines – Mountains of Rice
Our ferry was due to leave Coron for Manila at the very precise time of 11.59pm and lo and behold, before the stroke of midnight, we were on our way. A punctual departure…
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Philippines- The Lost Week
There’s a reason why some places are so popular. The Philippines is so astonishingly beautiful that we had almost become jaded to beauty, but our first glimpse of the Bacuit Archipelago still managed…