25 Nov
Five countries on 5 continents in 3 weeks… 7 continents in 1 calendar year…Yeah, yeah, yeah – it’s bragging! But if I’m feeling tired right now, its because its been pretty hectic this month! I didn’t think November was going to amount to much and I thought the year was going to die out without [...]
Posted in AAA Travel Perils, Tanzania, UK (Great Britain) by: Travelblips
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20 Nov
What have I got myself into??? I can’t admit to deciding to move to London with naive stars in my eyes – I knew I was moving to a city renowned for being expensive, dirty, cold and grey. But it also – along with the UK – seems to be a troubled city trapped inside [...]
Posted in AAA Rants, AAA Social Comment, UK (Great Britain) by: Travelblips
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16 Nov
I don’t know why I did it. I don’t like BA. If anything goes wrong with your flight in any way, shape or form, you can be guaranteed their admin staff will make it as miserable as possible for you. But when I rocked up at the airport last night for an overnight flight to [...]
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12 Nov
“Spelunk! Spelunk! Thats the sound of water dripping in a cave and how spelunking got its name,” our guide helpfully informed us.
Actually, I was just pretty happy to be spelunking, but I didn’t realise I was really going to be spelunking! Timing had presented an opportunity for me to go to Vancovuer Island with a [...]
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09 Nov
Walking the streets of Vancouver, I am faced with a sea of red poppies floating steadily towards me. At first I was just captivated by the Canadian enthusiasm to embrace rembering those who fought in wars to preserve their freedom. After a day, I realised it was a very biased group of people taking the [...]
Posted in AAA Social Comment, Canada by: Travelblips
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