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A warm welcome
to our Archive section, where you can find:
- An A-Z
of travelogues by location
- Articles
on travel issues and other articles not related to specific locations
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A
Albania
- such a lovely place?, Albania 1968,
Andorra, Antarctica,
Argentina memories, Argentina
to Antarctica, Argentina,
Chile and Uruguay, Argentina
and Chile (Patagonia), Australia
highlights, Australia (Perth),
Australia (Sydney), Australia
(the red centre), Australian
adventure, Australia -
Perth to Sydney, Australia, Australian
adventure, Australia by 4x4,
Australia (Uluru), Australia
revisited, Australia - land
of miracles, Austria & the
Czech Republic, Austria (Vienna)
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B
Bali,
Baltic
capitals, Bangladesh, Belgium,
Belgium, Belgium
(cycling), Bermuda, Bhutan,
Bhutan Nepal & Tibet, Bolivia
- never a dull moment, Bolivian
adventure, Bolivia (Lake Titicaca),
Brazil, Brazil
- dangerous, desirable, Brazil (the
Atlantic Cloud Forest), British Isles,
Bulgaria
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C
Cabo
Verde islands, Cambodia, Canada
& New England, Canada (polar
bears), Canada (Vancouver),
Canada (one day in Vancouver),
Canada (Inuvik), Canada
(2002), Canada (Vancouver
and Rockies), Caribbean Christmas
cruise, Caribbean dream, Channel
Islands (eclipse), Chile, Chile
(+ Argentina & Falklands), China,
China (Beijing), China
(Shanghai, Yangtze, Xian and Beijing), China
and Uzbekistan (the Silk Road by train), China
(Beijing), Chinese banquet, China
- tourists do the funniest things, Cook
Islands, Croatia - Dubrovnik, Cuba
(Trinidad de Cuba), Cuba, a
Cuban walking tour, north Cyprus,
north Cyprus (2), south
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Czech
mates diary, Czech house swap
(Prague), Czech Republic and Slovakia,
Czech Rep (+ Poland, Hungary and
Croatia)
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E
Ecuador,
Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands,
the Ecuador effect, Egypt,
Egypt (Pyramids), Egypt
- walking in history, El Salvador,
England (Cornwall), England
(day trips to Oxford and Cornwall), England
(Ipswich), England (Isles of Scilly),
England (Isle of Wight), England
(Isle of Wight daytrip), England
(Liverpool), England (Liverpool
mystery tour), England (Nottingham),
England (Plymouth), England
(St Pancras Chambers), England
(Spitalfields), England (Weymouth),
England (Yorkshire Dales), England
(Yorkshire and Northumberland), England
(Cornwall by air), England (Avalon),
England by bus, Ethiopia
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F
Faroe
and Shetland Islands, Falklands,
Fiji, Fiji Australia
and NZ by backpack, Finland, France
(Alsace), France (Boulogne),
France (Mont Blanc country), France
(Morlaix), France (Paris), France
(Paris for families), France (Provence),
France (rambling), France
and Andorra, France (Lille), France
(Aire sur la Lys), France by boat,
France (Côte dAzur),
France (Paris), France
(Parisian time travel)
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G-H
Gambia,
Gambia (Emmanuel's day off), Gambia
beach meal, Germany, Germany
- Berlin, Germany (Hamburg),
Germany (Oberammergau), Ghana,
Greece in low season, Greenland,
Guatemala, Guyana
Hawaii, Hawaii
(+ Fiji + NZ), Holland, Hong
Kong and Bali, Hungary (Budapest),
Hungary (+ Romania + Bulgaria)
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I
Iceland,
Iceland by flydrive, Iceland
in midsummer, Iceland - fire
and ice, India's Golden Triangle,
India by train, India
(southern tour), India Nepal
and Thailand, India - Kerala,
India (Manali to Leh), India
(from Srinagar by boat), India
(Golden Triangle 2007), India (Matheran),
Iran (1999 eclipse), India
by rail, Iran (trip into history), Iran
(sun, snow and headscarves), Ireland,
Ireland - Belfast, Ireland
by air, Ireland - Dublin, Northern
Ireland, Israel at New Year, Israel
and Jordan, Israel (2000 year theme park),
Israel (50 yards from terror), Israel
(Palestine in 1946), Israel and Egypt
(by boat trip), Israel - a spiritual
journey, Israel (Sinai), Italy
(Assisi), Italy (Rome 2005, death of
the Pope), Italy (Sassi), Italy
(Tuscany), Italy (Sicily), Italy
(Pompeii by road), Italy (Sorrento
lemons), Italy (Sardinia), Italy
(Sicily, coffee with Mr Big), Italy
- eruption night
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J-M
Japan
ancient and modern, Japan and China,
Jordan, Jordan (another
view)
Kenya, Kenya in
the 1950s, Kyrgyzstan, Kyrgyzstan
and Uzbekistan
Laos - pleasures and dangers,
Lebanon and Syria, Lebanon
(Beirut), Libya (eclipse watching)
Madagascar, Madagascar
(1999 eclipse), Madeira, Malawi,
Maldives, Malta,
Martinique, Mexico
(la Ruta Maya), Mexico whale watching,
Mexico (adventures in paradise),
Mexico - life in Oaxaca, Morocco,
Morocco, Morocco
(2007), Myanmar
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N-R
Nepal,
Nepal 1986, Nepal
- meeting Michael Jackson, New Zealand,
New Zealand birdwatching, New
Zealand independent travel, New Zealand
in winter, New Zealand over Christmas,
New Zealand and Australia,
New Zealand's forgotten world, Norway
in February, Norway by
coastal steamer, Norway - a
night to remember
Panama
Canal, Panama Canal - alternative
view, Peru,Peru
and Bolivia, Peru and other South
American nations, Planning for Peru,
Peru - the Inca trail, Peru
(Colca Canyon), Poland (Warsaw),
Poland town twinning, Poland
(to Hel and back), Poland (the Tatra
Mountains), Poland and eastern
Germany, Portugal at Christmas,
Portugal (Lisbon)
Reunion,
Réunion and Mauritius,
Rhodes, Romania,
Russia (Moscow and St Petersburg), Russia
(Moscow and St Petersburg 2001), travel
tips for Moscow and St Petersburg (2005), Russia
by boat, Russia (Siberia), Rwanda
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S
Scotland
(Balmoral), Scotland (cycling through
the Isles), Scotland (Shetlands),
Scotland (Edinburgh), Scotland
(Orkney), Scotland - castles,
Serbia, Serbia,
Singapore in 3 days, Singapore,
Slovakia (Bratislava), Slovenia,
Slovenia and Croatia, South
Africa, South Africa (from Cape Town
to Johannesburg), South
Africa (+ Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and Zambia), South
Africa (western Cape), Spain (Andalucia),
Spain (Barcelona), Spain
(Barcelona and Costa Brava), Spain
(Galicia), Spain (grand tour),
Spain (Madrid), Spain
(Santiago), southern Spain, Spain
(Cordoba), Spain (tales from a
pilgrimage), Spain (Granada, beyond
the Alhambra), Sri Lanka, Sri
Lanka diary, Sri Lanka
- Elephant Island, St Lucia, Sweden,
Switzerland by rail, Syria
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T
Tanzania,
Tanzania and Zanzibar, Tenerife,
Thailand,
Thailand (Bangkok), Thailand
(tigers), Thai spirit, Thailand
after the tsunami, Thailand
and Laos, Thailand - a silent
world, Tobago, Turkey
(Bodrum), Turkey (Istanbul and the Black
Sea, Turkey (Istanbul)
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U-Z
UAE,
UAE - building Dubai, Ukraine,
Uzbekistan 2 (the Tashkent patriot),
Uzbekistan, an
Uzbek oasis, Uzbekistan (heat
in Bukhara)
USA: Alaska, Alaska
2, Alaska 3, Arizona,
Florida, the
real Florida, Four Corners, Las
Vegas, New England, New
England 2, New York, New
York 1945, New York 2004, Parks
and canyons, San Francisco,
Seattle, Texas,
city tour, Washington,
West Coast, Bad
US trip, New York 2006, Navajo
nation, Oregon, Padre
Island (Texas), Washington
and New York, California, Leadville,
Waterton Park, Route
66, USA history tour
Venezuela,
Venezuela - the new Americans?, Vietnam,
Vietnam to Laos, Vietnam
and Cambodia, Wales (Pembrokeshire),
Wales (Cardiff), Wales
- Cardiff (2), Wales (a visit from Skippy),
Wales in the wet, Zambia
(+ Botswana and South Africa), Zimbabwe
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Travel
topics and issues
After
the Tsunami
When
is the sun directly overhead?
Does travel do harm or good?
Is
cheap air travel really possible?
When
is £100 not £100?
A travel agent's view
Top cruise tips
Is ethical tourism possible?
Does travel narrow the mind?
High Street travel agents - who needs
them?
A cruise on the Canberra
Stalin's Nose (book review)
And an alternative view on lone
travel
Ill on holiday
In much wisdom is much grief
The September 11 effect
The death of travel?
Blackpool - between Rock and a Hard
Place?
My Seven Wonders of the World
First trip abroad
Guidebooks: how good are they?
Travelling round the world: preparing
for that big trip
Flying in the 1950s
The art of travel photography
Role of the travel agent
Copenhagen by Caravan
PC or not PC? (politically correct
tourism)
Near misses
Art, life and the tourist's eye
So you want to be a travel writer?
Top 10 tips for independent
travel
Top 10 tourist scams
Magic moments
The cycle path
The way we travel now
How to travel green and another
view
Europe in 24 hours
How to travel round the world
Travel for geriatrics
How to enjoy cruising
Baltic cruise
Islands
Women travellers
Travel lies
Hotels - a pilot's view
A year of cheap travel
Memories of 135 countries
Volunteering - making a difference
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