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  • Travel Stories
    • Bush Routes:
    • Across Sri Lanka by tuk-tuk
    • A Different New Year’s Eve
    • Bobsleigh Run
    • Camels And Khaled
    • Hamadi
    • Into The Unknown
    • Lightning Strike
    • Our strange invitation
    • The Curious Tale Of The Day Bag And The Dress
    • The Dirty Plastic Bucket
    • The story of Mangala
    • Travel Stories: From The Boudoir To The Bosphorus
    • Travel Stories: The Nungwi Sunset
    • Welcome To Dar
    • Were We Safe? Take A Look…

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  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Giovinazzo And A Wind Of Change

    June 25, 2019 /

    Last full day in Puglia and enjoying the sleep ancient town of Giovinazzo

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    September 24, 2021
  • Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Polignano A Mare And Corpus Domini

    June 24, 2019 /

    A day in Polignano followed by an evening of corpus Domini celebrations in Molfetta

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    Nisyros And Its Amazing Volcano

    September 2, 2021

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    November 23, 2021
  • Europe,  History,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    More Adriatic Adventure And A Church Puzzle

    June 24, 2019 /

    Continuing our tour of Southern Italy featuring its churches

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    Mayan Temple, Palenque, Mexico

    Biding Our Time

    June 1, 2024
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    Nerja, Frigiliana & The Caminita del Rey

    September 7, 2023

    From The Volcano To The Butterfly: Astypalea

    September 6, 2021
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog,  World food

    Touring Puglia’s Adriatic Coastline

    June 22, 2019 /

    Two days of exploring the towns of Puglia's Adriatic coast

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    Vinos, Caminos & Pintxos: The Small Town Of Haro

    August 12, 2023

    Beer, Tapas & Champions League: Southern Spain, Buoyant Germans & A Dash Of English 

    October 8, 2022
    Houses on the seafront at Villajoyosa, Spain

    Glimpses Of Life In Happy Town

    August 29, 2023
  • Europe,  Independent travel,  Travel Blog

    Sunsets and sunrises in Molfetta

    June 21, 2019 /

    We seem to have developed a habit of waking very early on this trip. It has its advantages. Our apartment balcony here faces due East, straight out across the deep blue Adriatic and in direct line of the awesome sunrises. Come evening time, the people of Molfetta gather at the harbour, in or in front of Bar Duomo, to watch the amazing sunsets across the calm waters of the inner harbour. Rarely are both so dramatic in the same location. Here’s some examples:-

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    La Maddalena fishing harbour, Sardinia

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    View of the Vatican from the castle

    Stories And Histories: More Days In Rome

    October 19, 2022

    Vilnius: Knights, Russians…And Frank Zappa

    November 29, 2021
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    Molfetta, Puglia

    June 20, 2019 /

    An appraisal of Molfetta for would be visitors

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    And So To Greece…..Minus One Backpack

    July 21, 2021

    Vilnius: Knights, Russians…And Frank Zappa

    November 29, 2021
    Yuso Monastery in San Millan de la Cogolla, Rioja, Spain

    Santo Domingo de la Calzada: Not The Jewel In The Crown

    August 17, 2023
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    From Matera to the Coast, via More Strange Houses

    June 19, 2019 /

    From Matera to the Alberobello Trulli houses to the blue sea of the Adriatic and Molfetta

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    Houses on the seafront at Villajoyosa, Spain

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    August 29, 2023
    The harbour in Kyrenia, Girene, Northern Cyprus

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    October 15, 2023

    Last Of The Islands: Marvellous Milos

    October 5, 2021
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    FROM STATELY HOME TO CAVE HOUSES: IT’S ITALY NEXT

    June 11, 2019 /

    From Chatsworth House Stately home in England to Matera, the “shame of Italy” in Basilicata, Italy

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