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      • Botswana 2024
      • Cape Verde 2023
      • Egypt 2022
      • Kenya 2024
      • Malawi 2024
      • MOROCCO 2016
      • Morocco 2023
      • Tunisia 2022
      • Zambia 2024
      • Zimbabwe 2024
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      • Bolivia 2025
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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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    Photography by Michaela

    December 5, 2019 /

    Another photograph taken on our travels has been reproduced in oil by Norma K Read, aka “Michaela’s Mum” This photo was taken in Gasaba market, West Bengal, India, to see other works take a look in “photography by Michaela” Norma is exhibiting the below paintings at the moment at “The Cut” in Halesworth and the Ferini Art Gallery in Lowestoft.

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    Blog update

    September 16, 2019 /

    We’ve made some changes to our blog pages. So far our posts and stories have been based around individual trips, but now that we are moving into a new life phase, so the blog needs to evolve. We have just a few weeks of our working lives left, as we get ready for retirement and longer term travel. The first trip of our major travel adventure starts at the end of January. So what’s changed on the blog? Well, the “about this blog” page is updated, and our posts now will chronicle our preparations for our great adventure. And from the end of January, the adventure begins. 

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    GREEK ISLAND ADVENTURE

    August 22, 2019 /

    It’s time for the off again. Backpacks loaded, passports and paperwork sorted, early start tomorrow morning as we head off on our next adventure, our last paid holiday before retirement. We retire in December, then 2020 will see a year of travel as our long held dreams become reality. Tomorrow, Friday, will start in Kent and end, all things being equal, on the island of Tinos. In one sense, we aren’t backpackers: we don’t do hostels or dormitories and, at our age, we aren’t on a low budget, thankfully. In another sense, we are backpackers. The thrill and excitement of finding a place to stay; the ease with which this enables you…

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    A full days tour of Amman City

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    Welcome

    March 17, 2019 /

    Welcome to everyone to our new site, we hope you like the improved look and find it a bit easier to navigate. We hope you will all stay with us as our next adventures unfold.

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