Tag: Events
Celebrating Semana Santa In Antigua, Guatemala
I accidentally timed my arrival in Antigua with the blooming of the jacarandas in its main square. No accident though, was my plan to see its Semana Santa celebrations, the most elaborate in Latin America.
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Fuelled By Bubbles: Running La Champenoise, France
I hadn’t expected it to start with a hill. As a lime green man-kini and its host buttocks pulled away up the gravel path, the tiny town of Reuil dropped away behind me, and I puffed my way through the first kilometres of France’s strangest sporting event.
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Prepping For Adventure: A Day Out At London’s Travel Shows
If you’re anything like me, travel isn’t just something you do but a way of life. The enjoyment I get out of researching, planning and generally letting others inspire me to travel is often on a par with the trips I end up taking.
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A Weekend At The Bog Snorkel Championships
I’ve always admired elite athletes. When I was younger I dreamed that maybe, one day, I would make it. That dream died…
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Photos Of Canberra’s Annual Enlighten Festival
In early autumn, Canberra’s political and cultural centre takes on a different hue. Even the deep reds and picturesque rustiness of the trees encircling Lake Burley Griffin can’t compete with the vivid glow of the annual Enlighten Festival.
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Embracing 30 In My Top Travel Moments
At the beginning of Dylan Thomas’ Under Milk Wood, a voice breaks through the silence: “Time passes. Listen. Time passes”. Such a clever line, if acted properly, really does make time stand still.
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The Curious Traveller 