Tag: Islands
Snorkelling In Coiba Marine Reserve On Panama’s Pacific Coast
On a backpacker trail that’s becoming reasonably well-trodden, Santa Catalina still felt relatively offbeat.
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Trouble In Paradise: Bocas Del Toro, Panama
We’ve all heard the cliché: “It’s not the destination it’s the journey”, but what happens when the destination isn’t what we expected?
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The End Of A Journey In Catania, Sicily
“There are no endings. If you think so you are deceived as to their nature. They are all beginnings. Here is one.” ~Hilary Mantel.
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Stromboli: Walking The Ridge Of Europe’s Most Active Volcano
“Like a child’s sand castle from which the bucket had been removed too early, earth slopped from the top of the mountain in swathes of dark ash.”
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The Grand Tour: An Itinerary For Italy
From the 1620s Italy has attracted and rewarded the inquisitive. The Grand Tour, as it later became known, saw British youngsters of the upper classes travelling slowly into southern Italy from London. They often encountered treacherous alpine passes, terrible weather and disease on route.
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The Old Fishing Port of Mogán, Gran Canaria
Mogán is the perfect mixture of tourist frenzy and chilled out harbour chic.
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Walking Gran Canaria’s Volcanic Past
The pristine swimming pools of Gran Canaria’s coastal resorts are a far cry from the island’s origins.
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The Tasmanian Wilderness In Photos
Tasmania is expansive and magnificent yet sometimes daunting. As I stood atop the state’s peaks and battered west coastline, I sensed that I was almost at the end of the earth.
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The Curious Traveller 