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Things to do and see in Longyearbyen
Longyearbyen is, to all intents and purposes, the only town on Svalbard. It’s home to the harbour and the international…
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A visit to Svalbard Bryggeri
Svalbard is home to the world’s most northerly brewery: Svalbard Bryggeri. It’s situated close to the harbour in Longyearbyen, it’s…
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How I Spent Three Nights On Svalbard
In August 2025 I spent three nights (four days) on Svalbard. It coincided with the very end of the midnight…
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Crossing the border between Guyana and Suriname
I was recently on a backpacking trip in the southern Caribbean with my friend Laura. Part of our plan involved…
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Three Days in Dominica
We didn’t know much about Dominica before we arrived for our three-day trip while travelling the Caribbean on a budget;…
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Soufrière
Soufrière is a small town on St Lucia’s west coast, about an hour from Vieux Fort, and further along the…
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Introduction to Saint Lucia
St Lucia isn’t the sort of place you’d expect someone like me to visit. However “everywhere is interesting”, and it…
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The Caribbean on a Budget
The Caribbean isn’t normally noted as being a place to travel ‘on a budget’, as it were, being known mainly…
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Male City, Maldives
Even when I first heard about Maldives as a tourist destination, it was always marketed as being a honeymoon-type destination…
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Gulhi Island
So what’s it like to visit one of the Maldivian islands that isn’t a resort island? How would you describe…
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Maldives on a Budget
When I mentioned that I’d been to Maldives and I was going to write some blog posts about travelling there…
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Crossing the borders at Iguazu
The area around Iguazu Falls is on the border of three countries; the falls themselves are on the Iguazu River…
Travel
I started this website believing I was a travel blogger, and, let’s face it, I’ve now been to over 100 countries so travel is still a fundamental part of my identity and why I write.
In this section are all my posts about my travels, and destinations I’ve been to across the world, as well as basic aspects of travel, like transportation, accommodation, food, and how to travel on a budget.
