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Catalonia to the Basque Country
From Andorra we began winding our way across Catalonia to San Sebastián on the Bay of Biscay. the Pyrenees remained impressive for our drive. We wound our way through tiny hill top towns, always topped with a church, through fields of hay and grazing cattle and deep ravines where roaring water pushed through sheer rock…
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Sleeping to the sound of cow bells, Andorra Explorer
Last night we stayed in the capital of Andorra, Andorra da La Vella. It really gives an odd first impression of the country. It’s all very newly built, there are loads of prestige car dealers, high end investment banks, brand shopping and difficult parking (which is not good when you are in a 2.3m tall…
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Montserrat to Andorra, pilgrims and tax havens
Monday morning started with some life admin for the van, the AdBlue light had come up on the dash and we needed to get some coolant, of course these things combined well with coffee and breakfast, so by late morning we were on the road again. It’s a short drive from Barcelona to Montserrat, winding…
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A Catalonian ramble
I landed in Barcelona on Saturday around 1:30pm, so after some significant hours of flying or in transit in Dubai….. my head took some time to catch up with me on the ground. I stumbled out of the airport and somehow Lesley and I managed to find each other relatively quickly and we were away…
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A new trip begins to take shape
I’m not sure how Lesley and I decided that we might take a trip across northern Spain and down to Lisbon in Portugal in a campervan sounds like an interesting way to meander across 3 countries (Andorra counts!), so why not?! So we will be taking ourselves where ever the wind shall blow and where…
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The next adventure with Lesley continues- 13 June 2018
Africa introduced me to many great friends and experiences and best of all, a travel buddy who likes the weird and wacky locations……. hence Paula and Les do the Silk Road 2018……. We’ll be starting in Istanbul, heading down to Shiraz in Iran and then trekking across to all of the “Stans”……and then an epic…
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Lessons learned
There are always lessons learned while travelling, many of them are common sense….. which we all know is not all that common! Also, sometimes it doesn’t seem all that obvious at times! For those of you who know me, many of my lessons learned will revolve around the loo….. it’s a hot general topic for…
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Getting off the beaten track in Singapore
On my list of “things to do” in Singapore, was to head out to the Rifle Range Nature Park. Mum presumed this meant that I wanted to head out to some gun range for some shooting. Certainly the Rifle Range Nature Park used to be exactly that, a rifle range, but also a quarry. Fortunately…
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Going from meal to meal in Sing
As I’ve previously mentioned, Mum is most impressed by the breakfasts at the place we are staying in, and in fact, breakfast does usually do us for the rest of the day…. maybe with an ice cream squeezed in the middle of the day somewhere (to cool down of course!). After breakfast, we got lost…
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Slinging in Singapore
After a 24 hour delay, I was finally delivered into Singapore and to a hyperactive waiting Mum. Apparently 24 hours alone was enough and it was time to hit the town! Well, at the very least we walked around to the Gardens By The Bay to catch the light show (which we missed!) and to…
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I don’t know where I’m going but I’m going. Are you coming with me?
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