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A travel blog that isn’t crap
The start of a new year is usually marked by people writing down 2017, crossing it out, and writing 2018. Sometimes it takes a while for that sort of irritating muscle memory to cut out. Me, I’m still...
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Iran: My Way
“Every Iranian I’ve met wants to drink alcohol, every couple I’ve met here want to hold hands in public, and every Iranian woman I’ve met wants to ditch hijab. So why not just, you know, do it?” What?”...
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Dawn Diamond Princess
Sydney New South Wales 25 Jan 2018 Dawn Sydney Cove as the sun comes up is a surprisingly busy place. The first ferries are coming in from the far reaches of the harbour; the seven-mile ships from...
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My heart lies there
San Francisco California 28 Apr 2010 As I write, it’s April in Canberra. The days are getting shorter, the morning fog chills the air, and my thoughts turn outwards, as they generally do at this time...
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A jolly hour on the trolley
San Francisco California 2 Apr 2011 San Francisco is home to an amazing number of icons. The Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, Lombard Street zigzagging down a hill… And of course, the cable cars. If...
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Make them pop!
Delphi Greece 20 Aug 2017 Smoggy day in Delphi I spent a few days in Delphi last year, and we got to tour the historical site of the Temple of Apollo from the Classical Greek period. It was a bright...
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A local France
Bungendore New South Wales 13 JUn 2018 A local France I was actually in France last month, and the world’s laziest travel blogger – moi! – must get around to writing that trip up one day. I just...
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God’s Hotel
Paris France 14 Apr 2018 Emergency room, vite! My idea of long-haul travel involves comfy chairs, good food, several hours of uninterrupted horizontal sleep, a reasonable amount of champagne, and a...
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Breakfast bliss
Paris France 15 Apr 2018 Sunday morning in the middle of the Seine The heart of Paris lies on the two islands of Île de la Cité and Île Saint Louis. Smack dab in the guts of the city, and we were right...
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Talk like a man
Benny Lewis gives some great advice right out of the box in his “Language Hacking” books. Don’t worry about being perfect in your new language. Be like Tarzan. “Me Tarzan, you Jane” gets the message...
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