Travel

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    I’m Moving to Hong Kong

         Oh bloody hell, is this actually happening? As I write this, I’m sitting at home with my parents, but as you’re reading it, I’m at Glasgow airport, waiting for my flight to depart, to take me halfway across…

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    Travel Inspiration – Kefalonia

         We’re taking a trip to an idyllic little island off the coast of Greece this time. I visited here a few years ago, as a family holiday during my teens. We’d been to mainland Greece and the island…

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    Travel Inspiration – Venice

         Oh Venice, you are beautiful! I’ve only been to the city once, just for a day, but it was probably my favourite stop of the trip, and I’d definitely go back. It’s a city to just get lost…

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    Central America Holiday Haul

         So if you’ve been reading my blog lately at all, you might have noticed that I’ve been off travelling through Central America for the past month. I mean, you know, there’s only been about a dozen posts about…

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    La Fortuna | Central American Adventure

    Costa Rica is just bursting with activities to do! Like Monteverde, La Fortuna isn’t a big, exciting city, but is a good base for activities. There were so many on offer it was hard to know what to pick! Unfortunately,…

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    Monteverde | Central American Adventure

         Higher and higher, up rocky, winding roads, with spectacular mountain views all around. Monteverde is famed for its cloud forest, a jungle so high up it sits in the cloud layer, and is home to an abundance of…

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    Ometepe | Central American Adventure

         Two vast, active volcanos rising out of a lake so huge, it feels more like an ocean. This was home for two nights, on the island of Ometepe, in Lake Nicaragua. The volcanos, Concepción and Maderas, are joined…

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    Granada | Central American Adventure

         We had two very, very long travel days before reaching Granada, including crossing the border from Honduras to Nicaragua. Eventually we arrived mid-afternoon, so there was still some time to explore the city. There’s lots of colourful buildings…

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    Roatán Island | Central American Adventure

         Another island playground! From Copan, we travelled to the coast to catch the ferry to the island of Roatán. The ferry ride was not everyone’s favourite journey, as the sea was pretty choppy, which led to some queasy…

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    Copan | Central American Adventure

         Here we are in Honduras for the next few days! Antigua to Copan is a fairly long drive, so we set off at 4am, to avoid the traffic through Guatemala City and cut down the waiting time at…