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September 2008 - Posts

Offshore in Ireland - Inis Mór

I want to urge you to go to the Aran Islands - unless, by some chance, you have an aversion to stones. The trip doesn't take long, but it feels like a significant voyage: this probably has something to do with leaving Ireland behind and ploughing off...

Have a bonzer birthday with Disney

Wow. I looked twice at this, but it’s seemingly snag-free. If by some quirk of fate you happen to be at a Disneyland or Disney World in the USA on your birthday next year, you’ll get free entry. Check your itinerary and see if you can’t make the dates...

London caffeine crisis? Not any more!

Most of us Aussies end up in London at some stage of our lives. And most of us are jetlagged to billy-oh the time we get there. We’re hanging out for a really, really good cup of coffee; the stronger the better. This is understandable. We’ve just spent...
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Peru: please don't hurry past Cusco

Most people use Cusco as a staging post for Machu Picchu, which is quite fair and proper. But it's an attraction in its own right, and you’d be wise to allow yourself a few days to see the place. It’s South America’s oldest continually inhabited city...

Machu Picchu - Has it Met its Match?

From time to time, stories surface about tourists causing problems. Usually this is because there are just too many of us descending on places too fragile to sustain our onslaught. Places like Peru ’s Machu Picchu, which, some reports have been saying...
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