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Category Archives: Travel
EasyJet Adventure
A few years ago EasyJet ran an offer to fly to Spain for £5. That sounded so absurd as to be essential. My friend and I arrived in Spain with no plan and no agenda, except to have an adventure and to spend less than £5 in our week in Spain.
Why Do I Explore? Adventure!
We are making hay when we should be making whoopee.
Why Do I Explore? Escape
I’m not opting out of life. I’m opting in.
Why Do I Explore? Go!
I whoop and laugh and feel like the luckiest man alive.
Wimpish Excuses Not To Go Travelling!
Make your choice, adventurous stranger; ring the bell and bide the danger. Or wonder, till it drives you mad, What would have followed if you had...
The World According to… Me!
A short-fire travel Q&A with Wanderlust.
The Ten Best Places I Have Never Been To
We all have those exotic places we yearn for, our own personal Timbuktus. Here are mine.
Photo Friday essay: A Canine Ride Through Romania
Once upon a time, my husband and I (writes Tara) cycled through Romania. Along the way, we fell in love with the remoteness of its mountains… …and the generosity of the kind folk who lived in its small villages. Perhaps most of all, we adored the stray dogs that roamed the streets in droves. Many [...]
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11 Travel Books for Bums
Here's a book list for all the wanderers out there. For the vagabonds and hoboes.
A far more Glorious Feeling than for a God to feel Godlike
The achievement of a difficult feat is successful adjustment to a sternly exacting environment. The more difficult the feat, the greater the satisfaction at its accomplishment.