Independent travel
Independent travel gives you the freedom to move on when you are ready and not tied to a single hotel. Its fun fending for yourself and finding accommodation when you arrive at a new destination. It enables you to travel off the beaten track and away from the crowds, it is a liberating kind of travel. Mingling with the locals, eating their food, learning about their culture is an important part of travel. Travelling independently ensures that your money goes directly into the local economy and not to national or international businesses. The easiest way to experience independent travel is in Greek Islands where it is easy to travel between Islands
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This Sacred Island
Tinos and the incredible pilgrimage to “Our Lady Of Tinos”
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Welcome to Tinos
Ferry crossing in the Aegean Sea from Mykonos to Tinos
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GREEK ISLAND ADVENTURE
It’s time for the off again. Backpacks loaded, passports and paperwork sorted, early start tomorrow morning as we head off on our next adventure, our last paid holiday before retirement. We retire in December, then 2020 will see a year of travel as our long held dreams become reality. Tomorrow, Friday, will start in Kent and end, all things being equal, on the island of Tinos. In one sense, we aren’t backpackers: we don’t do hostels or dormitories and, at our age, we aren’t on a low budget, thankfully. In another sense, we are backpackers. The thrill and excitement of finding a place to stay; the ease with which this enables you…
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Greek History
It’s almost time for our next adventure, with our next trip to Greece just a few days away as we eagerly anticipate our next trip. We leave these shores on Friday and after this disappointing English summer, the sunshine which awaits us will be very welcome. This is our last holiday before retirement: we finish work later this year, after which we are just going to travel, then we’ll travel, and after that we’ll travel some more. To look at it another way, this is the very last time we will ever be paid our salaries whilst on holiday. Ah well. We’re ready. On Friday then, we will be heading…
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Counting out Time
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The Best Of……. Breakfast
Lots of travel blogs carry “best of” lists, like the top ten things to do in so-and-so, the top ten sights in wherever. We haven’t done much of that, so as we build up firstly to our next trip to Greece (16 days and counting) and secondly to our World trip next year, we thought we’d have a go at a few different ones. Best breakfasts? Here we go: Stone Town, Zanzibar. Tembo House Hotel. Plantain curry, garlic spinach and hot spicy beans, washed down with ginger coffee. Amazing. The buzz as the spiced coffee sets fire to the curry flavours on your palate is an incredible start to the…
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Next up: Greece. Hopefully.
Our third trip to Greece together is just three weeks away now, just three weeks till we hit sun, sand, retsina, fresh fish, dolmades, village wine and all the other things which Greece has to offer. So why “hopefully “? Well, because here in England industrial action is looming and airport security staff have voted to strike at regular intervals through the peak season, with our chosen airport of Gatwick due to be hit. We can’t relate to a mentality which believes that the right way to draw attention to a pay dispute is to disrupt the lives of innocent people, especially by damaging the annual holiday they have worked…
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IT’S OFFICIAL – WE’RE ON COUNTDOWN
Getting ready to retire and travel the world
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Photography by Michaela
Travel and photography are inseparable joys. The stimulation of experiencing different cultures, different cuisine, taking yourself out of your comfort zone, are the very essence of travel. Photography is just one of the ways you capture those moments, those memories. But follow this link http://www.thehungrytravellers.blog/photography-by-michaela/ to see another dimension as our travel photos are skilfully turned into stunning paintings by artist Norma K Read.
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Giovinazzo And A Wind Of Change
Last full day in Puglia and enjoying the sleep ancient town of Giovinazzo
