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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Our strange invitation
The story of how we came to be part of a private party in rural Turkey
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Home from Madrid
Monday morning, and spreading olive oil and tomatoes on the toasted bocadillo bread is a whole lot better than going in to work! And so we wind up our stay in Madrid with that same breakfast, and a wander around some new quarters before heading back to the airport. We still haven’t found out what it’s about, but the military event around the royal palace today is even bigger, with massed ranks of uniforms filling the closed-off street, armed police guarding every corner. It’s an impressive display, whatever the story. Mercado de San Miguel is no longer a market but an upmarket foodhall, almost a tapas and pintxo equivalent of…
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The joys of Old Madrid, and the joys of football
The real reason for the trip to Madrid is to experience Spanish football and the match between Atletico Madrid and Sevilla in Madrid’s new majestic stadium
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Weekend In Lowestoft
A visit to the Fishing town of Lowestoft and the quaint seaside town of Aldeburgh in Suffolk, England
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Weekend in Madrid
Visiting the old part of Madrid, mixing with the locals and eating mouthwatering tapas in the most amazing tapas bar is a delight of visiting Spain
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(Kind of) next up: Madrid
Heading for the warm sunshine of Madrid from the Chilly May weather of England
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Sri Lanka thoughts
Our story of meeting Mangala and being invited into his family home to share traditional Sri Lankan food cooked by his wife and mother
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More thoughts of Sri Lanka
The story of our tuc-tuc trip across Sri Lanka and an insight into this wonderful country
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Thoughts of Sri Lanka
Thinking of Sri Lanka after recent atrocities
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Amman: Last Day In Jordan
Last day in Amman after an amazing trip to Jordan