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Varanasi – Always Special

On 9 Jul 202330 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn adventure, India, travel6 Comments

Howdy all. The next stop on the adventure of Dhaka to Dakar was the city of Varanasi, somewhat in Northern India (not that far from the border with Nepal) and another place I had been to before. In fact, this 3 month adventure was MOSTYLY taking me to places I had been at least once …

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Saturday Shorts – July 2023

On 8 Jul 202330 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel, Youtube TravelLeave a comment

Howdy all! It's time for me to share a few more shorts! These ones you will find have actually come from the footage I shot on various cameras rather than directly from my phone, so they should be less shaky! Enjoy and if you haven't subscribed yet, please consider doing so! 1/ A Look at …

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Break down on the Road to Saly!

On 4 Jul 202329 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel, Vlog, West AfricaLeave a comment

G'day there! My final stop before I hit Dakar, Senegal, was the beach town of Saly, 80km south of Dakar. And so it was that I took two share taxis (changing from one to the other in a city called Thies) for this journey. And yes - for the first time in the entire 3-month …

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The Return to Kolkata – Walking Tour!

On 2 Jul 202329 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn India, travel4 Comments

My first stop in India this year was Kolkata (formerly known as Calcutta). My aim for the journey was to cross as many countries via land borders as possible, sadly it was not possible to cross from Dhaka to Kolkata by land because they were (maybe still are, I don’t know) hanging onto an old …

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Hard Work on the Salt Flats of Gandiole

On 1 Jul 202315 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn adventure, Africa, travel8 Comments

G'day everyone. Hope you're well! Today we have another photographic post for you. My first full day in Senegal in April and I was on a tour to the National Park on the Langue de Barbarie, an island off the Senegalese not far from Saint Louis. On the way we had a stop at a …

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Why Dhaka was the perfect place to Start my Adventure

On 25 Jun 202312 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn adventure, travel6 Comments

Greetings all wherever you may be right now, and thanks for popping along to my blog today! Today I want to start my dissection of the Dhaka to Dakar adventure I undertook earlier this year (if you are new to the blog, I took a mostly overland journey from Dhaka, Bangladesh to Dakar, Senegal from …

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Dhaka to Dakar – The Stats, the Summary!

On 18 Jun 202311 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel14 Comments

Hey all! Well, delving into the story of Dhaka to Dakar 2023 is actually one that makes me a bit overwhelmed as to what and how to present the experiences to you. So anyways I thought I would start by summarising it with a few lists. Let’s start with the lowdown. 1/ 17 Countries visited …

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Andy Versus Two Tiered Pricing

On 13 Jun 202329 May 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel10 Comments

Folks, I felt like it was time for a reflective post in some ways, and there was something that was hard to ignore when I was travelling earlier this year which I encountered in a number of countries, and that’s two-tiered pricing. In fact some places have three-tiered pricing all depending on where you are …

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Where is that Big Mac? Sofia? Florence?

On 8 Jun 20233 Jun 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel, Vlog2 Comments

Howdy all. Today it's the latest vlog and this one is a bit different. When editing the vlogs as I travelled a couple of my now patented 'Big Mac Challenges' - just didn't fit into videos that were already over 20 minutes long. So I decided I would put them into a vlog today for …

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Delving into Marrakesh

On 1 Jun 202324 May 2023 By Andy RoamsIn travel, Vlog7 Comments

Now it's time to really see what Marrakesh is about exploring the top sights such as the Bahia Palace, the Saadien Tombs and the Ibn Youssef Madressa. Enjoy! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgMhOr7p5rM Thanks for popping by! May the Journey Never End!

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An Orcadian Abroad

A Scottish island girl exploring the world on a budget

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my mind platter

exposing the inner-world of my brain

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My second blog page

get cracking, start packing

Lookoom

Put pictures on your travel dreams

Angelart Star

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