Exploring Pentai Cenang, Main Town on Malaysia’s Langkawi Island

Folks welcome to the Malaysian Island of Langkawi. This is the first in a series of four vlogs (plus an accommodation review) from Langkawi. The main town on the island is Pentai Cenang and it is home to 'Underwater World', a surprisingly decent aquarium with some interesting critters to see. There are few more things …

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Churches, Markets and a Palace of the Medici’s – Full On FLORENCE!

G’day folks. Time to continue with the story of my time in Firenze, (aka Florence), Italy 2023. If you read my previous post I took you through the first two days of my time in this amazing Tuscan city, and so today I continue on and write up with days three and four! Day Three …

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Flights of Florence Fancy – Exploring the Centre of the Renaissance in Italy

G’day folks. Well, today I embark on a big challenge for you, bringing you a summary of my time in the capital of the Renaissance and one of my favourite places I visited last year on my Dhaka to Dakar journey – and that’s Florence. I had five nights and realistically four days in Florence, …

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Accommodation Review: Tirana Square Hotel

Howdy all, and it’s that time of the week to give you another patented ‘Accommodation Review’, and today I take you to a little budget place I stayed at in Tirana, the capital of Albania. This is a city that really impressed and surprised me. I only had the one day and one night (in …

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From Barcelona to Algeciras on Spanish Rail!

Howdy all! Here we are reviewing the amazing trains of Spain, taking the Ouigo - the budget super fast train from Barcelona to Madrid. Come on board as I take in the views and review the experience and the facilities. I change trains at Madrid Atocha Station where I experience possibly the world's best train …

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The Many Modes of Transport from Tirana to Florence

Howdy all. Today I’m writing for you about the journey from Tirana, Albania to Florence, Italy from last year’s Dhaka to Dakar adventure. I’ve already covered this in a vlog, which is included in this post, but I wanted to write it down too because I’m trying to do a full retelling of the experience …

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