Gateway Countries – Jordan (Middle East)

Welcome to the Middle East! Land of fairy tales and deserts, castles, history, the birth place of a bunch of religions and more. You want to taste the Middle East, but you’re not sure where to start. Egypt seems to be in chaos most of the time these days, Iran can be tricky with visas, …

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Gateway Countries – Sri Lanka

Welcome to a new series of Friday articles which will tide us over for the next four or five weeks until the podcast resumes called ‘Gateway Countries’. People often talk about ‘gateway cities’, a good place to start if you’re going to a new country, one with plenty of transport in and out etc, but …

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Beautiful Vintgar Gorge, Slovenia

Howdy all! Today I want to take you to a seriously beautiful place on this planet, in a country in Southern Europe you might not have visited but if not, should definitely be on your list! Slovenia is a wonderful mix of history and nature. Ljubljana is an amazing capital with a castle, rivers, gorgeous …

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Sunday Spotlight : Bukhara

Hello! And welcome to the Sunday Spotlight. Each Sunday I aim to provide a post about somewhere in the world I’ve visited that is pretty darned awesome, in my opinion at least. I hope this Easter everyone is safe and enjoying a relaxing weekend with their families and friends. As for me, well, I am …

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Top Ten Countries Countdown. Number 6 – Japan [Part One]

Well I wouldn’t still be living here if I didn’t like the place, would I? My visit to Japan was in 2011, in April not so long after the March 11th tsunami and earthquake which had caused so much devastation. However, this first time I didn’t head north of Tokyo. I flew into Kansai Airport …

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