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Malta

When my grandfather served in the First World War, he wrote about his experiences in Europe which included not only his time in France, but several months serving in Gallipoli. En route to Turkey, he spent time training in Egypt, and when he was injured in Gallipoli, he was evacuated to Malta.

After having read about his travels, I’ve incorporated some of those places into my own travels. I’ve sailed passed Gallipoli, visited Egypt twice and visited the battlefields in France. Besides Edinburgh, Malta was the only place left on the list.

I was looking for something not too far away for the winter and found that Explore Worldwide had a tour focused on Malta without including Sicily (which I’ve visited before). I’d never travelled with Explore before but a friend recommended them, so this tour was a great way to see what Explore was like. Continue reading “Malta”

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Costa Rica (2023)

In 2022, I returned to Costa Rica as my way to get back into travelling as the pandemic slowly waned. Omicron had cancelled a previous attempt in January 2022 and I rebooked with Intrepid for March 2022. The tour was cut short in Monteverde where we spent three days in isolation before returning to San Jose.

For this reason, I missed out on the zipline in Monteverde and the visit to Manuel Antonio National Park. I decided to return to finish that and add more. I was very lucky to find two back-to-back tours that not only encompassed what I had missed, but added on visits to Puerto Viejo and Corcovado. Continue reading “Costa Rica (2023)”

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You Better Belize It!

Belize

1 – 13 February 2023

I was looking for somewhere to go in early 2023 when Intrepid had their Black Friday sale in November. I wanted something less than two weeks, somewhere close and somewhere hot with snorkelling opportunities.

I had spoken to someone who had a friend living in Belize and they had nothing but good things to say. The Intrepid Land of Belize fit the bill perfectly with a few days visiting the country ending off with a couple days in the islands. Even better, we has a couple of free days and I was able to visit Tikal in Guatamala on one of them. Continue reading “You Better Belize It!”

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Storm Chasing 2022

Storm Chasing with Tempest Tours

30 May to 25 June 2022

Storm chasing is, in relative terms, a new kind of tourism. Television shows like In Search Of… (1978) and movies like Twister (1996) introduced professional storm chasing to the wider public, and over the last twenty years or so, a number of tour companies have sprung up offering people the chance to join in with the chase. Continue reading “Storm Chasing 2022”

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Tibet with Intrepid Travel

20 October to 3 November 2019

The prospect of visiting Tibet first came up in 2017 but getting there wasn’t as easy as I expected. The first tour was cancelled due to lack of interest and the second tour was changed to Bhutan when the Chinese closed the border for a week. Continue reading “Tibet with Intrepid Travel”