You Better Belize It!
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You Better Belize It!

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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!” →

Storm Chasing 2022
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Storm Chasing 2022

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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” →

Costa Rica Encore
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Costa Rica Encore

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18 March – 7 April 2022

Well, after two and a half years since my last trip, I finally took the dive into travelling again. In November, 2021, I had booked a tour to Costa Rica that I had to cancel due to Omicron. I lost my every penny I paid for the tour, so when Omicron started to wane, I started to look at other tour companies and saw that Intrepid had a very good cancellation policy.

I waited until the middle of February to book the Classic Costa Rica tour in order to give less time for another variant to pop up.

I choose Costa Rica because a pre-arrival test was not required. After having avoided Covid for two years, I didn’t want my luck to run out the day before I left. Continue reading “Costa Rica Encore” →

Tibet with Intrepid Travel
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Tibet with Intrepid Travel

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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” →

India’s Golden Triangle
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India’s Golden Triangle

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The Golden Triangle

10 – 17 October 2019

India wasn’t a destination high on my list, but with a tour of Tibet scheduled, I decided it was worth the stop en route. Monograms Travel offered a semi-independent tour of Delhi, Agra and Jaipur. Continue reading “India’s Golden Triangle” →