Archive | September, 2010

Guardian Launches Travel Writing Competition

I’ve been noticing a lot of travel writing opportunities lately, so I thought I’d start sharing the ones I’ve found [...]

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The Highs and Lows of a Perpetual Traveller

In the last few years, I’ve become a ‘perpetual traveller’. Whether I realised I was going to become one or [...]

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Video: The Kasbah du Toubkal, Morocco

I take a taxi out of Marrakech to the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains to see the Kasbah [...]

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Confessions of a Backpacker: Things People Do in Hostels But Don’t Talk About

We’re all guilty of some hostel sins, c’mon it’s time to own up!  What prompted me to write this article? [...]

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Airport Survival Tips

  Airports. The gateway to your next destination and the next chapter of your travelling adventure. The airport is what [...]

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Lisbon in a day

Lisbon Lisbon Lisbon. I never thought you would be so beautiful. Every time I’ve been to Lagos I’ve barely even made it outside the famous walls. I can’t even count the number of times I’ve heard someone say after a full season of Lagos “There’s walls around this town?”. Yes, yes, there is. And you’ve not made it outside of them.

I’ve been to Sagres and a few surfing beaches, Cape St.Vincent, Praia da Luz, Salema, Burgau and Budens, but apart from the Algarve I had never made it up to Portugal’s capital of Lisbon. I don’t know what I was expecting, but Lisbon pleasantly surprised me.

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Getting to Lisbon from Lagos

The best way to get to Lisbon from Lagos is by bus from the bus station which is opposite the [...]

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Hostel Review: Lisbon Lounge

Every time I go to a new hostel I’m constantly surprised. Just when I think I’ve seen the nicest hostel [...]

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Books with Paper? What? Try the Amazon Kindle!

I recently discovered the Amazon Kindle. I’d never seen one before until I spotted one on my friend’s sun lounger [...]

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