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Posted on August 10, 2018August 10, 2018

The Best UK Getaways You Don’t Know About

The summer heatwave may have disappeared for the time being, but just in case it makes a comeback, here is the ultimate list of UK holidays you may not have thought of. I know too many people who rarely venture outside of London and seem to think Scotland classes as the only valid holiday destination …

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Posted on May 24, 2018May 25, 2018

In praise of ‘non-towns’

Ordering a second coffee, I sit back and survey San Vito’s high street, striking only in its lack of anything striking. There is a steady stream of teatime traffic, schoolchildren, and coffee trucks. The atmosphere is busy and conspicuously boring as people go about ordinary lives doing ordinary things. As I watch, I realise how …

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Posted on April 15, 2018May 24, 2018

Freedom and blue sea: Sailing to Panama

Sitting on the roof under a bright white sail, body finally reconciled to the huge up and down motion of the boat, I feel an unexpected sense of freedom. The sea is a deep electric blue and there is no land in sight, gazing sleepily at the horizon (the main side effect of seasickness tablets …

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Posted on April 14, 2018June 14, 2018

Putting Pijao on the map

“We are proud that people know that Pijao exists. Now the town is on the map,” says Flavio, the rosy-cheeked and smiley owner of the Bar Social, centre of the town’s coffee culture and billiards hall. In the background, old Colombianos are bent over their cues, and the bar’s yellow-painted doors open onto a typical …

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Posted on March 8, 2018August 12, 2019

Always trust a mule

I watched my friend trotting off into dense rainforest on the back of a mule who was clearly speeding up, the bridle with no bit offering next to no control, and felt the laughter bubbling up. It was the final scene in a series of verging on the absurd moments we'd witnessed in the last …

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Posted on February 22, 2018August 12, 2019

An encounter in Quito

“What do you think of the situation in Venezuela?” Fernando asks conspiratorially, in Spanish, only minutes after we meet as neighbours on a warm stone bench in Quito’s Plaza Grande. Prepared only with basic phrases, and with a combination of jetlag and altitude sickness, my answer was hesitant. “Es complicado…” I try, and he smiles, …

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