Sunrise over Torres del Rio.

January 29th 2010
The electronic beeping of alarms stirs me from a restless sleep. I try to bury my head under the pillow but the sound of rustling plastic bags penetrates even the stiff foam. I don’t need to check the time; after a few days on this holy path I’ve learnt that the beeping begins at 5am. I reach down through the darkness and fumble for my ear plugs which are somewhere in a side pocket of my ru ... read more

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Spain's powerful world empire of the 16th and 17th centuries ultimately yielded command of the seas to England. Subsequent failure to embrace the mercantile and industrial revolutions caused the country to fall behind Britain, France, and Germany in ... ... read more

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When I started this blog in 2007, it was more of a highlights package of trips generally focusing on one place or aspect. My rule had been one blog per country unless I lived there, but I eventually realised that fewer blogs were appearing. Having got around quite a bit, I'm now revisiting many countries. It's getting trickier to get to completely new countries so I might break that rule on occasion. The PhD fortunately didn't curtail travelling with research in sub-Saharan Africa and India as well as the chance to attend conferences with a sneaky bit of travelling tacked on before or after th... full info

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