Big Ben

A Disastrous Start - I'm Not Sure I'm Going to Like Inter-railing

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July 25th 1990
As I hadn't quite paid off the debts that I had clocked up going round the world - oh for the State Bank Victoria - this trip was going to be courtesy of my flexible friend. That and the fact that it was going to be some time before I got my first pay-packet meant that I was going to be travelling on a serious budget. Apparently, it's a crime for inter-railers to have money, so I thought it should ... read more

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Great Britain, the dominant industrial and maritime power of the 19th century, played a leading role in developing parliamentary democracy and in advancing literature and science. At its zenith, the British Empire stretched over one-fourth of the ear... ... read more