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October 18th 2014
Saturday 18thOctober 2014 TRIP PREPARATIONS “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page” Saint Augustine Many people in the world are less fortunate than we are. We count ourselves most fortunate because we have the opportunity to travel; many do not. So we are off travelling again! It is five years since we were last backpacking and so the forthcoming journey is well ... 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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Viv and John Cussell

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We are off island-hopping in Thailand for the month of February. We shall leave home on the 1st of the month and return on 29th (an extra day for Leap Year)! Our journey will be from Alicante to Barcelona by train, then two flights, the first from Barcelona to Doha and the second from Doha to Phuket, both with Qatar Airways. Although this will be our forth visit to the "Land of Smiles", we haven't been there for eleven years and plan to visit islands we haven't seen before. In 2009, we travelled overland from Singapore to the island of Langkawi, Northern Malaysia, in the Southern Andaman Sea. ... full info

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