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Category Archives: Travel Tales
That Riviera Touch: Part One
On December the Ninth my wife and I decamped to Mexico for a two-week holiday in the Mayan Riviera. This is the first in a new mini-series of blogs capturing some of the highlights. Lowlights too. No one would argue that a long-haul … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales, Uncategorized
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My Left Foot
This blog entry actually refers to an incident that happened some time ago, however I’m reproducing it as if it were a current diary entry because, frankly, I can’t be arsed going through it and changing all the tenses. So … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales, Uncategorized, Whimsy
Tagged bunion, hotel showers, long-horned cattle, National Park
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Bright Eyes
I have regaled you in the past with tales of my more recent holidays, but the time has come, I feel, to recount a story from my first ever holiday abroad. I was reminded of it the other day, when I found an old photo of myself … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales
Tagged Dogs, Food, Holiday, Majorca, Santa Ponsa, Sexual Frustration
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The Past Is Another Country
My wife and I have just returned from Tunisia. We had a fabulous time at the wonderful ‘Les Orangers’ hotel, Hammamet, and will no doubt return one day, as some fellow guests have done for years. However, going back isn’t always a blessing, … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales
Tagged Douglas Adams, going back, Sea shanties, Things Nautical, Turkey, Turunc
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Sunbed Economics
Of whatever else it might be accused, Tenerife could never be blamed for keeping poets awake at night in thrall to its beauty. South Tenerife in particular is best described as “brutal”: miles and miles of scrub-littered rock festooned with … Continue reading
Posted in Travel Tales
Tagged All Inclusive Holidays, Chess, Communism, Scenery, Sun Umbrellas, Sunbeds, Tenerife
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Kind of Lime 