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Travels in Peru

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Flights to New York. Flights to Las Vegas. Until you stop travelling, you can never really say that you have been travelling.". Writes Ian Barfield on his first major trip abroad. The alarm went off at 5am. Pity I didn't hear it. He was right. With less than an hour and a half remaining I arrived at Heathrow Terminal 4. Seamus saw me as far as the passport control. We said our farewells and I exclaimed in my best Arnie voice, "I'll be back! Oh, no" I muttered to myself. Well actually it was a lot mor...

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The Wendell Baker Story

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Movie review: The Wendell Baker Story. Movie review: The Wendell Baker Story. I chuckled, I smiled and I covered my eyes on occasion, and left the 49th The Times bfi London Film Festival showing of The Wendell Baker Story with a big feel-good factor. The Wendell Baker Story is not going to take the world by storm, but it will get extremely positive word of mouth advertising. It is a charming, lovely, funny, touching and unusual movie. Wendell soon befriends residents Boyd (Seymour Cassel) and Skip (Harry...

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China - 3 Weeks in the cold.

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Flights to New York. Flights to Las Vegas. Into China - 3 Weeks in the cold. The trick to travelling is not to get too worked up about it. My three weeks in China, partly with flatmate Rick, was a cold, sometime frustrating but a totally unforgettable experience. Location map of China. I've been to China before, some four years ago, so I am looking forward to seeing the ch-ch-chch changes, as David Bowie would say. Anyway, I get invited out to Morocco when the expedition gets there, who am I to say no?

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Romania Vlad the Impaler (Dracula)

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Flights to New York. Flights to Las Vegas. In search of Vlad. In search of Vlad the Impaler,. Written by Seamus Waldron. Jump straight to Dracula. Why, oh why do I always get a flight that leaves at a ridiculous time in the morning? If it wasn't for the fact that I know I can leave my house and be in duty free within an hour, I would be panicking at this point. I forget to get money from the cash-point! I say, slapping my hand to my head. I didn't get insurance"; says Julian. Here's a trick I do the mome...

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Easter Island

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This website tries to answer the many questions and thoughts inspired by the history of Easter Island. Split into two main sections, the first tries to be an historically accurate text, whilst the second part is a collection of my personal thoughts and impressions. Moto Nui and Moto Iti. 1995 - 2007 Seamus Waldron. This website is a part of the APJ domain. Other sites include:. Modern Jive partner dancing in London. I hate my cube. Humorous interlude. My one man protest against working in a cubicle.

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Tikal, Guatemala

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It lay before us like a shattered bark in the midst of the ocean, her masts gone, her name effaced, her crew perished, and none to tell whence she came, to whom she belonged, how long on her voyage, or what caused her destruction.". John Lloyd Stephens, 1842. It is impossible to take the quarter of a mile walk through the lowland tropical rainforest that spills you into the middle of the Central Plaza of Tikal without understanding the 150-year-old awe of John Lloyd Stephens. During the classic period, f...

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Quick take : India

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Quick take : India. Quick take : India. Hot, absolutely totally unbelievably hot. Oh, and humid, did I mention that? No exaggeration, leave the air-conditioning of the airport, you walk through the door and WHAM! ItÕs like hitting a brick wall and walking into a sauna at the same time. If it's the rainy season, you will also be soaked within a few seconds. Welcome to India, one of my favorite countries in the world. This quick take outlines the places I always visit or try to visit when in India. Leaving...

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Arrival guide to Budapest

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Arrival guide to Budapest. Berol and Biros' quick arrival guide to Budapest, Hungary. Berol: So where to this weekend Biro? Biro: To the land of the Magyar, Budapest in Hungary. Berol shifts in her airline seat and whips out the Lonely Planet Guide to Hungary, after-all, the plane does land in twenty minutes. Berol: We should take the transfer minibus to our hostel, there's a ticket desk right in the arrival area and it's the cheapest and quickest way. Biro: But which hostel do you think? Berol: Well, I ...