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Travel Quotes

Swanning around the world for the last 3 years, we have heard some interesting/amusing quotes. Here are some of them….. 1. Traveller, Laos: Young traveller who had to forgo the $60 deposit after misplacing the pushbike he hired, after a drunken binge. “Who …

Our Year with Airbnb

Should I use Airbnb? Is Airbnb safe? Is Airbnb better than hotels or hostels? Yes, yes and yes. This year, 2014, we have used Airbnb almost exclusively for our travels through Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Ireland, Wales, England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia and Turkey. …

Gallipoli

With the 100th anniversary of the Gallipoli landing fast approaching, we thought we should get in early before the rush. And what an emotional time it was. Until you see the sites, the actual locations of all those historic events nearly 100 years ago, you can’t really appreciate the horror of …

Auschwitz

If any place name suggest ‘horror’ more than the former concentration camp in Poland, I can’t think of it. What a horrible, horrible place it was. How could humanity ever have stooped so low as the Nazis did under Adolf Hitler in the final years of WWII? A visit to …

Croatia, aaaah, Croatia!

We had an amazing time in Croatia. Pretty well everywhere we go is amazing, but Croatia was even more so. The weather was mainly glorious, the food was fantastic and affordable and there were all sorts of things going on to keep us entertained and enjoying ourselves. …

Tallinn, Estonia

Our interest in Estonia was sparked back in 2012 when we did a 3-day trek out of Chiang Mai in Thailand. We shared the trek with 4 great guys from Estonia: Marko, Kalle, Asko and Tanel. During the 3 days of the trek, …

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