I really like Christmas time. Here, we head into our summer holidays where we are forced to not work (for once!), Christmas lights adorn the city centre and shopping centres and I look forward to lunches complete with fresh prawns, cold ham and summer fruits. I think I'm drawn to all the lights, it's a …
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Travel is great in that it exposes you to new experiences that you wouldn't normally have in your everyday life and takes you to all the far flung places of our earth. It is here outside of our comfort zones, that we discover something about ourselves. I normally don't take ferries in my day to …
The next town on our Mexico trip after a day in San Miguel de Allende was Guanajuato. Guanajuato City is about 1 hour northwest of San Miguel de Allende and is a colourful town dotted in the mountains. The bus terminal is not in the city centre so you will need to catch a cab …
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I bought this magnet from the Casa Azul in Mexico City. It was the late home of Frida Kahlo which is now a museum (free vitual tour in the link). It's not very big but a very popular tourist stop in the suburbs of Mexico City. When everything is back to normal, remember to book …
My first solo trip was a while ago now and it was filled with utter excitement. It was to Finland for some research at a local university. At this stage of my life, that side of the world had yet to bleep onto my radar. What made it even more exciting was that it would …
When I recently wrote about my day trip from Queretaro to Bernal, I got a lot of interest about cactus as food. So here is a post dedicated to nopal! There are over 600 varieties of cactus in Mexico and the prickly pear cactus is commonly known as nopal which is eaten. The Mexican flag …
This post is the next adventure on my Mexican trip. After having our day exploring Queretaro, the next day on our Mexico trip was a day trip to Bernal. Other posts related to this trip:Top 8 things to do in Mexico CityMy first impression of MexicoDay trip from Mexico City to Teotihuacan We boarded our …
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Thickness of the front door I had never seen a war bunker before. This all changed in Prague when I took a Communism and Nuclear War Bunker Tour after googling for odd tours and sites to see. Our starting point was the office- located in the Main Square to the left of the clock tower …
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I'd seen so many pictures of the capsule hotels from Japan and had always thought to myself that if I ever had the chance somewhere around the world, I would book in for a night. I needed a place to stay for my last night in Taipei on a trip a few years ago and …
Continue reading What Is It Like Staying In A Capsule Hotel?- UZ Hostel Taipei
Souvenirs are such a personal matter. Some travelers don't buy anything at all, others are drawn to build their collection of a certain item and others are just looking out for things that catch their eye or perhaps personalised items. Frida Kahlo magnet from the Frida Kahlo Museum. One of the Top 8 places to …
