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Being back in sweltering SE Asia is a blast, good to visit old haunts and old friends as well as checking out some new destinations. More travel stories to come on the hottest spots the side of Bangkok. As usual you will be able to find my latest articles on the Travel Generation website. I also have my own travel blog, with feartured articles below, which you can also click through to from the main menu above.
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With the addition of the new destinations page I hope to give a little insight on some of the areas I have travelled through and offer suggestions and tips for the traveller. Remember this is my take on a place and may differ from the guidebook descriptions for the better or worse. It always helps to have other opinions when planning trips so feel free to comment make suggestions.
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Peter J Smith
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Ah the wonderful laid back and relaxing islands just off of the coast of Belize are a great antidote to sightseeing and hectic travel around the region. English speaking and relaxed locals make it a great place to while away a few days or even weeks.
Although airfares can be pricey there are other ways to get to there. San Pedro Belize Express have a four day a week service from Chetumal in Mexico direct to San Pedro with customs and immigration at both docks. Remember if you are leaving Mexico and you have entered by land make sure that you have paid for the tourist card prior to departing as it's not usually possible at the dock in Chetumal.
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Lagos is like a magnet for me, I try to get here at least once a year. In springtime the air is fresh, the sun is warm and there are few tourists to contend with. Don't go in the water though! It is freezing cold most of the year and a dip in ocean in April will certainly give you a jolt.
This year I decided to cheat a little and took the Brittany Ferries Pont-Aven from Portsmouth to Santander in Spain to ease the work load on both myself and the faithful truck I was driving down in. This was a great idea as it saved over 900 miles of driving through France and worked out cheaper.
From Santander the most straight forward route is to pass by Valladolid and Salamanca then on into portugal taking the wide and swift motorway...more
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You see the advert on the Internet or in a Sunday newspaper; the flight is next to nothing and is just where you would like to go, but what about the small print?
Extras such as baggage, a necessity I have always thought, check in desks, free toilets on board, charges for emergency oxygen when the masks drop from the ceiling! Ok I am being a...more
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One of the things I associate Lagos with is a good barbeque! Nothing better than a few new friends sitting around a Barbie with a drink and discussing the places they have been to and have yet to visit
The Lagos Youth Hostel has been around for over a decade now and has seen thousands of travellers pass through its doors. The spacious central courtyard and adjoining kitchen make for easy social...more
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Isla Mujeres, the Island of women its literal translation, is a gem of island in the cheap end of the Caribbean.
I have been coming here for a few years now and, although each year sees its changes, it still retains an even balance between a laid back island and the necessity to cater for a growing tourist industry...more
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Ok it's dive time now. I have come halfway around the world for this trip and I am finally going to dive the blue hole!
For those of you not familiar with this dive site, it is a collapsed limestone cave about two and a half hours from Ambergris Caye off the coast of Belize...more
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"You can't sit there all week" said the Belizean owner of the hostel
"I don't know" I said, " I have a bottle of coconut rum and loads of ice, I don't really see the problem"
I looked over her shoulder towards the water and the horizon; dark clouds were scudding nearer by the hour. Perhaps she had a point after all...more
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Take one Englishman and an American, shake slightly in a old car add a dash of bitter and take to the English countryside for a spring weekend.
A whistlestop tour of some great sights in the Home Counties was on the cards, with only a few days to get the best sights in it was a race...more
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