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Bo Bo had pulled out a wooden drawer from under the seat of the cart and extracted a torch for me to see my way up the stairs. Unfortunately …
BLISTERS This is what happens when something rubs you up the wrong way (except close relatives, of course). Blisters are the bane of many a hiker’s life because they …
GOING THE DISTANCE Not all hikers enjoy roaming about for a mere few hours. Some like hiking for more than one day in a row. They aren’t masochists (well, …
COWS AND BULLS Always check before you cross a field of cows to make sure that it actually is a field of cows. If the ‘cow’ appears to have …
In 1537, Khair-ed-Din Barbarossa captured Santorini in the name of the Sultan. With the ousting of the Latins, the Orthodox Bishopric of Santorini was reinstated. Nevertheless, the island continued …
I slept some more and in the morning had a good breakfast of fresh fruit salad with a tomato and onion omelette. Venturing out to the front of the …
Getting a bus to Kuala Lumpur to connect with a train to Bangkok was easy. The taxi dropped me at the door of the bus company’s office and I …
Finally the train came. A young Singaporean man and I shared a seat that converted into bunks later, his on the bottom, mine on top again. The Australian couple …
What enhanced my pleasure in Glasgow’s plethora of statues, gargoyles and ornament on the walls and roofs of its grand buildings was the fact that the city’s residents seemed …
Look up Glasgow! Colin Begg Never mind the rest of Northern Europe, there is nothing like you in all the world. Your ships plied queer coasts just to check …
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