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Postcard from Taiwan
The Alishan Forest Railway runs from the coastal plain into the heart of Taiwan’s empty highlands. It was built in 1912 by the Japanese for the purpose of transporting timber from the mountains for the [more…]
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Postcard From Canada, No 6
Kelowna had been great, everything about it, from start to finish, could hardly have been bettered but there was still more to see and do. We arrived back at The Mountain RV Park mid afternoon [more…]
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Postcard From Canada, No 5
On Day 11 of our holiday we set off from Squamish to drive the 452km to Kelowna, firstly on the Sea to Sky Highway (Route99) through Vancouver before joining the Trans Canada Highway (Route 1). [more…]
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Postcard From the Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre
The Brecon Beacons Visitor Centre, known locally as the Mountain Centre, is not far from the village of Libanus as you drive up the A470 towards the town of Brecon. The drive up itself is [more…]
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Postcard From Canada, No 4
After a very quiet day on Sunday, during which I explored a couple of local bars and did some shopping we began the second week of our holiday from our base at the Mountain Fun [more…]
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Postcard from Spitsbergen
Mrs Bassman operates as my trip advisor, whether it be booking overnight stays driving down to Corfu, or to places of interest on cruise ships. We have a penchant for heading up north and have [more…]
America
Postcard From Canada, No 3
With the first week behind us it was always going to be difficult to choose one highlight. Lots of factors were in play, should it feature wildlife? We’d certainly seen some. Food maybe? the Jasper [more…]
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Postcard from the Algarve, No 3
Aye Aye, Puffins. It is me, El Geeko. Well, as she is over my shoulder, I should say “it’s me, and Ms Geeks”, who is keeping a furtive eye on my escapades on GPs, the [more…]
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Postcard From Canada, No 2
We flew out of Glasgow in the early afternoon of Monday the 21st of May and set off for Calgary, where we were to meet our youngest daughter and collect our camper van, via Toronto. [more…]