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Argentina 3 Week Road Trip
We spent 3 weeks exploring Argentina. Our itinerary consists of a combination of city based tourism and road trips, and includes National Parks, mountains, lakes, waterfalls and a glacier. I was a teenager in 1982, when Britain and Argentina went to war over the Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) and much of what I knew about the…
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Silicon Valley 1 Week Itinerary
I spent a week based in Menlo Park, a city located just 30 miles south of San Francisco, which is an excellent base to explore the attractions of Silicon Valley. The valley runs south east along San Francisco Bay and includes the cities of Redwood City, Menlo Park, Palo Alto, Mountain View, Cupertino, Santa Clara and San…
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Liberia (Costa Rica) in 2 Days
We spent two days in the Costa Rican city of Liberia, primarily as a base to visit the nearby Rincon de la Vieja National Park 15 miles away. There is accommodation nearer to the park, but this tends to be expensive. How to get to Liberia We stopped at Liberia on our drive from Arenal…
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Hanoi in 2 Days
We spent 2 days in Hanoi during our visit to Vietnam. This gave us sufficient time to explore some of the Vietnamese capital’s top attractions. In reality, they weren’t consecutive days, as we also used the city as a base for a trip to the spectacular Halong Bay, some 95 miles to the east of…
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Ho Chi Minh City in 2 Days
We spent two days based in Ho Chi Minh City on our visit to Vietnam. Formerly known as Saigon, Ho Chi Minh City is the country’s biggest city and its commercial and financial hub. Our first day was spent exploring the main attractions in the city. On the second day, we took a trip to…
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San Francisco in 3 Days
We have visited San Francisco on many occasions. Visits tend to consist of a mixture of old favourites (who can resist the lure of the iconic Golden Gate Bridge or a stroll along Fisherman’s Wharf?) and new attractions. Here is my pick of the best way to spend three days in San Francisco. How to…
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USA 2 Week Road Trip (San Francisco to Los Angeles via Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon)
We spent two weeks on our US road trip. We started in San Francisco. After a couple of days exploring the city, we picked up a hire car and drove south along Route 1 towards Los Angeles. At Bakersfield, we headed inland to Death Valley, Las Vegas and the Grand Canyon. From here, we continued…
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Colonia del Sacramento in 1 Day
We spent one day in Uruguay on our South American road trip, crossing the River Plate from Buenos Aires to Colonia del Sacramento. This old colonial town on the banks of the River Plate has a picturesque Barrio Historico – a great place to explore on a day trip from Argentina. How to get to…
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101 Things to do in Bournemouth – Mudeford
The village of Mudeford sits on the mouth of Christchurch Harbour. The area is split into two by the harbour. On one side is Mudeford Quay, a quaint working fishing quay. On the other is Mudeford Sandbank, where the golden sandy beach is lined with mega expensive beach huts. Mudeford has a long history of…
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Lucerne in 1 Day
We spent a week driving across Switzerland, from the French border to the Italian border, and back. The trip was primarily to drop our daughter and some equipment at a laboratory near Zurich, but we did plenty of sightseeing along the way, including a day in Lucerne. This picturesque city, which is twinned with my…
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