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Month: September 2014

Goats, Fuerteventura
Fuerteventura

Barbary Squirrels and Bearded Goats on Fuerteventura

September 29, 2014 Andy 0

I saved my biscuit just for him. I know I shouldn’t encourage him, but he’s unbelievably cute and his gentle touch on my finger as he reaches for the packet, melts my heart. But then the caress turns frantic… […]

Croatia

Dreamy Mljet National Park in Pictures

September 29, 2014 Jack 0

Walking in Mljet doesn’t seem to require much effort. Walk out of the hotel and into the forest where easy tracks lined by flowers weave through Aleppo pine… […]

Asia

Travel Moments, Gold or Wood in Sri Lanka?

September 24, 2014 Jack 0

Eventually we arrived at our hotel in Habarana, a convenient inland base for exploring Sigiriya and Polonnaruwa on Sri Lanka. As we arrived, an elephant lumbered… […]

Europe

Going Local at Albergo Ristorante Parmigiano in Novara

September 23, 2014 Jack 0

Walk through the doors and unassuming gives way to an unexpected and rather grandiose vestibule and dining room with chandeliers and scarlet tablecloths that… […]

As we walked out

As We Walked out to Agulo on La Gomera

September 22, 2014 Jack 2

This is the Canarian Island of La Gomera and we’re in the middle of bruma (low cloud) high up a cliff. The mist obscures the summit; a fact I’m glad about… […]

Europe

Mixed Feelings about Tejeda on Gran Canaria

September 16, 2014 Jack 1

Tejeda on Gran Canaria looks the perfect Canarian village. It reclines on the hillside gazing out over some of the most epic views in the Canary Islands… […]

El Hierro

The Lost Piglets of El Hierro

September 15, 2014 Jack 0

I don’t know what we’d expected when the 4×4 drew level with us on the dirt track in the hills on El Hierro, but it wasn’t a question about piglets. […]

Europe

Review of Hotel Villa Kinzica, Lake Iseo

September 14, 2014 Jack 0

As a base for exploring Lake Iseo and especially Monte Isola, the Hotel Kinzica is in a beaut of a spot. A short walk leads to where the ferries regularly… […]

Croatia

Finding Accommodation at the Plitvice Lakes in Croatia

September 9, 2014 Jack 0

We discovered two things about travelling to Plitvice Lakes National Park without having pre-booked accommodation. The first was that it was a damn smart idea… […]

Hotel Torbrau, Munich
Europe

Review of Historic, Hotel Torbrau in Munich

September 8, 2014 Andy 0

Despite its history as the city centre’s oldest hotel, a constant buzz of activity gives the place a hip feel which, combined with its contemporary décor, laid back style and brilliant staff, create the perfect city base… […]

Croatia

Snapshots, the Road of Hell on Hvar

September 7, 2014 Jack 0

We knew there was only one road connecting one end of Hvar with the other. We didn’t know that it was known as the ‘road of Hell thanks to its narrowness and… […]

Austria

Mozart and the Art of Dining in Salzburg

September 3, 2014 Andy 0

When the aria was finished, the waiters brought the culinary overture to a dinner based on menus from the 18th century but with the benefit of contemporary preparation and presentation, not to mention fresh vegetables from Padre Prior’s garden… […]

Camargue

Review of Domaine des Clos, Provence

September 3, 2014 Jack 0

Walking through the gates to the courtyard from the car park and capturing first sight of this elegant French estate is a bit of a wow moment… […]

Coiffure
Europe

My ‘Royale With Cheese’ Experiences of France

September 2, 2014 Andy 0

Spending three weeks in France last summer, it was the little differences that surprised me. From Paris to the Dordogne and Provence to the Camargue, these are my “Royale with cheese” moments… […]

Croatia

Snapshots, The Silent Sea Organ

September 1, 2014 Jack 0

The Adriatic is doing its bit, the water rushes in and out of the pipes in the steps, but the Sea Organ in Zadar remains silent… […]

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Portugal off the beaten track – Camel Spit & Cork Trees by Buzz Trip’s Jack Montgomery

Camel Spit & Cork Trees is an evocative travelogue covering areas of Portugal that still lie below most visitors' radar. When travel writers Andy and Jack Montgomery swap Tenerife for Portugal, they embark on a journey that takes them from the Algarve's honey-coloured coastline to the verdant valleys of the Minho, and from life on a smugglers’ trail in Alentejo’s border country to a farm beside a cork forest near Lisbon... [CLICK HERE TO BUY THE BOOK]

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