Adventures of a hapless backpacker...

Saturday, 10 September 2011

...in retrospection

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At this point I was going to thank my readers for sticking with me to the end of the trip. Having finally figured out how to view the stats...
Friday, 9 September 2011

...homeward bound

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As I woke up on the cold, hard floor of the Guatemala airport's check-in lounge, I became aware of movement. The sight of hundreds of i...
Saturday, 16 July 2011

... at the side of the motorway

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I'm used to the One With the Common Sense nodding away like Red Rum in her sleep during bus journeys, so it took me by surprise when she...
Wednesday, 13 July 2011

... in the beautiful, sun-kissed (boring?) Caribbean

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The Caribbean... crystal clear water lapping gently over fine white sand, backed by palm trees and under a cloudless blue sky. It's the...
Friday, 8 July 2011

... with a horse and cart

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You don’t expect impartiality when you visit a museum in a communist state but you would think it would be well ordered. Given the nature ...
Thursday, 30 June 2011

...under a communist regime

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We had been in Cuba a matter of minutes when the nature of its government hit home. I had been hoping it would be the one place my beard wo...
Thursday, 16 June 2011

... at the customs checkpoint

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I wasn´t too worried when I was called off the bus to undergo a customs check... but when I saw the officer pulling on a pair of rubber glov...
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Andy McFarlane
A paunchy bloke writes about trying to run the 26.2 miles of the 2012 Virgin London Marathon - despite the arthritis in his left big toe - about the ups and downs of running, living with arthritis and trying to raise £2,000 to make life easier for those with the condition.
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