The only cat in the desert and the big tv in the sky

Even when we were technically in the desert, speeding across the stony ochre plains, we were still waiting for the Sahara to rise up from the dust and roll out a burnished carpet of soft golden sand to greet us. At last, there it was: a slim strip of dark orange that ran parallel to us […]

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A Response to THAT Facebook Rant: We Admit it, Prices are Higher in School Holidays!

We admit it; those of you with kids pay a premium for your holidays compared to those carefree souls without a brood of their own

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Vienna, Austria

Karl Kraus once said “The streets of Vienna are paved with culture, the streets of other cities with asphalt”; and after spending a weekend discovering this gorgeous city and eating enough cake to sink a battleship I can safely say he was right on the money!

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The Himalayas: I don’t know how I got here, but I love it

Sometimes when you are travelling, you end up somewhere completely by chance. Fate conspires to send you there. Whether you like it or not she has mapped out your journey. And fate is particularly persuasive after five beers – that is how I ended up trekking the Himalayas in Kashmir.

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Off to Paris for Lunch, as you do!

Over a sumptuous London afternoon tea, a few friends and I formulated plans for the ultimate luxurious lunch. Paris. So one cool autumnal Wednesday, instead of being smooshed on a commuter train and deciding what to have for breakfast at my desk, I met my fellow conspirators and chose coffee and cro

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My Trip to Rome – Day 2: The Colosseum

Allowing my readers to decide which European Capital I visited couldn’t have turned out better when ROME came out the winner. Spending a day exploring the Colosseum, its underground and upper level in perfect Gelato weather, is the stuff travel bloggers dream of.

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Ness: Notes from the North

Scotland has been receiving a lot of attention in the travel industry recently, and having often neglected this beautiful part of the world for more international adventures, I decided it was time to take a look at my own locale – the Outer Hebrides – and its most northerly community, Ness.

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Who Was the Best Travel Blogger of 2013?

The search is on for the UK’s best travel bloggers of the past year! We want to discover those laptop-wielding holiday whores who so vividly describe their travel experiences they put sand in their readers’ socks with a simple turn of phrase. We’re looking for those worldly-wise folk who avoid

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Luscious luxury at Bahia del Duque Resort, Adeje, Tenerife

Driving through the gates into the grounds of the Bahia Del Duque Resort  is to enter another world. A world of luxury, of beauty, of elegance and so many swimming pools that the lovely beach onto which it fronts is almost redundant. It’s a little village of escapism, hedonism, indulgence and d

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WIN a £5,000 Holiday and a Fancy New Nokia Phone!

Holiday Hypermarket has partnered with Nokia UK for a fantastic competition to win £5,000 in holiday vouchers, plus a Nokia Lumia 1020 phone, which features an amazing 41 megapixel camera. Imagine the holiday snaps you could take with that! To enter the competition you just need to visit our friend

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