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UK Travel

UK Travel – Visit Wales

By on July 26, 2012 14
 

My memories of Wales are pretty stereotypical. They involve bracing country walks, lots of sheep and a cosy farmhouse. I must have been around six or seven… These images float through my mind when I remember visiting this part of the UK. Wales is famous for many things, a mind boggling language with some of [...]

England Travel

England Travel or England My Home?

By on February 16, 2012 17
 

In this travel guest post for 2Backpackers.com, Jimmy McIntyre of Strange Lands, shares his awkward experience coming back home to Newcastle, England after traveling long term. Returning Home I sat and watched the houses pass by – familiar yet different. The people getting on and off all had faces I’m sure I once knew. The [...]

Travel London

Travel Photo – Big Ben at Night – The Palace of Westminster in London

By on September 28, 2011 5
 

In this Travel Photo Big Ben is illuminated at night along the Thames River. London Travel should include a visit to the Palace of Westminster.

Travel London

Travel in London – Soho District

By on September 26, 2011 16
 

London Travel We decided to travel to London for the first time as a couple. I had once been here on business, but this time was hoping to see more than the changing of the Royal Guard. After landing at London Heathrow airport we arrived to our hotel around 1pm in the afternoon. Still tired [...]

Music Festivals

Glastonbury Festival Pictures

By on July 15, 2011 15
 

Josh Aggars of flip flops city shares his experience and photos of the magic and wonder that is the Glastonbury Festival. Glastonbury Music and Arts Festival The Glastonbury Festival is like no other music festival on Earth. It is the biggest and best in the UK, a self-policed world where you forget about regular life for a few [...]

Channel Islands Guernsey

Neolithic Presence in Jersey, Channel Islands

By on October 26, 2010 9
 

Jersey (Channel Islands) is a small island off the coast of Normandy in the English Channel.  It has been inhabited since prehistoric times.  Nowadays, one can see traces of those first dwellers almost anywhere.  One of the things I loved doing the most during my time there was to put on my walking boots, grab [...]