More than a million people are estimated to have died in the Killing Fields Studying Indochina Studying Indochina politics as a teenager, learning of the damages suffered by this mysterious, far away country, I could only imagine the horrors inflicted on the elderly, educated, women and children. More than 1.7 …
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A snowmobile day trip ‘Brake, brake, brake, you idiot,’ (it was actually far worse than that but too rude to repeat here) shouts my husband as I careen wildly off the icy pathway, into the snow-covered banking, clinging desperately to the handlebars. Trees loom large in front of us, disturbingly …
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Why spectacular Sri Lanka? There are few locations in the world that can boast the exotic charms of Sri Lanka. Famed through the ages for its diverse natural beauty and unique fauna, the island nation was popular in previous centuries with both European and Middle Eastern traders who flocked to …
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Today’s Cities For Less feature comes from the Spanish city of Barcelona and brings back memories of sleeping on the floor of a friend of a friend back in my student days. Now that is one way to travel the globe 4 less but not one I particularly want to …
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It’s not often I can say that I have booked a three day trip for two in Europe for just over £200 but our spa weekend in Alsace is truly an advert for luxury travel for less in the heart of Europe. Flying to Basel from Manchester, our plan is …
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