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Understanding Leave Voters
Why did and do so many people support leave? I’ve been struggling to understand this ever since the referendum. While I’ve been stuck at home recently I’ve been able to look into it a bit more. Here are some of … Continue reading
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Tagged Brexit, Daily Mail, EU referendum, EU regeneration funds, House of Lords, immigration, John Major, leave voters, Paul Dacre, Theresa May
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Letter to Mrs May
Dear Mrs May Why are you leading us into this madness? Why do you let leave supporters get away with saying an overwhelming majority of the British people voted to leave when actually only 37% of the electorate voted for … Continue reading
Practicalities for Pensionable RTW Trippers
Why these places? We had long wanted to see the Great Barrier Reef and to travel the Gibb River Road in the Kimberley in north-west Australia. A train trip across the Nullarbor Plain might be an idea too if we … Continue reading
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Tagged American Samoa, Australia, baggage, Bluey Travel, cameras, car rentals, cruise excursions, devalued pound, flight bookings, Florida, foreign currency transactions, hotel bookings, Ideapad 100S, Indian Pacific, Kauai, P&O Australia, Pacific Eden, Polynesian Airlines, restaurants, Samoa, train bookings, travel insurance, travel money matters
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Kauai
This is the eleventh blog post on our round the world trip August – November 2016. It covers our stay on the Hawaiian island of Kauai. Go here for a picture gallery. Arriving in Kauai The Hawaiian Airlines plane from … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Cook, Hanalei, Kalalau Trail, Kalalau valley, Kilauea, Kilohani, Kokee, Lihue, Limahuli Tropical Gardens, luau, Lumaha'i Beach, Lydgate Beach, Mount Wai'ale'ale, Na Pali coast, Opaeka’a Falls, Poipu, Princeville, Pu’u O Kila lookout, Sealodge, shave ice, South Pacific, Spouting Horn blowhole, Wailua Falls, Waimea Canyon, wild chickens
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Samoa
This is the ninth blog post on our round the world trip August – November 2016. It covers our stay in Samoa. Go here for a picture gallery. Samoa: a new country for us Our taxi to the airport in … Continue reading
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Tagged Apia, blue worms, fale, Lady Samoa III, palolo, R L Stevenson, Sa'Moana, Samoa, Samoan dance, Samoan music, Savai'i, umu, Upolu, Va-i-moana
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Cairns, Port Douglas and the Daintree
This is the seventh blog post on our round the world trip August – November 2016. It covers Cairns, Port Douglas and the Daintree rainforest. Go here for a picture gallery. Cairns Our flight from Adelaide to Cairns on Jetstar … Continue reading
Adelaide, South Australia and Kangaroo Island
This is the sixth blog post on our round the world trip August – November 2016. It covers Adelaide, South Australia and Kangaroo Island Go here for a picture gallery. Adelaide We had booked one of the Franklin Central Apartments … Continue reading
Perth and a Train Across the Plain
This is the fifth blog post on our round the world trip August – November 2016. It covers Perth and our journey on the Indian Pacific train. Go here for a picture gallery. Perth Our evening flight from Broome to … Continue reading
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Tagged Cook, Indian Pacific, Kalgoorlie, Kings Park, Nullarbor, Perth, Superpit, Swan Valley
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