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Imagine for a minute you’re a dolphin (just go with me on this one people). You’re merrily swimming along with about 400 of your mates…
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Ok, first of all I have a confession to make. Despite asking people for ideas for my 30b430 list, I really did not want to…
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One of the things I love most about travelling is seeing different cultures. I’m a nosy person at the best of times so I love…
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Once upon a time there was a girl who loved to dive. Until one night when her buddy left her. Alone. In the dark. And despite…
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The dentist was still talking but to be honest I’d stopped listening after the words “root canal”. It seems that while I had embraced South…
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The first thing that’s struck me since arriving in New Zealand is how easy everything is. As soon as I arrived at the airport there…
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So the South American part of my adventure has come to an end. On one hand it feels like a lifetime ago that I was…
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“There are going to be times when the wind blows so hard you are going to have to lie down so you don´t get blown…
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It`s easy enough to write down ´climb a volcano´on a list when you`re sat on your cosy warm sofa. But it was as I was putting…
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Hmm…how did we end up here? We were on our way to a Welsh teahouse and I was excited. (Why wouldn´t I be? I´m half…