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Oman

Marked by ancient trade and a maritime past, with evidence of civilization dating to 3000 BCE, Oman was a crucial centrr for the frankincense trade, with routes connecting to Egypt, Rome, and other ancient civilizations . After embracing Islam in the 7th century, the region became a major naval power, with trade routes reaching as far as China and East Africa. It has a long history of independent rule, despite periods of Portuguese and other foreign control, eventually leading to modern Oman under Sultan Qaboos, who initiated significant social and economic reforms…

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November 2025

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Riga, Latvia

Always looking for somewhere new to explore, when my other half popped over to Spain to visit a friend who'd flown in from Australia, I looked for somewhere I could travel to for a few days. Having not done much of the Baltics I landed on Riga in Latvia. Latvia has an incredible, and not always great, history. Conquered multiple times and swapped between invading armies, its had to declare independence multiple times, the most recent of which was only in 1990 just prior to the collapse of the soviet union. There's…

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September 2025

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Tanzania

I was last on a safari in 2011 when I went to Namibia, so when my travel buddy suggested this I thought why not. This time we were off to the Serengeti to catch up with the great migration of wildebeest as they head north to the Masai Mara. June was an ideal time to visit. Not only because of the migration, but being in the southern hemisphere Tanzania was just coming out of its rain season and as the summer ended temperatures were more reasonable. The lodges wee mainly tented camps,…

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June 2025

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Malta

Each year, through my use of a particular airline linked credit card, I get a couple of free return flights to elsewhere in Europe. This year, as the airline had just launched a route to Malta my partner and I decided to head there for a week. I had been to Malta before but I was very young (maybe around 8yo I think) so couldn't really remember too much. Malta is also full of important pre-historic temples and sites and I was keen to return as an adult to explore. What we…

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March 2025

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Albania

This wasn't my best trip by a long shot. We started off heading South East from Tirana towards Lake Ohrid and the days were long without much to see. It wasn't until we arrived in the south - from Gjirokaster onwards that things started to pick up. Albania is desperately trying to shake off its history of communism and dictatorship, but I think, at least outside of Tirana, it still needs sometime to recover. The Albanian Alps in the North are meant to be stunning but unfortunately we didn't have time to…

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October 2024

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Prague Revisited

This was my second time in Prague in what is now Czechia. I was last there in 2008 and the difference was stark. Despite both times being over the summer, this one early summer, last time late summer, visitor numbers seemed far higher this time. The main old square (containing the famous Astronomical Clock) and the ever popular Charles Bridge were heaving with tourists. If you were in the square on the hour when the clock chimed and the apostles appeared, good luck, the crowds were so dense you wouldn't be moving…

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June 2024