Tag: travel blog
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Longing to Travel?
Longing to Travel? A peek into a place most people overlook. We are frequent travellers. My husband and I take our kids to a new destination, every school holiday longer than a weekend. Typically we flock to the mountains and the backwaters to hear the sound of silence. We arm ourselves with anti-malarial tablets;…
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A canopy under threat | Why ecology must be prioritised over technology
Longing to Travel? As temperatures rise and the leafy cover diminishes, books, tree museums and non-profits show us why we must prioritise ecology over technology Our neighbour in Zürich waved me over one afternoon. At the garden fence separating our homes, he pointed to a certain plant in our backyard and explained that it was not…
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Adeus 2011, Boas-vindas 2012!
It is my fourth Pastéis de Nata and I’m washing it down with some port wine and watching one of the last sunsets of 2011 from the banks of the Tagus river. The place, the food and the drink seem to set the mood to post a new year greeting although the more time I…