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The absurdity of travel
I left Montevideo in the early morning. The flat sheen of water was pale blue beneath the smog of the city. The bay was peppered with...
charlottegrahamspouge
Oct 20, 20162 min read
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All the good things in Montevideo
From Colonia, I travelled on to the capital Montevideo. I arrived at Tres Cruces terminal as the sun was setting. The buildings were...
charlottegrahamspouge
Oct 18, 20163 min read
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Lost in La Plata: Adventures in Argentina
Sitting in a quiet ice cream parlour on the outskirts of Buenos Aires in the growing dark, with no internet access, imperfect Spanish and...
charlottegrahamspouge
Oct 16, 20162 min read
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Colonial ColoniaÂ
My trip into Uruguay began by running across the border to board the ferry just as it pulled up the gangplank. I had been delayed...
charlottegrahamspouge
Oct 15, 20161 min read
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Wild Swimming and a cheese and onion pieÂ
Eskdale is quiet. Even for the Lake district. I’ve been midweek to various parts of the Lakes and never found such wonderfully deserted...
charlottegrahamspouge
Sep 21, 20161 min read
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Amsterdam: a city of contrasts
Amsterdam is an odd mixture of modern and old-fashioned, the antiquated and futurist. There are obvious contrasts of course like that...
charlottegrahamspouge
Aug 25, 20165 min read
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 5 types of privilege in Venice
When one first steps into Venice, it seems like a fairy-tale world of its own. It appears glossily delicate as though it has been...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jul 27, 20163 min read
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#pigeonpics
And so, we have reached the end of 3o wild days. I have really enjoyed refocusing my attention on local wildlife and the beauty of the...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jul 1, 20161 min read
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Day 17: sunrise at the AcropolisÂ
I got up early this morning and walked through the deserted streets towards the Acropolis. The night before, a fellow hostel-goer had...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jun 17, 20161 min read
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Day 15
Day 15 was a nightmare of a travel day. Nightmarish because we were due to travel from Rio to Athens but there happened to be a train...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jun 15, 20161 min read
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Day 14
After all our travelling we decided to relax with a wild a meal out. We chose a pizza bar on the side of the road near the beach. It had...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jun 14, 20161 min read
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Day 13, part 2
We spent the day on a little gravelly beach swimming beside the mountains and the Rio-AntiRio bridge. #greece #wildflowers #travel...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jun 13, 20161 min read
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Day 12
Day 11 and 12 were wild travel days. We journeyed by trains to Bari, a city on the east coast of Italy. From the station, we walked down...
charlottegrahamspouge
Jun 12, 20161 min read
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