2017 – A look back on the last 12 months

Well another 12 months is coming to a close so I like to look back on the last 12 months to reflect on whether it has been a good year or not and to set myself some goals for the new one coming up. In my looking ahead to 2017 I listed quite a few things I wanted to achieve so it seems
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Welcome to Miami… Bienvenidos a Miami

It feels like I have spent 0 time in Birmingham or My Apartment over the last couple of months, and packing for the final week of work to go straight to airport was a pain but it’s a lovely way to kick off my December/January time off after this ludicrously short contract. The c
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Last Leg: Marbella

A seriously early flight greeted me in Berlin, a 3:45am wake up call was pretty grim.  My flight was fairly painless though which was good and I had a couple of hours wait for my folks to land when we would be meeting my Uncle. The reasoning for Marbella being the last leg of the jour
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Watching in slow motion, as you turn to me and say…

… My love, WALKING ON THE MOON! Sorry if you were expecting some soppy posted based on the title.  It’s just the classic song by Berlin and it always reminds me of this epic phoenix nights episode. Returning to Germany, it was nice to be here again somewhere other than Mun
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Monks and Minsk

With me now having to take a flight to Minsk rather than a coach, I had to check out and spend the day in Vilnius with my heavy bag.  Just in case you don’t already know, the rules for Belarus visa are 80 countries can stay for 5 days only without a visa.  However, there are rul
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Pint of Sour Cream Please Love

Well on Facebook I’d truly messed up my counting.  Estonia was 34 and Finland was 35.  It was a really early start for the ferry to Helsinki, Finland and I was proper cream crackered. The check in process was so easy, I ended up hanging around for a while but eventually we board
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Dilbert goes to Elbonia…

For some reason, before I headed to Estonia, I remembered a legendary Dilbert episode where he goes to visit the company manufacturing HQ (sweatshop) in Elbonia … have fun! Dilbert – S01E06 – Elbonian Trip by SH4DOWMOS3S Anyway, after an absolutely epic weekend in No
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First taste of Africa… Marrakech

After returning home from Dubai, a quick stop off to see my best mukka before his 30th and then I was back to London (Gatwick this time) ready for my first trip to the African continent. Hard to believe how short a flight it is to Morocco really, and it was a very welcome short flight
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Off to the desert… Dubai!

Not kept this going throughout because really Dubai hasn’t got a huge deal of culture I would say.  This is definitely more of a chillout holiday for me as is my next one but hey ho… here goes. This trip has come a bit quickly all of a sudden!  I handed in my laptop and ph
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South America Tour: Days 17 – 20 – Salt, sand and dust

We flew to Uyuni from La Paz which was a cool flight with great views (my flute survived another journey). When we arrived to Uyuni, we were staying in this cool hotel in middle of nowhere. The layout resembled a prison but the rooms were decent and the restaurant was very good. The o
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