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A Refreshing Bali Experience: Nusa Lembongan Awaits
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When our daughter invited us to join her family of five on holiday, we knew we wanted somewhere relaxed and scenic. The bustle of Kuta and Seminyak held little appeal, but Nusa Lembongan, a quieter island just off Bali, was too tempting to resist. I’d been before, but this trip offered surprises I hadn’t expected,…
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A Visa Delay, a Detour to Thailand, and a Return to Vietnam
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We planned a 10-day tour from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City, departing early February. We flew out of Perth, Western Australia, on a direct flight and headed for Ho Chi Minh City as planned. Just the day before we didn’t realise we needed a visa to enter Vietnam. Our visa applications didn’t go…
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Unveiling Broome’s Multicultural Heritage and Scenic Beauty
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Cable Beach during the day Cable Beach sunset The purpose of this trip was rather opportunistic. My daughter, her baby son and I flew to Broome for a few days to see family. We stayed at the Cable Beach Club Resort & Spa, located a few kilometres from Broome’s town centre. What an interesting…
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A Journey Through Ireland: Family, History, and Landscapes
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Returning to the Emerald Isle: A Journey through the North and the South Ireland has always had a certain appeal, often drawing me back to the people and the places. This recent trip lasted two and a half weeks. It brought me back to the island’s charm and its autumn colours. I also reunited…
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Tasmania Trip 2024
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From Perth’s Heat to Tasmania’s Cool A journey from Perth to Tasmania brought a refreshing change from the scorching West Australian summer heat. After a four-hour flight, we touched down in Hobart on a cold and wet Friday evening, a stark contrast to the weather we left behind. The journey that followed took us…
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McCaffreys in Clogher
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For the last two years, I have taken an interest in genealogy. Originally, I wasn’t quite sure what had sparked this interest. I now understand some of the reasons why. As a grandmother, I need to see this information recorded somewhere, for the sake of the generations that follow me.
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An Irish Summer Genealogy Trip 2022
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On this third trip to Ireland, my primary focus was genealogical. The Irish summer is especially beautiful. Many an hour was spent in churches and graveyards, although most of my time was spent with family in the Monaghan/Tyrone border area where my mother grew up.
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Costa Rica: the tropical experience
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This country has to be one of the prettiest, scenic places I have ever been. We hired a car at the border of Nicaragua and Costa Rica so that we could take a road trip across the country. Costa Rica is a land of volcanoes, rainforests and cloud forests, huge waterfalls, and mighty rivers.…
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Playa Maderas | San Juan del Sur – Nicaragua
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Imagine arriving in Central America, having traveled for days from a small town in Western Australia. We were simply blown away by the vast differences. In many ways, the whole experience was incomparable to anything I had lived before. We were here because our daughter and her boyfriend had been in Nicaragua for 6…
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Granada Nicaragua
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Arriving in Granada late at night, we found our accommodation. We booked into Selinas, a chain of hotel/hostels found throughout Central America. We had flown from JFK to Managua and then caught a taxi to Granada. It was 11 pm, we were tired and the place was pumping. It had been 6 months since…