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Travel

Where is Providencia Island?

January 10, 2010

Tweet The island of Providencia lies in the Caribbean about midway between Costa Rica and Jamaica. Originally established in the 1600’s as an English Puritan colony, the Providencia island is now part of Colombia. Formed by ancient volcanic eruptions, the island is very mountainous and the interior is full of beautiful green forests.

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A Wet Long Weekend in Connemara

August 4, 2009

Tweet We both need a good long holiday.  We haven’t really taken the time for one this year and one of the consequences is that we are getting a bit tired a lot of the time.  So my bright idea last week was to get away for the long weekend to Connemara. We have been [...]

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Mourne Mountains Hostel

June 2, 2009

Tweet Getting a bit tired of paying way over the odds for weekends cottage rentals we decided to try a hostel last weekend.  I managed to find Cnocnafeola a hostel in the Mourne Mountains on the internet.  I wonder how we used to find places pre-internet, for so many things now I along with millions [...]

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Carrick a Rede Rope Bridge

February 15, 2009

TweetThe bridge was closed.  Why?  Because it is winter… It seems that during the time of the celtic tiger Ireland stopped giving a toss about tourism, perhaps that will change.  We were down in Kerry on another weekend and the tourist offices had closed for the season – it was September.

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From The Ferry

May 5, 2008

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AerLingus Aggressively Sells Insurance

January 29, 2008

TweetAerLingus has recently started to aggressively sell insurance every time you now buy a flight. Instead of the usual on site offer for an insurance quote there are now three little buttons hidden within the flight booking process where you have to opt out of having an insurance quote sent to your email address by [...]

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Holiday Plans 2008

January 14, 2008

TweetWe have been trying to decided where we want to go on holiday this year as we want a holiday that is a big holiday for us. We had look at the prices of flights to Canada and then came across other flights to South Africa that look interesting for us. I know a few [...]

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Rocky Point – Mexico

January 8, 2008

TweetRocky Point condo rental offers great rentals in just inside Mexico at Rocky Point only 65 miles from the boarder. They have a wide range of property for rent, from Condos to Houses and various variations in between. Many of the rentals come with a sea view and there are some placed right on the [...]

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Plans for Canada

January 7, 2008

TweetWe have started making plans for Canada, we have been talking about it only for the last month and I have started now looking at the prices of the flights and where to go. I like cities but for only one or two days then I have to get out into the country – I [...]

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