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Eating well in Andalucia

Sarah — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:26:54 +0000

Our new Foodie holiday in Andalucia starts in the pretty village of Alajar in the Sierra de Aracena. The village has a population of less than 500 but incredibly there is of choice of has seven restaurants within the village. Lucy & Angel, the owners of the hotel where you stay in the village, will [...]

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Walking to Machu Picchu

Sarah — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 12:13:40 +0000

Looking out over the Vilcabamba mountains A client called in recently to say she was getting in a bit of a flap about the prospect of hiking up to 4,600m on the lodge to lodge walking holiday to Machu Picchu. I completely understood as I had got myself in a similar flap a few months [...]

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Andalucia walking holiday sustainable hotels

Sarah — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 21:50:53 +0000

We are very excited about our new walking holiday in Andalucia. It’s a sort of laid back inn to inn with great food. You only move on every other day so the pace is slow and lets you really get the most from the great places you stay. The accommodation offered on this holiday is all [...]

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Walking Holidays in Andalucia

Sarah — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 14:48:59 +0000

I have been to Andalucia many times - over the last 10 years I have probably taken a holiday there 8 times. People often ask me why I always choose to go there as I don’t feel Spain, particularly southern Spain, has quite managed to shrug off its sun and sangria image. Of course there [...]

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The Drake Passage to Antarctica

Sarah — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:20:47 +0000

To get to Antarctica by boat, you have to cross some of the roughest seas in the world and that’s the way it should be. On September 6th 1577 Sir Francis Drake had just cleared the Strait of Magellan on his second circumnavigation of the globe. He was blown south of Cape Horn by a [...]

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Walking in Peru, the story of Mountain Lodges of Peru, part 4

Sarah — Sat, 10 Jul 2010 10:14:50 +0000

The Lodges There are four lodges built along the trek and it took over 10,000 mule journeys to complete them. The first lodge has 12 room and the others just 6. Each one was designed by a local architect using local stone, wood and straw in the traditional adobe Inca style. Construction was supervised and [...]

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Walking in Peru, the story of Mountain Lodges of Peru, part 3

Sarah — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 10:06:29 +0000

The community Aside from those working directly for the lodges, the company also supports the wider community and you are welcome to visit these projects if you have an interest. In the village of Mollepata the company founded Yanapana Peru – a social project to help create sustainable sources of income for the locals. It [...]

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Walking in Peru, the story of Mountain Lodges of Peru, part 2

Sarah — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 10:48:29 +0000

Before the lodges were built hardly anyone in the community had regular income. The owners invited everyone from the communities they operate in to attend an open day. They interviewed everyone that came and those who wanted to work and showed the willingness to learn were offered work. Very few of the their new recruits [...]

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Walking in Peru, the story of Mountain Lodges of Peru, part 1

Sarah — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 10:37:31 +0000

When someone decides to build a couple of lodges in the middle of remote, stunning mountain scenery near Machu Picchu then alarm bells will clearly ring for those of us who care about protecting these places. Surely it would destroy the feeling of remoteness that makes the mountains so special. Then there are environmental considerations [...]

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The story of Shackleton in Antarctica

Sarah — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:32:06 +0000

The Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration is a term used to describe a 25-year period from late 1900’s to the mid 1920’s. Antarctica was the focus of virtually every expedition launched in this period. A bit like the Space Race in the 1950s and 60s. The label ‘Heroic’ was bestowed on these explorers many years [...]

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