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Rail Report: London to Edinburgh on the “Caledonian Sleeper” Overnight Train (06-07 June 2022)
Just a few weeks shy of seven years since my last overnight railway journey, I set off from London to Edinburgh on a night-time trip aboard one of the UK’s last remaining sleeper trains. Welcome aboard the Caledonian Sleeper.
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“Funnily enough, I don’t feel any smarter”: Day 2 of my UK adventure (6th June 2022)
A side trip to Oxford was the main activity of Day 2 – but sightseeing aside, this was an opportunity to meet with British relatives that I hadn’t seen in years. Since I was with company for much of the day, I didn’t explore the city (or its famous university) to the degree that I…
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“Tell the Queen I’ve come for tea”: Day 1 of my UK adventure (5th June 2022)
Before the pandemic began, I maintained a comfortable habit of visiting Japan and Korea on an annual basis…and venturing pretty much nowhere else. (Not even to other parts of the Philippines outside my home region.) Sure, the occasional family holiday would take me on detours beyond that well-trodden path, but as a solo traveller my…
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“Mum, I’m going out for my visa appointment”: The lead-up to my 2022 UK adventure
Step into my shoes for a moment. It’s early 2022. The pandemic’s been raging for the better part of two years, you’ve been imprisoned in your own backyard for all that time due to border closures, you’re bent over from work stress at a job that you loathe, all the news that you see on…
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Flight Report: DOH-LHR on Qatar Airways Flight QR 15 (04 June 2022)
I travel in Economy Class on most flights, but this was my first proper holiday since the start of the pandemic and an extra-special experience was warranted. Let’s see if an airline commonly ranked as one of the world’s best was able to deliver just such an experience on a seven-hour journey from Doha to…
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