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  • Morocco airport

    Travelling Morocco

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    I travelled to Morocco with a friend from college, Rachel, for two weeks. We arranged it through a company and it was made up of around 14 people of all ages, from the UK and Australia.

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  • Vietnam boats cooking

    Streetwise in Vietnam

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    At the age of 32 I kinda thought I was really streetwise and at ‘one’ with surroundings! I have lived in various cities around the world and have learnt how to conduct myself as a adult – or so I thought!

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  • More busy streets in Vietnam

    Accident in Vietnam

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    The Financial Services Ombudsman has found Boots’ travel insurance, provider, AIG/Chartis, guilty of unreasonably using small print to avoid a claim and ordered them to pay in full.

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  • Thumbs up on road

    I was kidnapped

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    More than three years have passed since this unfortunate event. Luckily, nothing tragic then happened to me. I was neither raped nor stabbed, sequestrated nor assaulted; I was only threatened.

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  • Terrifying Ordeal

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    The trip to Nepal was something we’d been planning for nearly a year. Myself and three friends had booked a ten day trek around the Annapurnas in the Himalayas, followed by five weeks in India.

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  • Comedian on a gap year

    A Gap Year with Gap Yah?

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    Last year comedian Matt Lacey’s alter ego, the ridiculously annoying but hilariously funny ‘Orlando’, became an Internet sensation.

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  • Two men playing guitars

    The Acoustic River Sessions

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    The second Twitchy Feet Club fundraising music event was on board York Boat’s ‘Captain James Cook’ on Sunday 2nd February, 2014.

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  • Band playing at concert

    The Twitchy Feet Club

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    The Twitchy Feet Club is a new fundraising music event held at The Duchess in York.

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  • Girl skydiving

    Rebekka’s Story

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    Rebekka was a 23 year old girl full of life who went backpacking for the first time in 2001. She travelled and worked for 8 months but unfortunately her time was cut short.

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  • Rhinos on safari

    Walking Safari in Pilanesberg National Park

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    Walking safaris are a great way to see wildlife in Africa. It adds an extra dimension to your safari experience especially when you are exploring a Big Five national park such as Pilanesberg in South Africa.

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