Sevilla is a very, very, very hot place, this is possibly the reason why everyone goes out late in the evening and stays out until early in the morning. Its just too hot to go out any other time!!! At present it is spring and yesterdays temperatures were in the high 30s at four o'clock in the afternoon. Did a lot of walking around in the heat, following the small winding alleys through the streets past the alfresco tapas bars and cobbled streets. It certainly...

Once in a while the travel gods smile and a destination all comes together. This was Lagos for me. The Hostel (the Cold Coast Hostel) was great, new and spacious run but some very passionate people and the people staying there were also great. I had originally planned to stay only two nights in the seaside town of Lagos but as it evolved I ended up staying four. On three of those four nights I ended going out until near dawn which I have since found out is pretty...

<!-- @page { size: 8.5in 11in; margin: 0.79in } P { margin-bottom: 0.08in } --> Yesterday was spent seeking the sights of Lisbon and Belem (shrines to the great Portugese Navigators). The weather was great and the sites were pretty impressive too, especially the history of the Portugese Navigators as this kind of thing has always interested me (Magellan not withstanding). Today I acted on a tip I received at the hostel on my first night here to tak...

I flew across the Atlantic last night arriving in a cloudy (suprise, suprise) Dublin early in the morning. Walking through the familiar halls of Dublin's poorly organised airport I realised that today I had completed a first. Reaching Dublin from New York marks the first time I have ever crossed the Atlantic Ocean, thus the first time I've circumnavigated the world (albiet with a few years in between trips)!!!! I think this is cool even if no one else does. ...