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Month: May 2018

Day 5 – Boardroom dust-up heralds new editorial policy

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 31, 2018May 31, 2018
  • Uncategorized

The parent company of travelswithmyfamily.com has been hit by an apparent wave of ‘creative differences’ in the boardroom which is set to herald a change in editorial style with more photos. The lead female director […]

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Day 4 – the turtles bring the magic

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 30, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

Expectations are dangerous; they rarely serve a useful purpose. Or perhaps that should be high expectations are to be avoided, leading as they often do to disappointment. The key to a good life (and marriage […]

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Day 4 – somewhere very special – Fernando de Noronha

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 29, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

Last night we arrived at the kind of place where groups erupt in selfies… when they walk on the airport tarmac. The sort of destination that pulls honeymooners from the world over. A special ecosystem […]

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Day 3 – snapshot of the Brazilian economy in one minibus ride

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 29, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

We are not going to become experts in the local economy in a few days of lounging by a pool, not even if we studied for a lifetime in fact, yet the journey to the […]

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Day 3 – Oxfordshire man claims world first: cuts age by 10 years in 5 minutes

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 28, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

And not before time I hear you say

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Day 2 – …and relax as the wife makes a rare fashion blunder

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 27, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

Our friend Jacky warned me “Keep the blog posts short, the last thing we want to read is pages of your rubbish.” I trust her judgement…

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Day 1 arrived – tostada in the pousada

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 26, 2018June 23, 2018
  • Brazil

Happy safe and not making sense due to lack of sleep, we are in Porto de Galinhas in North East Brazil, an hour South of Recife, literally the Port of Chickens. More tomorrow when we […]

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T minus 0 – D Day arrives, author closes eyes

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 25, 2018May 25, 2018
  • Uncategorized

It is humid enough and we are only in Giraffe, saviour of the family airport brigade, arguing about what % of our burger we have to eat…

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T minus 1 day – is it safe to go to South Mexico?

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 24, 2018May 24, 2018
  • Uncategorized
Is it safe to travel in Mexico?

There’s nothing like reading about two overseas cyclists being murdered near one of the towns you are going to. 

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T minus 3 days – the fears before going on a family sabbatical

  • by dan313
  • Posted on May 22, 2018May 22, 2018
  • Getting ready to leave

A 3 month trip away is exciting. Very. Yet it would be odd if we had no apprehensions before uprooting our family and spending 24 hours a day with each other in overseas lands with […]

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