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Aug 28th, 2016 |
By Lynn Houghton
In the US state of Louisiana, Lynn follows the trail of Solomon Northup, the character made famous in the recent film, 12 Years a Slave.
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Tags: Alexandria -LA, Indian Creek, Kasatchie National Forest, Kent House Plantation, Louisiana, Marksville Courthouse, Solomon Northup Trail, William Ford’s Lumber Mill
May 8th, 2016 |
By Lynn Houghton
…and the lights go out a second time, but few are surprised. Lynn welcomes you to Uzbekistan.
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Tags: Afrasiab Fortress, Bukhara, Khiva, Saga Holidays, Samarkand, Silk Road, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, XVth Silk and Spices Festival
Feb 8th, 2016 |
By Lynn Houghton
Excellent food and retro trends are emerging from quite unlikely places in Los Angeles. Food trucks and ‘ma and pa’ eateries are taking the place by storm.
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Tags: California, food trucks, Grand Central Market, Los Angeles
Aug 6th, 2015 |
By Lynn Houghton
Named for a Queen and now the namesake of a Princess, Lynn finds that Charlotte is the rising star of North Carolina .
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Tags: Charlotte, Grandfather Mountain, Great Smoky Mountains National Park., Mint Museum, Nascar Hall of Fame, Norh Carolina
Mar 13th, 2015 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn takes a package holiday to Gambia and finds that outside the capital, Banjul, it is the environment that is the attraction.
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Tags: Baobolong Wetland Reserve, Chimpanzee Rehabilitation Centre, Gambia, Jinack Island, Matasuku Forest, Niumi National Park, River Gambia National Park, Wassu Stone Circles, Wide Open Walls
Oct 6th, 2014 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn visits Nantucket Island in the north eastern part of the USA, today a summer destination but perhaps still better known for it’s whaling heritage.
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Tags: Massachusetts, Nantucket
Jul 29th, 2014 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn finds that the King Richard III visitor centre reveals one of the greatest archaeological detective stories ever told and features the first ever genome sequencing of ancient DNA.
Posted in Travel news |
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Tags: King Richard III Visitor Centre
Mar 3rd, 2014 |
By Lynn Houghton
This is only the second winter that Reykjavik in Iceland has attracted tourists to their glacier covered, geo-thermal driven island. Lynn Houghton visits in February to see what the fuss is about
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Tags: Haukadalur Valley, Iceland, Icelandair, Laugarvatn Fontana, Pingvellir
Jan 12th, 2014 |
By Lynn Houghton
Sea Otters living along California’s Central Coast were, as recently as the 1930’s, believed to have been hunted to extinction. But a colony of about fifty were discovered in Big Sur and, from these animals, otters have made a remarkable comeback in California
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Tags: California, Monterey, sea-otters
Nov 18th, 2013 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn Houghton investigates Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula, the centre of the magnificent Mayan Culture, and the Tulum ruins which is the jewel in the crown of this area
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Tags: Mexico, Tulum, Yucatán
Nov 6th, 2013 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn Houghton visits medieval Leicester to get an update on the King Richard III saga and finds the battle over the king’s final resting place still rages.
Posted in Travel destinations, Travel news |
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Tags: Bosworth, Grey Friars church, Leicester, Nottingham Playhouse, Philippa Langley, Richard III, University of Leicester, York
Sep 29th, 2013 |
By Lynn Houghton
Most of us are used to the traditional seaside B&B. But as Lynn found out, they have changed dramatically and nowhere more so than in North America.
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Tags: B&B's
Aug 20th, 2013 |
By Lynn Houghton
Coal fields fashioned into tiny industrial cities and country stores annexed to tackle shops boasting a single petrol pump greet us as Lynn crosses the border into the American U.S state of West Virginia.
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Tags: Abingdon, Crooked Road Country, Virginia Creeper Trail, West Virginia, White Birches Inn
Jul 30th, 2013 |
By Lynn Houghton
Lynn Houghton takes the fast ferry to Guernsey to explore what can be seen on a day trip.
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Tags: Guernsey, Hauteville House, Little Chapel, Victor Hugo