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WHERE I'VE TRAVELLED
South Africa - Zambia
Find the best places to travel in South Africa and Zambia with travel stories and travel tips: from the ultimate South Africa road trip itinerary to near-death experiences white rafting the mighty Zambezi and Victoria Falls.
Find the best places to travel in the USA, Central America and South America with travel stories and travel tips: from an unsavoury experience of the salt flats in Bolivia to taking an internship abroad in the capital of Honduras.

WHERE I'VE TRAVELLED
Brazil - Bolivia - Chile - Costa Rica - Honduras - Peru - The Caribbean - USA

WHERE I'VE TRAVELLED
China - India - Japan - Mongolia - Thailand
Find the best places to travel in Asia with travel stories and travel tips from Bangkok to Beijing, from Ulanbataar to Goa.
Find the best places to travel in Australia and New Zealand with travel stories and travel tips: from the best New Zealand road trip itinerary to a tale of a night spent camping out in the Australian bush.

WHERE I'VE TRAVELLED
Australia - New Zealand
A weekend in Languishing Lisbon
Lisbon was – I’m devastated to say – a huge disappointment. I’d always thought Portugal would be similar to her Mediterranean neighbours… you know, cosy little stone-paved alleyways leading to family-owned cafes and bodegas, a beautiful coastline and rolling countryside littered with abundant vineyards and olive groves. Taking a road trip from Porto through Duoro all the way down to Albufeira and then back up, visiting Lisbon on the way, however, was quite the antithesis of my Mediterranean dream. Amongst the beauty of the coastline and the rolling hills, a lot of Portugal seemed to be just completely dilapidated. Every town or city – no matter how large or small – displayed more than their fair share of complete dilapidation. From whole buildings on the brink of collapse to tiny, deserted old shop fronts to mountains of crumbling, decorative tiles. It was sad to see. Lisbon was a great city to wander around for a day or so, and we visited THE BEST RESTAURANT EVER (Clube de Jornalistas – go there if you ever get a chance!). But would I recommend it…? Probably not. Sorry, Portugal! Photo, as ever, by Charl van Rooy #Architecture #Disappointment #Dilapidation #Capital #RoadTrip #CityBreak #Photography #Europe #Mediterannean #Lisbon #Travel #Portugal
