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Budapest.. A tale of 10 pubs!
Well… I’d like to say it was 10 but it wasn’t. Although much of it was a haze I’m pretty certain we managed to visit only 6 drinking establishments (not including bars in Ireland…). But let me start from the start.
Last weekend was the stag weekend of a friend of mine and it was decided [...]
Oktoberfest and Munich..
I havn’t been around for a while because of a number of reasons. Number 1 on this list was the trip to Munich last weekend for Oktoberfest. What a trip! 5 days, 9 lads, and acres of beer tents. I could lie and say I was very restrained and tasted the various beers and had [...]
Read MoreThe Great Irish Train Robbery
Contrary to popular belief, this is not something that happened in 1976. It is an ongoing phenomenon that Irish Rail users put up with every single day.
Commuters are a badly treated group of people, especially in the Dublin outer suburbs, because there is no alternative and they know it. Yes, you could drive into Dublin, [...]
First night… African Journey Pt. 3
I woke with a start. All I could hear was barking, all around. Dogs, moving around in the streets and roads and constantly barking. It took a long time for me to get back to sleep. I read later on that dogs are a huge problem in Nairobi, especially at night when they travel in [...]
Read MoreArriving in Kenya… African Journey Pt. 2
View part 1 here if you haven’t already…
The flight went well – I love flying, and its even more enjoyable with BA – and with the banter and a good book and some in flight entertainment, the nine hours seemed quite short… well as short as they could be. With the earlier delay I was heading [...]