Wandering/Wondering

Tag: Australia

  • Why do so many Welsh people go to Australia?

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    While walking past the reception in the hostel in Darwin, I heard the receptionist tell a group of young women, ‘We don’t get many Welsh people here’. Attention grabbed, I turned and asked, ‘You don’t?’. It turned out that several of the group were from Wales, including a girl from Pwllheli – Welsh-speaking Gog (Northener),…

  • Malaysia & Australia (and a little bit of Istanbul)

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    Day 1 It’s about midnight by the time I land at Istanbul Airport, but thankfully, the hotel I had booked is in the airport. All my needs and worries are met as I check in to my tiny – but sleek and modern – room, get a bag of toiletries handed to me by the…