Author Archives: Richard Griffith

About Richard Griffith

My first independent travel experience was a trip to Israel, in 1997, it was here that I caught the 'travel' bug! In 2001 I took an 8-month sabbatical and traveled around South East Asia. Since then I have managed to visit most of Eastern Europe along with India, Bangladesh, and a few other destinations in between. I love travel and I love meeting new people.

This must be heaven!

Posted on 11/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

Travelling with three Dutch girls and a young lady from the Basque Country in Spain – I truly must have died and gone to heaven! From the sprawling city of La Paz I took an extremely comfortable night bus to … Continue reading →

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Bienvenidos a Sudameríca (la segunda parte).

Posted on 10/12/2014 by Richard Griffith

This is how my guidebook describes my first country in the second part of my travels through South America: “Rough around the edges, superlative in its natural beauty, rugged, vexing, complex and slightly nerve-racking.” I couldn’t agree more! It took … Continue reading →

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Happy Diwali.

Posted on 24/10/2014 by Richard Griffith

Diwali also known as Deepavali and the “festival of lights”, is an ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year. The festival spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness, knowledge over ignorance, good over evil, and hope over despair. … Continue reading →

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“Ice Cold in Alex”.

Posted on 15/10/2014 by Richard Griffith

The opening paragraph on the front of the shiny flier, which sits neatly on top of the bedside cabinet in my hotel room, reads as follows: “Set apart from the hustle and bustle of the city, and situated in the … Continue reading →

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Bombay Nights (and days).

Posted on 12/10/2014 by Richard Griffith

Mumbai – October 12th – 37 deg C. I decided to take today off, well it is Sunday after all, and since I arrived here I have done nothing but focus on work. I am staying in the Fort area … Continue reading →

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Norfolk Coastal Path, 46 miles – Hunstanton to Cromer.

Posted on 12/10/2014 by Richard Griffith

Friday 26th September to Monday 29th September: Why is walking in wild and solitary places so satisfying? Partly it is the sheer physical pleasure: sometimes pitting one’s strength against the elements, sometimes relaxing on the springy turf or sand. The … Continue reading →

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Grimes Graves.

Posted on 13/09/2014 by Richard Griffith

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk Grime’s Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex near Brandon in England close to the border between Norfolk and Suffolk. It was worked between circa 3000 BC and circa 1900 BC, although production may have continued well into … Continue reading →

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Peddars Way, 46 miles – Knettishall to Holme-next-the-sea.

Posted on 05/09/2014 by Richard Griffith

In that country of luminous landscapes and wide horizons where the wind runs in the reeds and the slow rivers flow to our cold sea, a man may still sense and live something of the older England which was uninhabited, … Continue reading →

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The closing chapter.

Posted on 01/05/2014 by Richard Griffith

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbour…Explore. Dream. Discover.” – Mark Twain. If you … Continue reading →

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White Gold.

Posted on 29/04/2014 by Richard Griffith

The cocaine mafia started in a small way in the early 1970s but, within a short time, the drug trade developed into a powerful industry with its own plantations, laboratories, transportation services and protection. The boom years began in the … Continue reading →

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