by Jana Jackson We arrived in Cuba on July 26th and took a taxi straight into Habana Vieja (Old Havana). Along the way I noticed a flag hanging alongside the Cuban flag that was…
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Words by Caitlin Ahern. Photos by Sophia Mullin. You wake up in the seat of your bus, accidentally spooning with the passenger riding next to you, as the country’s roads have rocked you both…
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Africa Asia Cuba Europe Favourites India North America ROAM Loves Spain UK VietnamROAM Loves… March 2017
Apologies ROAMers for the slight delay here. It is indeed almost the middle of April, but spring appears to have sprung over the English North and we’ve been taking full advantage of it. In…
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by Heather Shevlin Look up to deep, endless sky. Look down for flowers and cacti struggling through harsh cracks in the dusty, caked dirt. Look out at towering plateaus of red rock, jutting defiantly…
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I don’t know about you, but for the team at ROAM January is a time that plans for the year’s trips start to form. Now they are just a seed planted somewhere not too…
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By Sophie Ruigrok People travel to Cuba today in search of times gone by. Its allure lies in its crumbling architecture, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang cars and slow, hazy pace of life. Perhaps that’s…
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Asia Europe Features India Nepal North America Portugal ROAM Loves USA VietnamROAM Loves… October 2016
Summer has well and truly left us in England. What’s replaced it are crisp Autumn days, falling leaves and an abundance of colour. It is the first time in a while that I remember…
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Somehow summer has come to an end. The 22nd September saw the official arrival of Autumn in the UK; soon the leaves will start changing colour, the days will get shorter and darker, and…
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by Stefan Hoening Cuba, a country so well known for its cliches, offers a lot more than you’d expect. Viñales; a valley of rusty brown landscapes, relaxed natives, tobacco and rum. The smell of…
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It was precisely fifteen and a half days before my 23rd birthday when I eventually passed my driving test. I actually started learning to drive when I was 17, then I had run away…
