Category: Travel
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Safari on the Lower Zambezi
I’ve never been on a safari, so going to the Lower Zambezi was a real adventure. Potato Bush camp was a great base to tour from and an excellent guide made sure that we saw lots of animals and birds. All in all, a great first experience of safari.
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Electric Storm Knocks Out e-Tron Charger
Our Audi e-tron was running well after its trip from Ireland to the South of France until a power surge caused by a nearby lightening strike upset our day-to-day routine by knocking out the car’s charger. Audi helped get us back on the road, but we learned a big lesson.
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Walking the Gettysburg Battlefield
A brief trip to America allowed me to visit the Gettysburg battlefield and walk part of the ground fought over by Union and Confederate troops in July 1863.
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Driving to the South of France with an Audi e-tron
Driving long distances with a full electric vehicle takes more preparation than it does when driving a petrol or diesel car. Here’s what happened on a trip from Dublin to the South of France via the U.K,.
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Visiting Skellig Michael
Skellig Michael is a small island off the coast of Kerry in Ireland. The monastic settlement on the island has been a world heritage site since 1996. It’s easy to see why.
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Galapagos Photo Experiences
We recently visited the Galapagos islands. This blog post is a collection of photos from the trip, where I proved to fail to get anywhere close to capturing the Big 15 of Galapagos species.
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Podcasts and Flights at Ignite 2017
Ignite Wind-down After a busy week in Orlando, I am in full wind-down mode and recovering from the Ignite 2017 conference. The event itself was excellent, but there were many complaints about how far attendees had to walk between the West and South halls of the Orange County Conference Center.…
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Heading to IT/DEV Connections in Las Vegas
The annual IT/DEV Connections conference takes place in the ARIA Hotel, Las Vegas next week. After the rush-and-bustle and massive scale of the Microsoft Ignite conference, Connections will be very different. Relaxed. Time to think. Time to chat. Time to ponder. At least, that’s the theory. Last-minute speaker snafus aside,…
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Taking a NYC helicopter tour
As some of you might know, I’m not really into tourist-style activities. Sure, I do stuff as the need arises (or the mood takes me), but most of the time I avoid activities specifically designed to relieve tourists of their money. On the other hand, the prospect of flying in…
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Visiting Utah Beach
In June, I wrote about a quick visit to Omaha Beach and the WN62 strongpoint. Normandy has five D-Day beaches and I visited Utah Beach, the second landing point for U.S. forces, the following day. It’s just taken me a while to get around to writing about the visit! The…
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