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Tivoli, La Caleta, (Adeje), Tenerife – Fabulous hotel for a winter break

ContinentfiftyfourandcountingNovember 18, 2025

My wife and I were in need of a break. My criteria was peace and quiet, quality rooms with a great bed and shower. I wanted comfy sun loungers that I din’t need to fight for and high standards all round. We opted for Tivoli, La Caleta. It’s located next door to the H10 and…

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AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingJuly 8, 2025

Porto, Portugal – Where Port, good food and wine can be found in abundance

My wife and I, together with friends, planned a short break to Porto, found on the Douro River which runs from…

AfricafiftyfourandcountingMarch 2, 2025

Who and What inspired us for our next adventure when we visited “Destinations”, The Manchester Travel Show in January 2024.

We enjoy travelling to parts of the world that show us beautiful scenery, other cultures, and general ways of life. We…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 21, 2024

Lisbon, Portugal – A vibrant cultural city of architecture and graffiti

Getting to Manchester Airport for our Ryanair flight to Lisbon required a very early start. I had booked (I thought) a…

CarsfiftyfourandcountingSeptember 26, 2023

Funchal, Madeira – Unspoilt, Green and Full of Character

This month, we left on time from Manchester International Airport on an EasyJet flight to Funchal, to the island of Madeira.…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingMarch 21, 2022

British Airways flight to Costa Rica – A comfortable journey to Central America

I had heard about British Airways problems with apps leading up to our recent trip. There were stories of their website…

CountriesfiftyfourandcountingOctober 9, 2020

Sanity, Abnormality and an Escape from Reality – Porto Sani, Halkidiki, Greece

2020 will be remembered for the COVID-19 pandemic. A time in humanities history when the planet was hit by a deadly…

AmsterdamfiftyfourandcountingMarch 23, 2020

I amsterdam city card – Amazingly convenient and great value!

We planned a four day leisure weekend in Amsterdam in part because we’d not been to the Netherlands and because a…

EasyJetfiftyfourandcountingFebruary 28, 2020

EasyJet – if only the PA system worked!

So we passed through a very thorough and busy security and boarded a clearly packed flight to Amsterdam. Then the first…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingMay 25, 2018

Sani Resort, Halkidiki, Greece – Where 5 Stars exceed your expectations

I’ve travelled to many places in my lifetime and confess often to feeling slightly underwhelmed. Generally the staff look harassed and…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingAugust 18, 2017

British Airways, London to Vienna on a voucher and points!

My daughter recommended I take out a British Airways Amex card …. however I gave up trying to reach the two…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingApril 14, 2017

What would it take for you to give up your seat if asked to leave a plane because they overbooked?

United Airlines could not have handled the debacle of removing a passenger that was picked at random with more carelessness in…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingDecember 1, 2016

First impression of Hong Kong ..

Arriving in Hong Kong for the first time if you’ve not been here before is frankly like something from a futuristic…

CambodiafiftyfourandcountingNovember 28, 2016

It’s so easy to get into Cambodia … once you know how!

During a one hour flight from Ho Chi Minh city to Siem Reap in Cambodia, you are presented with customs and…

AirlinesfiftyfourandcountingNovember 22, 2016

Vietnam Airlines – safety first!

We were given great seats on our 1 hour flight VN 185 from Hanoi to Dnang (airport for Hoi An). They…