It may seem rather strange to write a new travel blog entry discussing the elevators of an underground metro system, but a year on from my three-night stopover in Lisbon and shoddy lifts remain my prevailing memory. (Pictures at the end of the post). It began with a passing comment, as I neared the top …
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Has the need for inclusiveness ever been so great? In a world where xenophobic rhetoric divides us, lets shine a light on all things positive – focusing in this instance, on accessibility, disability awareness, and disability hate crimes.
Seeing as it’s been quite some time since my last blog post, I thought I’d ease myself back into it by writing a piece on some of the less-advantageous aspects of travelling the world with a wheelchair. Truth be told, aside from flitting back and forth to the Netherlands for exams/dissertation business, I’ve not really …
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When journeying into mainland Europe I often opt to take my car with me; mainly for the overall freedom it provides me whilst I’m over there – and so I tend to take the DFDS Ferry from Britain onto the contintent. Travelling with the car means I don’t have to figure out the logistics of …
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Disclaimer: all of the amazing photographs that you see in this blog were taken my travel buddy Kathryn Cooper – click on her name to visit her website. Thanks once again Kathryn! Romania far outweighed all of my expectations, from fascinating Gypsy villages and rolling hills and mountainous resorts, to spellbinding architecture and streets steeped …
Read more “An Epic Accessible Tour of Romania – Days 1 & 2.”
I’d like to take a moment to commend the folks at Sydney Trains (www.sydneytrains.info) for the impeccable service they provided me. Whilst staying in Sydney, my friend and I were living with a Vietnamese couple out in Carramar – which is around an hours commute from Sydney City Centre. On one particular day when visiting Manly …