Author: The Explorer Outlook
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Comino Island: more than just the Blue Lagoon
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Anyone planning a trip to Malta will probably have seen photos of the Blue Lagoon on Comino Island: clean, vivid, turquoise water, veritably a mini tropical paradise. But Comino Island is more than just the Blue Lagoon, and I’m going to express the unpopular opinion that you might want to…
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Six things I wish I had known before travelling to Malta
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I travelled to Malta for a bit of winter sun, expecting to take a few boat trips, sip coffee in the sunshine and maybe visit a few churches. I was not expecting Malta to have such a complex history, or such a mixture of cultural influences. I wished I had…
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Two-week road trip from San Francisco to Seattle
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A road trip from San Francisco to Seattle is almost unmatched in quality. In two weeks on the road, this fast-paced but efficient itinerary has you hitting four national parks, a national forest and three major cities in three different states on the USA’s West Coast. I’ll start by saying…
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Southern California road trip: the places in between
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California is so much more than Los Angeles and San Francisco. Its smaller-town culture feels like being in a film. If you’re in LA and have a few days spare, hire a car and head out on a mini southern California road trip up the Pacific Coast Highway to these…
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Plastic waste in the USA: a Brit’s perspective
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There are many things I like about the USA. Its national park system is perhaps my absolute favourite thing. But the USA is also facing many problems right now, one of which is – along with the rest of the world – the climate crisis. And the USA’s contribution to…
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Taking a career break to travel
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I took a six-month career break to travel the world from September 2024 to March 2025. I visited 11 countries over four continents. I saw unbelievable landscapes and cities I’d always dreamed of. I had the time of my life. But why did I feel so guilty about it beforehand?…
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South West Coast Path: Exmouth to Seaton
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The 24-mile stretch from Exmouth to Seaton on the South West Coast Path is two days of walking. That means that you can do it in a weekend if you travel down to Devon on a Friday night and return on Sunday evening. The route from Exmouth to Seaton takes…
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South West Coast Path: Dartmouth to Exmouth
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The 36-mile stretch from Dartmouth to Exmouth on the South West Coast Path is three days of walking. It’s a varied route, taking you through National Trust land, past old castles, alongside a stretch of railway track and on several little ferries across various rivers. It’s not my intention to…
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South West Coast Path: Falmouth to Par
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The route from Falmouth to Par takes you along the stunning Roseland Peninsula. You’ll pass through a mixture of busy towns and sleepy villages. Long swathes of this section go through woodland or along narrow footpaths but there are also some lovely sections along clifftops, where the vast, flat sea…
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South West Coast Path: Mousehole to Falmouth
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The path from Mousehole to Falmouth takes you along the southernmost point of the UK, past the halfway point of the South West Coast Path and into one of the largest natural harbours in the world at Falmouth. The South West Coast Path day-by-day guide actually starts this section in…