Trawling the internet, as I do, just led me to a Wikipedia page about fictional countries. It's a list of names that writers have invented along with an entire nation and culture, all in the name of fiction (be it books, movies, TV series or whatever). It's a long list of delicious-sounding country …
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To the ocean on foot: 27 minutes
Now I know why I'm living in Perth. After lots of rainy, cool days (and unfortunately more to come), today had a surprise temperature creep into the mid-20s accompanied by a tonne of sunshine. When I arrived home from work, I decided to enjoy the weather with a short walk - the first time I've done …
Bradt’s “Before you die” contribution
Usually I'm what you could only call a major anti-fan of the "must see before you die" kind of lists. Partly because they've been spreading like wildfire in the past few years so the whole "before you die" concept has become such a cliche, and partly because a book like "100 national parks to see …