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Following on from last week’s post about her recent adventures in Romania, Kathryn Bullock describes the second part of her recent trip and shares with us some of the highlights of the visit. After reading Kathryn’s account you might agree that Romania is worthy of a closer look.   Gura Raului near Sibiu We were [...]

In this week’s guest post Kathryn Bullock describes her recent experience of spending Easter in the lesser known parts of Romania. In fact I suspect all of Romania is unknown to the majority of travellers. After reading Kathryn’s account you might agree that it’s worthy of a closer look. The 12 day break between Good [...]

You may remember a while back 501 Places featured an excellent guide to learning languages with a host of unorthodox but highly effective tips. James Willcox is back with a second post, this time on the subject of the famous Silk Road. He explores whether the route has managed to retain its sense of mystery and adventure despite [...]

The latest guest post on 501 Places is a moving story by Jerry Kubica recalling his travels in a remote part of Kazakhstan as part of his work for the charity Our Roots Trust. He set up the charity to help those families who were uprooted from their Polish homeland by the two world wars [...]

Following on from last week’s post about trekking and reaching Annapurna Base Camp (ABC), Kathryn Bullock returns to share with us the key highlights and add her reflections on some of the “uncool” sides of trekking. Having reached ABC we opted to trek back down for lunch and continue down to Himalaya camp. The prospect [...]

This week’s guest post is the first of two from Kathryn Bullock, following her return from a recent trek in Nepal. Her first trip to Nepal was featured on 501 Places last year and was well received. The latest adventures are well worth reading. For anyone planning to do some trekking in Nepal, Annapurna Base Camp [...]

In this week’s guest post travel writer and journalist Andrea Wren describes a visit to Soweto. She shares with us her experience of taking a township tour and offers tip on those planning to make a similar visit. Looking into a corrugated iron shack the size of a camper van, it was hard to believe [...]

The latest guest post on 501 Places is written by Kathryn Bullock, a travel industry entrepreneur who recently returned from a trip to Colombia. Kathryn shares with us the highlights of her 5 week trip and reveals to us why Colombia deserves its growing reputation as a place that greets its visitors with the warmest [...]

This week’s guest post comes from Ben Colclough, a founder of Tourdust and in recent weeks a contributor to the illustrious Huffington Post. As the title suggests, the subject in question has been covered several times already on other blogs, usually from the perspective of the blogger. It is refreshing therefore to read Ben’s insights [...]

This week’s guest post is a real treat. Intrepid traveller and founder of adventure travel company Untamed Borders James Willcox provides us with valuable advice on how to communicate with the locals on our travels. His 7 easy to follow tips will guarantee that you will make an impact on arrival. While his language skills [...]