Posts by Chris Bladon

Cloudwatching in Patagonia

With it's big open skies and powerful winds, sometimes there's just as much beauty up above your head as there is at ground level in Patagonia...

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Birdwatching at Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu = the world's most famous archaeological site, right? Of course. But it's also surrounded by beautiful and bird-rich cloud forest...

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Taking flight: a rewilding success story on our doorstep

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Encalves II: Crossing borders (this time, it's international)

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Andalucía under a winter sun

The sun shone down on southern Spain, from the ancient olive groves of the Sierras Subbéticas to the thick chestnut forests of Aracena...

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Spain's other islands: a virtual journey around its enclaves

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Here, not there: coaxing my mind out of the mountains

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Travelled with Pura Aventura? Tell us a story!

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Life before Google; an ill-advised winter voyage to Bilbao

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What can happen when we get tourism right

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Travel Positive: why working directly with local partners makes for better holidays

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60 years later, the story of the Antarctic treaty in 500 words

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