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Traveller Hangouts: Dahab, Egypt

Posted by The Working Traveller on March 24th, 2011

While not ready to sell out completely and forget its hippy roots, Dahab is growing up fast. If the town were a person he would be thinking about cutting his hair and getting his first job in an effort to impress the hotel heiress that’s been making googoo eyes at him.

Things to do
Dahab is a major dive centre and there are several popular spots in and around the town. Snorkelling often requires no more preparation than hiring a mask and some flippers and walking into the sea from the beach. Horse riding, quad biking and jeep safaris into the desert and climbing Mount Sinai are popular day trips.

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Tags: dahab, diving, sinai. egypt, snorkeling

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Traveller Hangouts: Copacabana, Bolivia

Posted by The Working Traveller on December 12th, 2010

A small town sat looking over Lake Titicaca, Copacabana isn’t just a pleasant place in its self but the gateway to the mystical islands on the lake. This isn’t the Copacabana where Lola, the showgirl, ran amok with a pistol.

Facilities
Basic and cheap accommodation is easy to find but it can be worth treating yourself to something more upmarket with a great view of the lake for a few dollars more. The town is well stocked with i-net places, bars and restaurants with cheap, filling set menus.

Getting around
Have a word with Shanks about a pony.

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Tags: bolivia, copacabana, lake titicaca

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Traveller Hangouts: Corfu Town, Greece

Posted by The Working Traveller on November 26th, 2010

An attractive town, the capital of the island is a mixture of Venetian colonial architecture with English and French influences.

Facilities
The airport and port are both walkable from most places in town. There isn’t a beach but swimming is possible at the lighthouse and from numerous little rocky outlets.

Getting around
The town is walkable and there are plenty of taxis available. A tourist ‘train’ is also laid on if you want to be pointed at.

Things to do
Shopping, eating, drinking and strolling around. People watching at the Liston, a swanky arcaded bar built during the French occupation, is popular both with foreigners and locals.

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Tags: corfu, greece

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Traveller Hangouts: Bukit Lewang, Sumatra, Indonesia

Posted by The Working Traveller on June 19th, 2010

Surrounded by jungle and wedged between a river and a mountain, this one chicken town looks like it goes to bed at 8pm. You couldn’t be more wrong.

Urangutan, Bukit Lewang, Sumatra, Indonesia Facilities
Very basic. If your room doesn’t come with a free cockroach, please ask at reception. Most hostels have a restaurant.

Getting around
With only one track running the length of the place, walking is the only way to get around other than flinging yourself into the river (if you’re heading downstream).

Things to do
Tubing (flinging yourself into the river on a fat inner tube), and trekking to see urangutans.

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Tags: bukit lewang, indonesia, sumatra

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Traveller Hangouts: Cusco, Peru

Posted by The Working Traveller on May 15th, 2010

A reasonably large city, the centre of the former Inca capital is a compact mix of attractive Spanish architecture and sturdy Inca walls. Mountains enclose the city.

Steep Streets, Cusco

Facilities
Reasonable rooms and rates are plentiful. The city has lots of internet cafes, restaurants, bars and clubs – some with a good mix of Peruvians and travellers.

I’m craving chocolate cake, ice cream and, after so long on the road, would love a traditional British sunday lunch. Any chance of that?
No problemo.

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Tags: cusco, peru

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