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Don’t bring Wigan with you! – Part One

“Do not base a decision to relocate to the Dominican Republic on a two-week holiday at an all-inclusive resort here. Real life is very different. Well, of course, it must be, silly woman, what sort of advice is this? I can hear the seeds of scepticism slowly bursting into bud in your cerebral cortex. But… it happens!” Author Ginnie Bedggood, a long-term resident of the DR, warns prospective migrants to take off their rose-tinted specs before committing themselves.

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Easter Island: a hiking guide

“Ask me which Pacific island has the most to offer hikers and I’ll probably answer Easter Island. Here, on an island 11km (seven miles) wide and 23km (14 miles) long, you’ll find nearly a thousand ancient Polynesian statues strewn along a powerfully beautiful coastline or littering the slopes of an extinct volcano.” David Stanley pulls on his boots and straps on his daypack…

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Christmas around the world – Canada

“As a child I didn’t give it much thought…do children ever? I assumed that Christmas was just the way we celebrated it. Going to Midnight Mass on Christmas Eve, then returning to a late dinner of tourtière and eggnog seemed the perfect way to relax and fall asleep. I would have dreamt of sugar-plums, had I any idea what they were.” Nora reminisces about childhood Christmases in Canada!