Inspiring Travel Writing from James Henderson: Page 5 of 7
Articles by James Henderson: Page 5 of 7
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Do Your Wurst
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James Henderson
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Germany
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Berlin Region
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Berlin
Flying into Berlin, I began, worriedly, to think of a week’s worth of sausages and sauer krauts.“Do your Wurst!” I decided, chuckling to myself.And of course my admittedly ironic expectations were suitably pole-axed. In the week that I was there I...
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My Barbados
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James Henderson
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Barbados
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West Coast
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Holetown
When you consider how important an annual winter visit to the Caribbean is to some people, it comes as a surprise to realise that two centuries ago the West Indies was a hardship posting. Of course people didn’t go to beaches - they were malarial -...
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The Out Islands of the Bahamas
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James Henderson
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Bahamas
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North Islands
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Harbour Island
Over the years I’ve spent a fair bit of time on beaches. I think of it as work. And it’s a tough life of course, being a Caribbean beach correspondent: counting the grains of sand, testing the soporific quality of hammocks, strategically testing...
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Puerto Rico
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James Henderson
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Puerto Rico
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Puerto Rico Region
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Old San Juan
Each Caribbean island, however small, has its own distinct atmosphere. A Caribbean traveller could be dropped anywhere, unforewarned, and it would be obvious in an instant which one it was. Puerto Rico is Latin and Stateside American duality - on...
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Guadeloupe Revisited
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James Henderson
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Guadeloupe
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La Desirade Region
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La Desirade
So what is in a name? In the case of La Desirade, an island off Guadeloupe, the name reveals a story that overflows with longing and hope, desperation and romance. La Desirade was the point that French trans-Atlantic ships would aim for when they...
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Granada - a luxury weekend
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James Henderson
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Spain
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Andalucia (Granada)
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Granada
It is easy to see why the Moor sighed as he was forced to leave Granada. It is a city of magnificent views. In the startling southern Spanish light, the towers of the Alhambra shimmer against the backdrop of the Sierra Nevada and the whitewashed...
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Margaret River, Western Australia
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James Henderson
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Australia
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Western Australia
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Margaret River
Usually it’s France with which I associate the gastronomic steeplechase - that delirious, heavy-bellied trawl from restaurant to restaurant, where whole afternoons are spent chatting and over-eating, and where time and wine telescope you...
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Living Dangerously - The Marathon des Sables 2000
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James Henderson
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Morocco
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Southern Morocco
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Sahara
It’s part Petit Prince and part Bravo Two Zero, this one. On the one hand a dreamy excursion into one of the most exotic but desolate places in the world and on the other sheer brute physicality, the annual Marathon des Sables is seven days of...
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Jamaica for Real
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James Henderson
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Jamaica
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Kingston Region
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Trenchtown
There is something satisfyingly lyrical and laconic about the Jamaicans. It’s a combination of their undoubted style and economy with words.‘Everyting criss’, says a passer-by in the Blue Mountains. ‘Criss’ means ‘as crisp as a brand new banknote’,...
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Blue Mountains Coffee
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James Henderson
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Jamaica
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The Blue Mountains
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Blue Mountain Country
The Blue Mountains in Jamaica rise almost as steeply as stage curtain behind the city of Kingston. In just a short drive the uncomfortable humdrum and hustle of the capital evaporates, becoming just a tiny, distant roar. The Blue Mountains are a...
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