Inspiring Travel Writing from Maxine Jones: Page 2 of 4
Articles by Maxine Jones: Page 2 of 4
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Skiing in Chamonix
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Maxine Jones
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France
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French Alps
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Chamonix
I don’t like the cold and, having passed the half century mark, fear broken bones, but the offer is tempting. Someone has backed out of a short skiing holiday in the French Alps and I’ve been asked to take their place. ‘You don’t have to ski,’ I’m...
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All of Cork's a Stage
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Maxine Jones
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Ireland
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Southwest (Kerry & Cork)
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Cork
There can be few better places for a Sunday morning lie-in than Hayfield Manor, Cork, birds chirping outside and the smell of toast and coffee in the air. Into this idyll weave strange images. Devils screeching, falling out of the sky and trying to...
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Madeira
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Maxine Jones
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Portugal
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Madeira Region
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Funchal
It was a split second decision. I handed over 15 euro and was ushered towards a whicker toboggan by two men in straw boaters, one considerably older than the other and rather overweight. I sat on the cushions and looked in vain for some sort of...
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Rocky Road to Banjul
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Maxine Jones
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The Gambia
I chat to a young couple from Sheffield who’ve travelled and slept in their 2cv for six weeks. Our passports and car documents are being painstakingly processed. There is no cafe, no toilet. People disappear periodically behind a dilapidated...
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The Isle of Man
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Maxine Jones
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United Kingdom
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Isle of Man
It’s like being in a parallel universe; a small island midway between Ireland and England that belongs to neither, the Isle of Man mints its own currency, is not part of the EU and still allows smoking in public places. The parliament here is...
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South Africa
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Maxine Jones
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South Africa
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Gauteng
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Johannesburg
After the first three hours of the 11-hour flight I was in virgin territory. Familiar with Europe and North Africa, I had now entered a vast and vastly different game park. Below passed the dark, mysterious reaches of Niger, Chad, Congo, Zambia. In...
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Beau-Rivage Palace Spa
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Maxine Jones
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Switzerland
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Vaud
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Lausanne
When the doorbell rings I’m looking over Lake Geneva to the French Alps. I turn back into the room, taking in the tapestries on the wall, chandelier, marble fireplace and polished antique table bearing champagne, fresh flowers and chocolates. <...
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Holistic Holiday
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Maxine Jones
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Greece
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Aegean Islands
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Skyros
It's hard to talk about Atsitsa without putting people off. Phrases like 'finding yourself', 'releasing your full potential', 'letting go' bubble irritatingly to the surface. 'Anything is possible and I am open to it. Repeat,' says Sharon the Texan...
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Oporto and the Minho
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Maxine Jones
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Portugal
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Northern Portugal
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Porto
The day before beginning a tour of the Minho region in northern Portugal, I was logged onto the Internet looking for hospitals near the remote pousada on the Spanish border where my seven-year-old son and I would be spending our third night. For on...
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Looking for Milan
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Maxine Jones
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Italy
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Lombardy
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Milan
It's hard to get an insight into Milan, because noone will admit to coming from there. The well-dressed people scurrying to business appointments clutching sleek mobile phones are all from out of town. “You can't live in Milan,” I am told again and...
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