Written by Sally Moir (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) ‘Have I arrived at my final destination? The Old People’s Home?’ was my first thought when we arrived aboard a Hurtigruten ship called the Finnmarken. It is a part cargo, part passenger boat that delivers and collects both goods and people at […]
Written by Julia Thorley (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) ‘When were you last in Llandudno?’ the hotel receptionist asked. ‘Probably in the sixties,’ we replied, ‘though we didn’t know each other then, of course. We visited as children with our respective families.’ ‘Well, you’ll find nothing’s changed.’ This wasn’t said […]
Written by Chris Grogan (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) I gave my sister-in-law a book for her 65th birthday and she promptly burst into tears. Not damp-eyed sniffles of gratitude but proper waterworks. Tears of fear, because the book was the guide to the Dales Way, an 80 mile walk across the […]
Written by Elizabeth Gowing (A Runner-up entry in the Travel for Seniors Writing Competition.) ‘Mashalla, mashalla’, smiled the taxi driver when he heard Doug’s age. He touched the bridge of his nose in the gesture of protection which accompanies the Islamic phrase said to ward off the evil eye. Doug was 95 and had come to […]
Machu Picchu had long been top of my bucket list, but as a senior traveller I was concerned about the its high altitude (8,000 ft) and the even higher altitude of Cusco (11,000 ft), the transit city for visiting Machu Picchu. I was not too troubled by the thought of a bit of altitude sickness, but I’d read that the […]
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Round the World in 40 Days: Stage 10 – Lima and Miraflores, Peru
Our primary reason for travelling to Peru was to visit Cusco and Machu Picchu, but whilst in the country, it made sense to check out the capital, Lima. I must admit I knew very little about the city other than it is on the Pacific coast and that it has an upmarket, beachside district called Miraflores. As […]