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Tunisia - Part 1

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  Tunisia 2025 Day 1 - 24/01/25 The day started at 0100 in Hull with an overnight drive to Manchester Airport. The forecast suggested the strongest storm in years hitting the west so was the trip already a non starter before it had begun? Thankfully by 0600 we were in the air and on our way to Enfidha, Tunisia. Touching down ahead of schedule everything was going smoothly till it was time to get the hire car. Someone should have been waiting. They weren't. A few WhatsApp messages later we were told it would be about an hour as the car was being brought from Sousse. The first plan of getting a photo near the airport was out the window so instead a journey to El Jem to see the largest Roman colosseum in North Africa. Certainly a good way to kill some time before the possible train. El Jem Colosseum, quite a lot of it is still intact. At £3 per entry you certainly get your moneys worth by climbing all over the colosseum After the "tourism" was out of the way it was back to t...
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Ukraine - A Journey to Dnipro - June 2024

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  A Journey to Dnipro   09-10/06/2024 CHS7-134 on the outskirts of Dnipro, this type of loco would haul our train twice Setting off at 2200 from Hull, UK it was the start of a monumental journey that would no doubt be quite memorable. The first stage was quite unremarkable; drive down to London Stanstead Airport for a Ryanair flight at 0600 the next day. There isn't really much to tell. Flying to Kosice the best bet is either Wizz or Ryanair from a London airport departing early doors and usually being quite cheap. On this occasion the flight came in at just over £20 making it a very affordable way to travel.  The flight thankfully departed on time after we'd spent a few hours waiting in the mediocre airport and we were on our way to Eastern Slovakia. A flight time of two and a half hours meant that we were arriving into Kosice at 0930. So far so good for connections later in the day. Passport control was quick and easy at the small airport and we were ordering a taxi via...
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Location: Dnipro, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine, 49000
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