India is a huge country with a colourful history and colourful cities. It can be overwhelming and inspirational and challenging. For us India takes time to understand, 2 weeks is not enough and one part of the country doesn’t give you the whole picture. Our short snapshot of the state of Rajasthan began as it ended in Delhi. We flew into India on 9th March 2019, at the time there was unrest in the areas close to the Pakistan border…
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Life has changed somewhat in the last 18 months, as it has for pretty much everyone. With our freedoms to travel restricted due to that pesky Covid-19 we found ourselves looking inward and considering if our HQ, our home, was what and where we wanted it to be. Long story short, no it wasn’t and we quickly decided we want to make a change. Both our hearts lie in the small city of Chichester on the south coast of the…
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We went to Rajasthan in India back in 2019, it was a wonderful experience but one that has taken some time to process. India is a difficult place with complicated social and historical challenges but it is filled with architecture, people and food. I had previously never wanted to travel to India, it wasn’t a place I want interested in. It seemed stereotypical and somewhere you go and meander through for months at a time. But what you very quickly…
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Hello? Are you still there? We are still here although wiping the dust of this blog and figuring out a new way forward. As everyone knows 2020 threw a curve ball and to be honest since the middle of 2019 it’s all been a bit full on over here with the Loxton’s. Do you like our new name? We’re trying it out. Travel is and will always be important to us but it’s not all of us. The plan is…
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Our first trip on our Summer of Sussex tour begins with a Roman palace! Who would have thought that set in the English countryside of Sussex that there would be the largest residential Roman building found in the UK! Sure, lots of people know the Romans conquered ancient Britain but it is still a bit unreal that they made such a home base in Sussex. One of the best things about Fishbourne Roman Palace, aside from it being huge, is…
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