Category Archives: Travel

A Move to Melbourne

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Tim Newman

I’m currently sitting in Melbourne, Australia where I am spending 3 weeks in the offices of a large engineering company who are carrying out works for us in relation to a major project in Nigeria.  After the 3 weeks I’ll … Continue reading →

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Baltic Trip Part 5 – Vilnius

Posted on January 17, 2013 by Tim Newman

To travel from Riga to Vilnius I once again booked a seat on the Lux Express bus, costing me 23 Euros and taking four and a half hours.  The bus was identical to the one which carried me from Tallinn … Continue reading →

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Baltic Trip Part 4 – Riga

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Tim Newman

I booked the bus between Tallinn and Riga by searching online and finding Lux Express.  For the princely sum of 27 Euros I got myself a luxury seat which included free wi-fi, free hot drinks, a bottle of water and … Continue reading →

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Baltic Trip Part 3 – Tallinn

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Tim Newman

Booking the ferry between Helsinki and Tallinn is remarkably easy, and can be done online.  All you need bring with you to the check-in desk down by the harbour is your booking reference and a form of ID, and within … Continue reading →

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Baltic Trip Part 2 – Helsinki

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Tim Newman

Two years ago, the Allegro high-speed train started running between St. Petersburg and Helsinki, cutting the travelling time between the two cities down to under 4 hours.  Having bought my ticket already, boarding the train was remarkably easy – once … Continue reading →

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Baltic Trip Part 1 – St. Petersburg

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Tim Newman

I’m not sure if St. Petersburg can really be called part of the Baltic region, but this is where I started my trip anyway.  There were a couple of reasons for it: firstly, I had a duty to visit my … Continue reading →

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Travels

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Tim Newman

Posting will be light on here for the next few weeks: I’m off traveling, to St. Petersburg, Helsinki, Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius.  Basically, see some friends and family in St. Petersburg and then do a tour of the Baltics.  Doing … Continue reading →

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A Trip to Germany

Posted on September 23, 2012 by Tim Newman

Several months ago I was in a club in Lagos and met a young German who works at the consulate here.  He was from Dusseldorf, and I told him that next week I will be going to an area near … Continue reading →

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A Night in Eindhoven

Posted on July 17, 2012 by Tim Newman

Last weekend I found myself in Eindhoven, where I will be for the next two weeks on a business trip, or what the French call “a mission”.  “On a mission” adequately describes my behaviour on the night flight out of … Continue reading →

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In Praise of the Dutch

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Tim Newman

I’ve just got back from a very short trip to the Netherlands, which reminded me of how things can be run if not managed by utter fuckwits. I flew into Schiphol airport on the KLM flight from Lagos, arriving at … Continue reading →

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