Category Archives: Travel

In London Again: The Natural History Museum (and King’s Cross)

Posted on February 11, 2018 by R.J. Southworth

London is one of my favourite places in the world, and one of my favourite places in London is the Natural History Museum in South Kensington. I hadn’t been to London since my Keeper for a Day experience at London … Continue reading →

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Roman Holiday (My 400th Post)

Posted on September 24, 2017 by R.J. Southworth

Rome has been on my list of places I want to go for a long time. I’ve been to Italy a few times, visiting Venice, Florence, Pisa, Naples and Pompeii, but never Rome. This year, I decided to rectify that … Continue reading →

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Wildlife-Watching in the Philippines: Part 4

Posted on January 16, 2017 by R.J. Southworth

Day 11 – 27th October Today, we were heading to the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park – and, once again, it was a pump boat that got us there. On the beach, our guide – Rommel, from Wild Expeditions … Continue reading →

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Wildlife-Watching in the Philippines: Part 3

Posted on January 15, 2017 by R.J. Southworth

Day 8 – 24th October The day began with a quick stop at a conservation organisation, the Katala Foundation; our full visit wouldn’t be until later, but a large-tailed nightjar (Caprimulgus macrurus) had been spotted on the site, perfectly camouflaged … Continue reading →

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Wildlife-Watching in the Philippines: Part 2

Posted on January 10, 2017 by R.J. Southworth

Day 4 – 20th October Following a more relaxed start to the day, we headed to the Philippine Tarsier Sanctuary. A tarsier (the Philippine species is Carlito syrichta) is a small nocturnal primate, with eyes so large that they are … Continue reading →

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Wildlife-Watching in the Philippines: Part 1

Posted on January 7, 2017 by R.J. Southworth

2016 was going to be my last full year in my twenties, and I wanted to make sure I went on another big adventure in that time. This time, rather than the foreign volunteer work I’ve done the last few … Continue reading →

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Belfast: Birthplace of the Titanic

Posted on June 23, 2016 by R.J. Southworth

I’ve been to some pretty faraway places, but despite it being practically next door, I had never been to Ireland – until this week, when I took a little trip to Belfast in Northern Ireland. The main motivation for the … Continue reading →

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Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 4

Posted on August 17, 2015 by R.J. Southworth

So, what did we do the morning after we had climbed a mountain? We got up at 4am and went for a hike, of course! With the weather not being ideal for our purposes, this was done in the hopes … Continue reading →

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Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 3

Posted on August 16, 2015 by R.J. Southworth

  Day 6 was going to take us higher and further than we had gone before in our mission to survey the herps of the CCFC campus. We were going up to the ridge trail, right on top of the hills … Continue reading →

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Indigo Expeditions in Alta Verapaz – Part 2

Posted on August 15, 2015 by R.J. Southworth

            It didn’t take long to recognise general patterns to the weather. While you might initially wake up to some mist lingering around the forested hills, this would clear up, and the mornings would subsequently … Continue reading →

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