Street Art in Valparaiso
Valparaiso is Chile’s main port, sitting on the Pacific coast about 140 km north-west of Santiago. A lot of the city sits on a flat plain running along the coast, but behind this rise a couple of steep hills, steep...
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Paragliding in Rio de Janeiro
This is what happens when you drink too many Caipirinhas in the bar of an evening. Sara, one of the sighted members of our group had said that she was thinking of going paragliding and Gill, one of the VIs,...
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You can get Very, Very Wet at Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, on the border between Argentina and Brazil, is one of the world’s three great waterfalls. While it is shorter than Victoria Falls and has far less water flowing over it than Niagara Falls, its multitude of separate drops...
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Cycling Atop Xi’an’s Ancient City Walls
Xi’an, in north central China, is probably best known for the nearby Terracotta Warriors. However, Xi’an itself, dominated by the massive walls of the old city, is a wonderful place to explore. As a VI, the most important thing to...
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A Nice Day for a Swim
I had joined Tenacious, the Jubilee Sailing Trust’s (JST) three-masted sailing ship, in Castries and we were now well on our way from St Lucia to Antigua. We were going to spend the night anchored off the island of Dominica....
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Climbing a Caribbean Mountain Without Breakfast (Part 1)
The Lesser Antilles, comprising the Leeward and the Windward Islands, are a chain of volcanic islands, 19 of which are defined as still active, on the eastern edge of the West Indies, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and the...
Foreign Travel for the Visually Impaired
While we’re seeing lots of TV programmes about people enjoying themselves in the sun or on adventure holidays, what is there for us VIs? There is an increasing number of accessible and specialist hotels and holidays in the UK (see...
Street Art in Valparaiso
Valparaiso is Chile’s main port, sitting on the Pacific coast about 140 km north-west of Santiago. A lot of the city sits on a flat plain running along the coast, but behind this rise a couple of steep hills, steep...
Paragliding in Rio de Janeiro
This is what happens when you drink too many Caipirinhas in the bar of an evening. Sara, one of the sighted members of our group had said that she was thinking of going paragliding and Gill, one of the VIs,...
You can get Very, Very Wet at Iguazu Falls
Iguazu Falls, on the border between Argentina and Brazil, is one of the world’s three great waterfalls. While it is shorter than Victoria Falls and has far less water flowing over it than Niagara Falls, its multitude of separate drops...
Cycling Atop Xi’an’s Ancient City Walls
Xi’an, in north central China, is probably best known for the nearby Terracotta Warriors. However, Xi’an itself, dominated by the massive walls of the old city, is a wonderful place to explore. As a VI, the most important thing to...
A Nice Day for a Swim
I had joined Tenacious, the Jubilee Sailing Trust’s (JST) three-masted sailing ship, in Castries and we were now well on our way from St Lucia to Antigua. We were going to spend the night anchored off the island of Dominica....
Climbing a Caribbean Mountain Without Breakfast (Part 1)
The Lesser Antilles, comprising the Leeward and the Windward Islands, are a chain of volcanic islands, 19 of which are defined as still active, on the eastern edge of the West Indies, marking the boundary between the Caribbean and the...
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