James and Lou Travel

Winter isn't coming

Get in the SEA

James and Lou are brexhausted and are buggering off to South East Asia for the winter. Rather than being force-fed their adventures through an Instagram filter, you can choose to opt-in and read about what they've been up to here.

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Sampling the Culinary Delights of San Sebastian and Hendaye

Sun, Dec 1, 2019

Our journey continued back to Lisbon, ready to board the sleeper train to San Sebastian that evening.

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A Question of Porto

Tue, Nov 26, 2019

The first thing you notice when you arrive in Porto, aside from the beautifully decorated São Bento station, is the large number of buskers on the streets. Live music is played everywhere you go, from your standard singers with guitars to drummers, keyboard players, trumpeters, violinists, flutists, steel drummers, there's something for everyone!

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Nata-ing on about Lisbon

Sun, Nov 3, 2019

Our journey to Hendaye was uneventful, although it was delayed slightly due to some trouble with the doors (the announcement was in French so we didn't completely understand!) But this wasn't a problem as we had an hour to kill in Hendaye before getting the overnight sleeper to Lisbon.

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Beginning in Bordeaux

Sat, Nov 2, 2019

When we first started planning our trip to Portugal and we decided we wanted to go by train instead of fly, we realised we could spend a couple of days in Bordeaux on the way there, and I'm really glad we did.

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Europe by Rail

Wed, Oct 30, 2019

For our latest trip we decided not to fly and travel by train instead.

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Money, Data and Power

Fri, Apr 12, 2019

How to cheaply withdraw cash, get internet access and stay charged up in South East Asia and beyond.

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What to Pack

Fri, Apr 12, 2019

Here are some tips about what to pack for a trip like ours, what has come in useful and what hasn't.

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It's good to be home

Fri, Apr 12, 2019

Coming home can be tough when you've been away for so long. Here are a few reasons why I'm happy to be back.

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