Tips for surviving a 72-hour epic flight
Lee Ruddin's tangential route means it takes 72 hours to get from London to Oaxaca. These are the lessons learned.
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Lee Ruddin
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A final tour exploring Liverpool’s long entanglement with Slavery
Lee Ruddin finds out more about Liverpool's complex relationship with the trade in humans - and the history of Slavocracy.
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Liverpool’s Rodney Street and its place in Slaving history
Lee Ruddin's final feature on Liverpool's place in the history of slavery
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The Huskisson Statue on a slave’s guide to Liverpool
Lee Ruddin continues his exploration of Liverpool's slaving history
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Liverpool’s place in the history of slavery
Lee Ruddin is given plenty to think about on a slavery-themed tour of Liverpool.
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War in the darkness: Hanoi relives its traumatic past
The American war is brought back to life for Lee Ruddin on a visit to Vietnam.
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It used to be ‘Mzungu!’ Now ‘Corona’ is a Nairobi greeting
On a visit to Kenya, Lee Ruddin finds that the children of Kibera, one of Nairobi's most infamous slums, have a new reason to respect visitors from a now toxic West.
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Chasing Hemingway through the streets of Madrid
For Hemingway fans Madrid is an important place of pilgrimage, as it forms the basis for much of his finest work. Lee Ruddin books a guided tour.
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The cold reality of conflict in Northern Ireland
Lee Ruddin has mixed feelings about the Belfast Free Walking Tour, not least that it costs him £18. The history of the troubles still makes a trickle income for some.
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Coffee grounds for Understanding
As if Turkey's political woes were not enough, Lee Ruddin causes a flap in an Istanbul cafe when he ventures that Turkish coffee is inferior to... Starbucks.
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Morocco’s Red City’s hidden green heritage
Lee Ruddin finds oases of calm in Morocco's most visited city. Along with the locals he takes refuge in the many public gardens that are part-hidden in Marrackesh.
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Shining lights of Sofia from Bulgaria’s fourth-highest mountain
There are many reasons to visit Bulgaria. Lee Ruddin adds climbing its fourth-highest mountain to the list.
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Signs of colonialism fading in present-day Mumbai
Lee Ruddin finds history hangs heavy as he finds while he's getting selfies against Bombay's famous Gateway to India, everyone else chooses their background as the Taj. And that's the Taj Hotel, not the wonder-of-the-world in Agra.
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Estonia or Finland: which is best for coffee? Maybe it’s Sweden
Lee Ruddin eavesdrops on tourists, fresh from a cruise ship, asking for advice. And sticks an oar in.
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Exploring Malta – at walking pace
Lee Ruddin braves the heat to walk from Mdina to Valetta, six long miles under an almost-African sun.
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A lukewarm reception for Iceland’s famous northern sights
Despite the best intentions of determined guides, Lee Ruddin is curiously un-moved by many of Iceland's much-hyped attractions.
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Escaping the crowds in Poland’s concentration camps
Lee Ruddin finds coachloads of tourists have turned Auschwitz into selfie central. So he walks to Płaszów to feel the atmosphere of Europe's most goulish - and unlikely - visitor attractions.
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Death – and less – in Venice
An already gloomy Lee Ruddin finds Italy's canal city more sinister than benign.
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A trippy visit around Prague’s KGB Museum
The communist era hangs heavy on the newly-fledged Czech Republic. Lee Ruddin takes a tour of the capital city's KGB museum to learn about life under totalitarian rule.
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Sri Lanka’s better off the tourist trail
Lee Ruddin finds many of Sri Lanka's famous highlights overrun with travellers and spoiled. The overlooked town of Matara is much more to his liking.
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A sunny day-trip to Bosnia and Herzegovina
When Budva gets flooded with revellers, Lee Ruddin needs a breath of fresh air. A daytrip to BiH gets him out of Montenegro and proves just the tonic he needs.
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Echoes of Marco Polo on an Adriatic island
On Croatia's Dalmatian Coast, Lee Ruddin misses the ferry for Dubrovnik. This proves a blessing, as the island of Korčula has a more immediate and accessible charm.
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A doomed search for boredom on a trans-Atlantic cruise
Seven nights at sea prove all-too-brief an experience for Lee Ruddin, who steams across the Atlantic from the UK to the USA. The Queen Mary II, one of the world's largest vessels, is just too large and busy.
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