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Glamping at Elephant Lodge. Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

It is a little after 5pm and I am surrounded by giraffes. Rothschild Giraffes no less, the tallest land animals on earth. Under the circumstances, you would be forgiven for thinking I am in the Serengeti, or the Maasai Mara perhaps, but you would be wrong, because this is Kent, the garden of England and I am having a ball glamping at Elephant Lodge in the Port Lympne Wild Animal Park

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Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

Cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Experience the perfect way to cruise.

Andy Mossack goes cruising the Baltic on Regent Seven Seas Voyager. Can he really leave his wallet at home?

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Andy Mossack reviews St. Ermin's Hotel, once the spy central of London.

St. Ermin’s Hotel. Discover London’s wonderful spy hotel, no password needed.

It seems the good Saint Ermin of Lobbes was a man of wisdom and sanctity and a bit of a dab hand at a prophecy or two. Rather fitting then that I happened to be visiting St. Ermin’s Hotel on his Saint Day (25th April for future reference) and even more apt, it was at one time the preferred meeting place for top British secret service types including SIS and MI5, who, through their own acts of wisdom could predict more than a thing or two themselves.

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Osteria La Campanara. Galeata

Tucked away behind an unassuming alley in the tiny Italian village of Pianetto near Galeata magic happens. Believe it. A restaurant revered by the locals, almost as much as the glorious renaissance church of Santa Maria dei Miracoli that sits next door.That is the magic of Osteria La Campanara.

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Andy Mossack reviews MyHotel Bloomsbury. The creative corner of trendy London

myhotel Bloomsbury. Trendy elegance in the heart of London

Andy Mossack reviews MyHotel Bloomsbury. The creative corner of trendy London

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