2019-10-01 Wanderlust

16 wanderlust.co.ukOctober 2019

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Busking beyond borders

I’ve just read a hugely entertaining

book written by a young busker and

folk musician called David Fisher.

After university, he spent three years

travelling and busking in every

country in Europe, as well as several

other destinations..

David writes intelligently and

humorously about his adventures,

meetings and travels. His limited

Awhaleof a good trip

Iwasfascinated by your ‘Top nine

whale-watching Trips’ [issue 199,

September2019]. Good though it

was,youmissed out on a trip that

wouldappeal to those on a limited

budget.The charity ORCA organise

tripsinconjunction with a number of

crosschannel ferry companies.

Wetravelled on the Brittany Ferries

crossingbetween Plymouth and

Santanderin July this year. We saw

severalcetaceans including harbour

porpoise,common and striped

dolphins,minke, Žin, sperm and pilot

whalesandour highlight – the

Cuvier’sbeaked whale.

ORCArope o’ an area on the top

deckforparticipants and their

spotterscall‘sighting’ whenever

somethingis seen. We saw almost

800 di’erent animals all for little

morethanthe price of a return ferry.

TonyYeshin,via email

Ed:Thanksfor the tips, Tony! Sadly, we

don’thavespace to cover everything,

butit’sgreattolearnmore.

Yourmailandmissives:tickingoffyourhappytravelmemories,reading about

buskingthroughEurope,whale-watchingexcursionsandmuchmore...

Recallingatrip

toAntelope

Canyon:“Ithink

Itook 400 photos

inthreehours.”

@mikegurrey

Recalling

Japan’ssights:

“Wevisited

Yudanakatoseethe

snowmonkeysand

MatsumotoCastle,

oneofthemost

amazingbuildings

I’veeverseen.”

AnneRobinson

Makingacase

forrailtripsin

Switzerland:“No

matterwhereyou

goinSwitzerland

bytrainitwillbe

amazing.”

@rcartman

Shining a light

for Jordan:

“Petra by

candlelight is

absolutely magical

• a must-do!“
  John Devereux

funds often required rather

a creative approach to transport

and accommodation plans.

On the strength of the book

Busking Beyond Borders: A book

about busking and travelling (the

album of his songs about busking

and travelling is worth a listen, too),

we’ve added several more places

to our travel wish list!

Rachel Gray, via email

Star letter
Lucky number seven
We always look forward to the arrival of Wanderlust.It’sfullofexcitingplaces
to visit and we love to travel. But this issue [issue 198, July/August 2019] was
di’ erent. As I turned the pages I realised how lucky we had been to visit so
many beautiful places.
In this issue we counted seven from the beginning to page 92: Inle Lake,
Myanmar; Meteora, Greece; Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan; Bagan, Myanmar; Hanoi
and Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam; and Guatemala. So many happy memories
Žlooded back. We will now carry on with the September mag, and see if we
can do better than seven. Thanks for a great magazine.
Dorothy and Pete Hoyle, via email

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