Blog Posts

The posts are archived. Mainly from my site “Cool Travel Guide” where I wrote about our travels before 2010 when we started Grantourismo Travels.
Due to the age of these posts, some may be missing images…

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Breakfast in bed and the romance of train travel revisited

ByLara DunstonJan 11, 2009

Is there anyone out there who doesn’t love train travel?…

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Train noise… the ideal soundtrack to tracking shots of epic landscapes

ByLara DunstonJan 10, 2009

Don’t you love a train that still goes clackety clack…

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The Indian Pacific: from ocean to ocean across Australia by train

ByLara DunstonJan 10, 2009

Don’t you love the notion of travelling from one ocean…

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Travel blogs you’ll love… top 2008 travel blog lists

ByLara DunstonJan 5, 2009

While the media is publishing its ‘places you must go…

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Our latest writing in print and online: January 2009

ByLara DunstonJan 4, 2009

We have a few articles coming out this month… the…

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Places You Must Go in 2009

ByLara DunstonJan 3, 2009

Here’s where I think you should be travelling in 2009:1.…

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So where will you be going in 2009?

ByLara DunstonJan 2, 2009

That’s what Budget Travel is asking its readers before publishing…

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Hot new travel destination lists… don’t you love them? Well, don’t you?

ByLara DunstonJan 2, 2009

We all love a good list, don’t we? The travel…

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My new year’s resolutions list for 2009

ByLara DunstonJan 1, 2009

Well, here goes…1. Make time for more meaningful experiences with…

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A sombre tone set and New Year’s Eve cancelled in Dubai

ByLara DunstonDec 31, 2008

In response to the recent, dramatic escalation of the Israeli-Palestinian…

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Are there better ways we could be spending Christmas?

ByLara DunstonDec 30, 2008

We made it back to Perth, Australia, in the nick…

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A belated Merry Christmas… blame it on the weather? Or a broken bush telegraph?

ByLara DunstonDec 29, 2008

My In Box has been inundated with belated Christmas messages…