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BenjyHG

@benjyhg

Irish writer drinking and living in London

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Feb 25, 2018, 1:51 PM UTC

Your phone is not your friend - Tech companies profit from your addiction

Don’t get me wrong the smartphone is an amazing tool. I’d probably go so far as to put it right up there next to the wheel. But if you’re anything like me, or the other billion smartphone-users out a…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 12, 2017, 12:01 AM UTC

Hiking in the French Alps

I love being in the mountains. Nothing frees the mind quite like hiking slowly through tough physical landscapes that reduce oneself to small isolated figure among the towering, rugged structures of…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 11, 2017, 9:34 AM UTC

When a bookshop is an oasis in a desert – Morocco travel diary #3

For any book lover, coming across a bookshop in an unexpected place can often seem like water in a desert. Visiting a new independent bookshop and wandering the unfamiliar shelves is always a great w…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 10, 2017, 9:52 AM UTC

Eating snails at Marrakesh night market -Morocco travel diary #2

Jemaa El Fna, the large central market square, is the hub of Marrakesh life. As I explained in my earlier posts the weather was slightly outside of the usual climate associated with a city so close t…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 7, 2017, 5:25 PM UTC

Hostel Riad Marrakech Rouge – My favourite hostel ever!

The idea of finding a home away from home when on the road is every traveller’s dream and nowhere has this been sentiment felt truer than on my Morocco trip. The high, winding red streets of Marrakec…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 6, 2017, 5:09 PM UTC

Rain in the desert - My Morocco travel diary #1

My number one piece of advice for travelling on a shoestring is to visit in the off season. This is much easier to do when you’re not tied to kids' school holidays so I try to take advantage of it as…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 6, 2017, 10:32 AM UTC

Introducing myself: Your local drunk Irish writer

Hi Streemit, how’s the craic? So I thought I’d do an introduction post to give you an idea of who I am and also to lay out what I’m aiming for in writing this blog. (way too flattering a pic, ) I’m a…

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BenjyHG
@benjyhg Jul 5, 2017, 12:12 PM UTC

An ancient Greek historian and a hangover made me go to a deserted island

What happens when you take travel advice from c.400 BC? What happens if you act on that advice hungover? I found out on my trip to Athens a couple of years ago. As an ancient history grad focusing mo…

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