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Chambers at Large in Churchill’s War Rooms and The Dockland’s Museum, London, England
As a child I visited almost all of the sights in England’s capital city: The Tower of London, Tower Bridge, St Paul’s Cathedral,...
Amelia Chambers
Apr 305 min read
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Chambers at Large in Delhi, India
Following my night flight to India’s capital, which I documented in a previous blog, I was in need of sustenance and recuperation before...
Amelia Chambers
Apr 73 min read
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Chambers at Large in Jaipur, India
Thanks to Queen Victoria’s son Jaipur is known as the Pink City. The Prince of Wales, (later King Edward VII) visited in 1876 and was...
Amelia Chambers
Mar 273 min read
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Chambers at Large at Chard Baori Step-Well & Akshardham Temple, India
Once in a while when travelling I come upon places that take my breath away. When touring north India I came across two such places....
Amelia Chambers
Mar 183 min read
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Chambers at Large in Shimla, India
Shimla, in the foothills of the Himalayas, is the capital city of the province of Himachal Pradesh in northern India. It is a colourful...
Amelia Chambers
Mar 83 min read
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Chambers at Large travelling on the Trains in India
I was told on the day we were to leave for Shimla that the train would be leaving at 8am, thus I set an early morning phone call for 5am...
Amelia Chambers
Mar 35 min read
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Chambers at Large: Travelling To & Around India
I was on a night flight to Delhi from London and having secured an aisle seat I was quick to order a couple of glasses of red wine,...
Amelia Chambers
Feb 245 min read
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Chambers at Large in Amritsar, India
My fellow travellers and I arrived in Amritsar late afternoon and, having booked into our hotel, our first port of call was the Golden...
Amelia Chambers
Feb 193 min read
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Chambers at Large at the Taj Mahal and the Red Fort, Agra, India
As a teenager I read voraciously many a novel set in India, thus the Taj Mahal was one of the top places I wanted to see when I compiled...
Amelia Chambers
Feb 73 min read
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Chambers at Large walking the Levadas in Madeira
One of the most beautiful islands I’ve ever visited is Madeira and being only four hours on a plane from Ireland it’s my go to spot for...
Amelia Chambers
Feb 45 min read
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Chambers at Large with Paddington in Paracas and Lima, Peru
The port of Paracas on the shores of the Pacific Ocean was my penultimate stop in Peru and I wish I’d had a couple more days there to...
Amelia Chambers
Jan 283 min read
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Chambers at Large visiting the Nazca Lines in Peru
I visited Peru earlier in the year, but there were many reasons I wanted to return and one of them was to see the mysterious Nazca Lines,...
Amelia Chambers
Jan 12 min read
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Chambers at Large (with Paddington) on Lake Titikaka in Peru
As I’ve stated in a previous blog it was only when Paddington The Movie came out in 2014 that the people of Peru realised my favourite...
Amelia Chambers
Dec 23, 20244 min read
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Chambers at Large in Peru (with Paddington) visiting the towns of Cusco, Arequipa and Juliaca
Peru has to be one of the most diverse countries I’ve ever visited and I must say on several levels made me realise I’m living in...
Amelia Chambers
Dec 19, 20244 min read
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Chambers at Large with Paddington in the Amazon Rainforest, Peru
I’ve been a fan of Paddington since I read the books as a child, not too long after the first was published in 1958. It came as a bit of...
Amelia Chambers
Dec 1, 20245 min read
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Chambers at Large on the Island of Rhodes, Greece
The summer in Ireland this year has been horrendous. Rain almost every day. A cheap all-inclusive trip to the sun was called for and I...
Amelia Chambers
Nov 23, 20243 min read
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Chambers at Large in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Situated on the Mediterranean coast the city of Barcelona is a delight with plenty to see and do. I was only there for three days and...
Amelia Chambers
Oct 9, 20244 min read
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Chambers at Large in Angkor Wat, Cambodia
I first came across Angkor Wat in the film Tomb Raider starring Angelina Jolie and have wanted to visit the site ever since. I can...
Amelia Chambers
Sep 17, 20244 min read
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Chambers at Large in Cambodia: Tuol Sleng museum, a Killing Field and the Royal Palace
The horrors of the Kampuchean Communist Party under Pol Pot in the 1970s was brought vividly to life by my guide and when visiting Tuol...
Amelia Chambers
Sep 3, 20244 min read
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Chambers at Large: Travelling from Vietnam to Cambodia
Having experienced the queues for customs in Hoi Chi Minh City airport twice I was glad I was not flying into Phnom Penn, but taking a...
Amelia Chambers
Aug 31, 20243 min read
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