Culture

New Website

December 24, 2020 By Patrick Twomey

Please click through to our new website: www.2metours.com … [Read more...]

Canada's complicated history July 1 – Canada’s birthday. Appropriately, there are no parades this year. We are hiding covidly. Not just in the country, but regionally, for Canada is not so much a nation, but a community of jurisdictions united by an amorphous set of ideals, history and legal frameworks. * Let’s clarify ‘eh’. Endemic to the English Canadian accent (and … [Read more...]

Hiding Covidly

May 3, 2020 By Patrick Twomey

A 17-point guide to the new game of Hiding Covidly This is a historic game. You are a virus. Survive. This game requires stealth, evolution, politics, inequality and indifference. Good luck! 1) You’re a virus. Your only evolutionary need is to replicate. Reproduce would be generous, as it remains unclear whether a virus is in fact ‘alive’. … [Read more...]

Cultural Mexico

April 3, 2020 By Patrick Twomey

The largest Spanish speaking country in the world, Mexico is an economic and cultural powerhouse. Located in Monte Alban, this was a court for the classic ball game All too often, tourism to Mexico is relegated to all-inclusive beach resorts. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, but it does overlook a country replete with history, diversity, colour and fun. … [Read more...]

Thailand – second impressions

January 10, 2020 By Patrick Twomey

Climbing and jumping - beautiful tropical waters! It had been 20+ years since I travelled through Thailand with a backpack and (very) limited budget. On my first trip to South East Asia I was immediately struck by the warmth and friendliness of the Thai people, but managed to spend over two weeks in their country while only really seeing one famous sight - the ancient … [Read more...]

Extract of a review on Just You -Chile & Easter Island Tour

“…Finally, it wouldn’t be right to end this review without making a special mention of our tireless, enthusiastic and outstanding tour manager, Patrick Twomey, whose knowledge and expertise brought this tour to another level completely. His commentary was riveting and always insightful and he helped us to understand the complexities of Chilean society and culture with ease. He was always organized and took everything in his stride. He has an immense understanding of not only Chilean society and history (having lived there for a time), but also of the whole of Latin America and far beyond. He is fascinating to talk to and it was a privilege to be in his company. He also has a wicked sense of humour and was a good friend to everyone on the tour. He runs a very informative and interesting travel blog and website, and it is well worth consulting. I do hope that JY/TS know what an invaluable asset they have in Patrick – if I knew that he was leading a tour or that he had designed it, I’d book it like a shot!”

Barry and Mair

“Hi there PATRICK, just a few words of thanks., We were on the 7th December WINTER WONDERLAND trip with Travelsphere. It was a wonderful experience for us, and your obvious passion for your country and in your roll as tour manager made it all the more rewarding. Your efforts at showing us the best of the area are greatly appreciated by us both. We havnt stopped talking about all that we saw and keep looking at our pictures, what memories you made possible for us. THANK YOU. ”

A Just You customer review

“….the TM must have a good knowledge of the local area and be able to recommend a number of restaurants to suit people’s varying tastes. A good example of this was in Santiago last year when our TM, Patrick Twomey, on an evening when dinner wasn’t included, took those who wanted to eat out to an area with lots of restaurants. He recommended several places and we made our choice of where to eat….we enjoyed a very good night out in a local restaurant, mixed with the locals and also saw a part of the city that we hadn’t been to during that day’s city tour.”

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