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Boycott Saudi Arabia

June 14, 2015 By Patrick Twomey

Boycott Saudi Arabia Support human rights and end the arms trade with religious fascists. The backward and abusive Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is again making clear its views on free speech. Recently its fundamentalist patriarchs sentenced blogger Raif Badawi to 1000 lashes for criticizing Islam. This may well kill him. Raif, who started the Liberal Saudi Network, has been … [Read more...]

Cuban-American Relations: Feel the Thaw

April 13, 2015 By Patrick Twomey

Panama just hosted the Summit of the Americas April 10-12, 2015 and although there were presumably many subjects on the agenda, the headline grabber was indisputably the opening of relations between Cuba and the USA for the first time since Castro’s communists ousted the American-backed dictator, Bautista in 1959. … [Read more...]

Drugs, Prostitution & the American Dream

April 10, 2015 By Patrick Twomey

I expect I will continue thinking about Darien for some time to come and indeed the region shocked me. It is quite easy to understand why a road has not been punched through to Colombia. The harsh jungle does create a rather natural barrier against smuggling in all forms. What I find difficult to understand is what sort of misery one must feel they are living in. It must be … [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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