Bean Abroad Travel

Hi guys, I'm Conor and I'm a diabetic Jersey Bean escaping to far off places as much as possible and blogging about history, culture and diabetes on the road.

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Bristol at night from a few years back, in the news this week for all the right reasons.

Unless you have been hiding under a rock for the past few weeks you will have noticed there are some things happening around… https://t.co/udDluiw9TZ

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Portraits of a city from life before lockdown.

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A beautiful pastel wall in a side street near Holland Park. Originally the grounds of a fancy house called Cope Castle it was the private playground of a fancy… https://t.co/YlQU69RzfB

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Portraits of a city from life before lockdown.

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An architectural detail in soft pastel hues near my office (a place that is starting to seem like a distant memory). It used to inject a bit of colour into grey… https://t.co/dDmPAbZ7iz

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Portraits of a city from life before lockdown, before hiding.
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Tower blocks near the Barbican in London. Sometimes it is just nice to look at nice things on a sunny day, a dull facade saved from obscurity by a… https://t.co/yTwP1RQWqY

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One of the nameless muses of a photographer on board a train in Sri Lanka.
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One of the main virtues of train travel is the time it gives you to think and if that is too much effort then it at least gives you… https://t.co/wk4fu0gKbN

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Continuing my love affair with trains here is an unedited shot taken as we snaked our way along the southwest coast of Sri Lanka.

I would wax lyrical about how incredible the views were and how emotional and… https://t.co/EaEbWfAlOH

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Having actually found my photos from my trip to Sri Lanka a couple of years ago I thought that they might be slightly more interesting to look at whilst locked in our houses so here is one of many that I took of our… https://t.co/5HPHTRpcVw

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In the words of Akon, I'm locked up, they won't let me out, so I thought it was about time I actually started posting some photos again.

Now is the time of armchair travelling so I'll be (hopefully) doing more… https://t.co/O6tLH3jxBj

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One of the local water points we assessed in our survey. Unfortunately this particular point was too far away from the community we were working with to provide any cost-effective and practical solution to the water supply problem. The trough around the … https://t.co/tVsy8Wq6LH

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One of the local water points we assessed in our survey. Unfortunately this particular point was too far away from the community we were working with to provide any cost-effective and practical solution to the water… https://t.co/1vtWTlwIsF

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Midday in the Rift Valley, things are getting rather warm. The car provides some shade but this is not an ideal place for a breakdown. Luckily help is on the way (in a 4 x 4 that doesn't try to cross the water at the widest part).
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The Kenya Lake system… https://t.co/wgVYXqyow0

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Midday in the Rift Valley, things are getting rather warm. The car provides some shade but this is not an ideal place for a breakdown. Luckily help is on the way (in a 4 x 4 that doesn't try to cross the water at the… https://t.co/VyBmtnz2q1

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Whilst this might look like a reliable source of water this lake is not drinkable. Lake Magadi is the southernmost of the great salt lakes in Kenya. Situated in the Rift Valley the lake is surrounded by a series of lagoons fed by subterranean hot springs… https://t.co/prG0beB3iv

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Whilst this might look like a reliable source of water this lake is not drinkable. Lake Magadi is the southernmost of the great salt lakes in Kenya. Situated in the Rift Valley the lake is surrounded by a series of… https://t.co/I5PeAmccWe

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Day one of trying to be professional on an expedition: getting into hot water (of the literal volcanic kind) and getting stuck.
Whilst we were there ostensibly to deal with water issues this was one water issue that we were thoroughly under-prepared for… https://t.co/hgVjUgpZAq

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Day one of trying to be professional on an expedition: getting into hot water (of the literal volcanic kind) and getting stuck.

Whilst we were there ostensibly to deal with water issues this was one water issue… https://t.co/tOcmcIofsM

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From one water issue to another, this time half a world away. With my work I was fortunate enough to get out on site in Kenya and conduct a feasibility study for supplying a rural Maasai community with water.

Due to a changing climate the river that use… https://t.co/xIxSHTeFRG

[Bean Abroad Travel @Bean_Abroad]

From one water issue to another, this time half a world away. With my work I was fortunate enough to get out on site in Kenya and conduct a feasibility study for supplying a rural Maasai community with water.

Due… https://t.co/gUa0Jscjsm

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The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile. Constructed in 1833 it contrasts with the background when seen from any direction and was one of the last manned lighthouses in the area until it was automated in 1965. For us it signalled a return to dry land and home a… https://t.co/C24Y4Lh0jY

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The lighthouse on Eilean Musdile. Constructed in 1833 it contrasts with the background when seen from any direction and was one of the last manned lighthouses in the area until it was automated in 1965. For us it… https://t.co/vG1s6pBwUr