Rory Goulding

Sub-editor at Lonely Planet Traveller UK

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If you want to see where this cheeky chap intruded on my view, pick up the March issue of Lonely Planet magazine, in shops from today

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@amandacanning Only if it's followed up by Awkward Tigers, Awkward Elephants, Awkward Giraffes etc!

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A late update from Arles on my occasional series entitled Awkward Lions

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With @hellopoe getting every angle on the truly striking #MUCEM complex in Marseille #LPinFrance @LPMagUK

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The famous white horses of the #Camargue - easy to shoot from a distance, harder close up as @hellopoe finds on a visit to Manade Jacques Bon #LPinFrance @LPMagUK

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The Luma arts centre is taking shape in old locomotive works outside central Arles, around a tower by Frank Gehry due to open fully next year #LPinFrance @LPMagUK

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The Roman arena of Arles, still in regular use today. Are you not entertained? #LPinFrance @LPMagUK

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Into the #Camargue via Aigues Mortes - a city that I can't believe has not been used as a Game of Thrones location #LPinFrance @LPMagUK

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The wildlife reserve on Ile aux Aigrettes has helped the pink pigeon population recover from just 9 birds in 1990 to over 400 today (this was my least obscured photo) @LPMagUK #LPinMauritius

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Le Morne - two centuries ago it symbolised an escape from slavery, and is now a World Heritage site @LPMagUK #LPinMauritius

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How to make Italians cry

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@StokesJon @LPMagUK

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We were also joined atop Le Pouce by a larcenous mountaineering monkey, here trying to get at the Oreos in @StokesJon 's bag @LPMagUK #LPinMauritius

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A pre-sunrise start for a hike up 811-metre high Le Pouce. After a very sweaty 1hr15min, we reached a 360-degree panorama (this view of Port Louis is only part) @LPMagUK #LPinMauritius

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Time for a beach: how about the one at Le Morne? #LPinMauritius @LPMagUK

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A shamelessly attractive waterfall at Chamarel @LonelyPlanetMag #LPinMauritius

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Just a field of pineapples. Something no Mauritian would bat an eyelid at, but visitors like me find wonderfully bizarre. @lonelyplanetmag #LPinMauritius

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The guest sandals @saltresorts Salt of Palmar are partly made of cinnamon - and smell of it too. The bathrobes meanwhile have coffee in them @LonelyPlanetMag #LPinMauritius

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Happy 51st birthday Mauritius! Flying the flag on Independence Day at Bois Cheri tea plantation @LonelyPlanetMag #LPinMauritius

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Dear birdie: I like you with your red cheeks and little quiff, but you're not getting my breakfast #LPinMauritius @LonelyPlanetMag