Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
Marrakech Essentials - Updated 2023
A short guide to what I love about Marrakech and how best to spend your time there!
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Apr 15, 2021
- 7 min
The Orient Unexpress: Venice
Venice is every bit as beautiful as I expected, but I chose to try and avoid crowded hotspots as much as possible.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Apr 6, 2021
- 8 min
Atay Maghrebi: On The Night Train
Taking a trip on the sleeper train from Tangier to Marrakech in Morocco. The best way to travel (and sleep) is by rail it would seem.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Feb 24, 2021
- 2 min
'Ness' by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood
Ness is a book by Robert Macfarlane and Stanley Donwood. It is a piece of prose-poetry, illustrated by imagery of decaying military ephemera
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Oct 14, 2020
- 7 min
The Orient Unexpress: Milan to Mestre
Arriving after dark for a brief stopover in Milan and being a little unimpressed, not least with my own apathy.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Apr 11, 2020
- 7 min
The Orient Unexpress: Marseille to Milan
After a late night, I head to Plage des Catalans, before jumping on the train from Marseille to Milan, via the coastline.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Jan 18, 2020
- 7 min
The Orient Unexpress: Marseille
I needed an idea for a holiday. So I went east from Marseille to Istanbul by train. Here I meet a friend in Marseille, starting my travels.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Jan 2, 2020
- 3 min
‘Edgelands: Journeys into England’s True Wilderness’ by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons
‘Edgelands’ by Paul Farley and Michael Symmons Roberts attempts to look into those gaps between the urban landscape and the countryside.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Sep 15, 2019
- 6 min
#Microadventure: Wild Camping in the Chilterns
There comes a time when you actually have to stop talking and actually do something. Take action. Make a move. This was one of them.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Jul 28, 2019
- 3 min
‘My Midsummer Morning’ by Alastair Humphreys
In theory, the concept is simple: a man reads a book about another man who decided to busk his way across Spain, wants to emulate it and...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Mar 20, 2019
- 1 min
Loch Ness, Scotland
Following a trip to Ireland last February, I decided that maybe it was time that I headed north to Scotland. The maternal side of my...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Mar 5, 2019
- 6 min
Atay Maghrebi: Climbing the Cascades in Ourika Valley
Sometimes, the measure of a good summer is when one day rolls benignly into the other. When you're content with your surroundings and the...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
#Microadventure: Swimming in English Channel in January
Wild swimming in the English Channel in January is probably at the slightly more absurd end of the Microadventure spectrum.
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Feb 1, 2019
- 5 min
Atay Maghrebi: A House Guest in Targa
Having done this trip twice previously, you would think I was used to it; dragging myself to the downstairs lobby of a concrete tower...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Dec 2, 2018
- 2 min
‘Wild Nights: Camping Britain's Extremes’ by Phoebe Smith
It’s been nearly two years that I’ve been talking about my desire to go wild camping. So far I’ve bored my parents intermittently and...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Oct 26, 2018
- 7 min
Iconic Places: Cliffs of Moher, Ireland
On the train to Galway, I had the suspicion that something was going on. I had been talking about almost every topic under the sun with...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Sep 18, 2018
- 1 min
Sultanahmet Camii, Istanbul
After recovering from sleep deprivation caused by late night plane transfers and early arrivals, I walked up the winding Alemdar Caddesi...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Sep 6, 2018
- 7 min
Atay Maghrebi: The Slow Train to Tangier
Marrakech station is an architecturally magnificent mixture of older Moroccan motifs combined with modern palatial glass windows. It...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Aug 31, 2018
- 1 min
Galata Kulesi, Istanbul
The day after arriving in Istanbul, on a visit in early April, I had done what I often do when travelling, let my feet discover the city...
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Tomás S. Ó Ceallaigh
- Jun 14, 2018
- 2 min
Grenfell Tower One Year On: the black and sodium hours
Awake to watercolour-clear morning, broad-brushed by faded amber conflagration seen from the kitchen window. But through the lost, the...
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