Insider’s Guide: Lima’s best picks from Limeños
Insider’s Guide: Lima’s best picks from Limeños
Hans on guide to Lima: Zen drummer on the best live music spots in Lima
Hans on guide to Lima: Zen drummer on the best live music spots in Lima
Tuk a ride on the Pan-American Highway
Tuk a ride on the Pan-American Highway
When in Lima make lemonade
When in Lima make lemonade
Living and teaching in Lima
Living and teaching in Lima
High drama in the Andes
High drama in the Andes
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Holy crab. It’s Jesus’ face in crustacean
Holy crab. It’s Jesus’ face in crustacean
THE face of Jesus has been “miraculously” found on the shell of a crab in Malaysia.
Living and teaching in Lima
Living and teaching in Lima
AFTER backpacking around Peru Natalie Chalk is hooked but finds teaching English in Lima to be full of surprises.
The New York cabbies guide to eating in the Big Apple
The New York cabbies guide to eating in the Big Apple
INSTEAD of going in search of the best eats in New York, I asked the experts, New York cabbies.
All at sea in Stockholm the city of islands
All at sea in Stockholm the city of islands
HERE’S something I didn’t know: Stockholm is a capital of 14 islands. This impresses me but I can’t find a Swede who agrees.
Why my home in Dalmatia had a Split personality
Why my home in Dalmatia had a Split personality
THIS is where I stayed in a socialist tower covered in graffiti in Croatia better known as the gateway to the islands.
Hvar got sun news for you!
Hvar got sun news for you!
HVAR a gorgeous Croatian island in the Adriatic known as the sunniest spot in Europe with around 115 sunny days each year.
Out of war comes a peace of art
Out of war comes a peace of art
NENO Mikulic is Split’s favourite sculptor. The Croatian artist is a former solider who served during the 1991-1995 War.
A year of living Danishly
A year of living Danishly
AFTER being voted the happiest place on earth, Denmark is bursting out of northern Europe like a Viking’s arrow.
Leave behind the drama, it’s calmer in Varna
Leave behind the drama, it’s calmer in Varna
IF you’re think summer holidays are best on the Med, think again. Natalie Chalk heads to bluest Black Sea resort.
Hang on, this is great fun. Why did no one tell me Croatia’s so beautiful?
Hang on, this is great fun. Why did no one tell me Croatia’s so beautiful?
I HAVE two thoughts in my mind while dangling 80metres in the sky is not to feel scared. The other is to keep my arms back.
Nuzzled by the largest land animal on earth
Nuzzled by the largest land animal on earth
WE leave at 6.30am without breakfast, only hot water bottles and blankets heading out on a wild South African safari.
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My Best Shot: Shinjuku, Japan
My Best Shot: Shinjuku, Japan
THIS picture is from Tokyo. I was just walking around and taking the stairs down at Shinjuku Station.
Chalkmarks Kyoto, Japan
My Best Shot: Kyoto, Japan
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    About Chalkmarks
    Author Natalie Chalk

    Natalie Chalk is a journalist and travel writer who has worked on the news desks of the MailOnline and the Daily Express.She has recently written about learning to burlesque in Czechia, surf in Norway and wander the medieval streets of Malta for which she was nominated for the Malta Tourism Award 2014. She’s written for all the UK’s national newspapers with travel features appearing in the Guardian, TNT Magazine and Express Newspapers. She has lived in Peru, Nigeria and Portugal and earlier this year she returned to London after travelling the world for 14 months, visiting 39 cities. In 2017, Chalkmarks.co.uk was named Top 10 UK Travel Bloggers.

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    About Chalkmarks
    Author Natalie Chalk

    Natalie Chalk is a journalist and travel writer who has worked on the news desks of the MailOnline and the Daily Express. She has recently written about learning to burlesque in Czechia, surf in Norway and wander the medieval streets of Malta for which she was nominated for the Malta Tourism Award 2014. She’s written for all the UK’s national newspapers with travel features appearing in the Guardian, TNT Magazine and Express Newspapers. She has lived in Peru, Nigeria and Portugal and earlier this year she returned to London after travelling the world for 14 months, visiting 39 cities. In 2017, Chalkmarks.co.uk was named Top 10 UK Travel Bloggers.

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