Lisbon’s best kept food secret revealed
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Days in the desert…nights in the club
Days in the desert…nights in the club
CUE the Indiana Jones theme tune. I’m riding through the Sinai desert on a quad bike. It’s like being in Raiders of the Lost Ark.
My sporting life in Kos
My sporting life in Kos
SPRAWLED across two sun beds, I drop off to sleep with a racket in my hand. I haven’t even been playing tennis.
Feeling at home in Malta
Feeling at home in Malta
MALTA is like being in the UK but with the heat turned up. No wonder hundreds of Brits visit each year.
Burn on the beach: Why North Devon is perfect for a week of exercise and diet
Burn on the beach: Why North Devon is perfect for a week of exercise and diet
I CAN’T run up there, I squeaked. No one mentioned anything about having to sprint up a vertical sand dune.
Nibbling in Bologna, a city of bite-sized delights
Nibbling in Bologna, a city of bite-sized delights
PULL up a stool, dangle your legs and get stuck into the bar snacks. But first a drink...anywhere around the god Neptune.
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 Cozumel, Mexico
My Best Shot: Cozumel, Mexico
  • 15th February 2019
Chalkmarks Kyoto, Japan
My Best Shot: Kyoto, Japan
  • 14th February 2019
Chalkmarks Rila Lakes
Chalkmarks picture wins The Sunday Times Big Shot competition!
  • 21st October 2018
    Hunter Davies

    Natalie is certainly a one-off, perhaps a two-off, as I swear there are two of them inside there, each full of fun and energy, brightness and wit and sharpness

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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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