Dover Beach

... I had most of the day in Dover before dark. The city istelf is pretty dull, but it does have a few highlights. One is Dover Castle http://www.castlexplorer.co.uk/england/dover/dover.php, where I spent several hours wandering through. I took a tour of ...

... for a nice breakfast with scones mmm.  Checked out and headed off to the train station where I hopped on the next train to Dover.  After about 25mins we arrived and I made my way to my hostel which was located in the oldest pub in ...

... .  As the sunset over Dover and the castle, I walked back down the hill to town and along the beach on my way back to the Dover station.  The beachfront area looked like it had been recently redesigned and updated, including the seagull shaped ...

I always sort of thought that the White Cliffs of Dover probably sounded more beautiful and romantic than the place actually was. After all there is something romantic and fantastical about the words that make it seem like something out of a myth. But ...

... ; This is the gateway to England and has been a principle port for England for over 2000 years.  At one time Dover was a wonderful seaside vacation sight, but has become less so in the last several decades.  Unfortunately this is showing, the ...

... underground hospital for the wartime wounded. It is from here that Sir Admiral Ramsay gave the command to withdraw our troops from the beach at Dunkirk.   You are only allowed in these tunnels on a guided tour, so we had some lunch while we waited ...

... for our last item on the itinerary.. Dover.. After passing through lush greenery, the landscape transitioning.. towards a sunny beach.. we reach Dover.. it is the narrowest part of the english channel.. just 50 kms separating england from france.. ...

... nbsp; We ended the trip on a serious note in Ghana where we visited the Elmina Castle just a short distance away from Brenu Beach, Busua and took a guide to learn about the dreadful slave trade that happened here.  After a brief stop at Busua Beach ...

... the entire trip. We started with a full day tour to the southeast of London with stops at Leeds Castle, the white cliffs of Dover, the towns of Canterbury and Greenwich, and a river cruise back to London.  We took a bus with about 25 other people, ...

... Burstin. It then started to hail and snow again. This kept us at the hotel (too cold to go out). The hotel was an old beach side hotel that had enterntainment in the form of two gentlemen playing tunes from the 50s to the 80s in between sets was BINGO. ...