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No more TripAdvisor for us

Gary Geek articles, Life on the road, Wandering thoughts May 16, 2015May 16, 2015

For a while now we have been writing reviews on Tripadvisor, but we have now stopped and asked Tripadvisor to remove all of our reviews.

We have done this because we recently realised that our tally of reviews had depleted from 140 to 110, and our helpful votes from 40 to 30. There had been no explanation from Tripadvisor as to why, so we asked them.

Their response was that they must have been deleted by one of their automatic filters as they were in contravention of the guidelines. We asked them to be more specific and they said they could not.

We appreciate the need for guidelines however when we have looked through them we can see at no point do we contravene them.

It seems to us a waste of our time and those reading our reviews if they have been arbitrarily censored and therefore we have decided our time is better spent elsewhere.

In future you may want to check out some of our favourite collections of photographs on Pinterest…COMING SOON

And our advice on , think carefully about writing reviews or being influenced by those you read, they may be censored.

Gary and Susu

Suffering with pleasure

Gary Countries, Italy May 15, 2015May 30, 2015

We have one more day on Vulcano island. We packed in so many things yesterday: we climbed the volcano, had a mud bath, walked around the central bit of the island, gone fishing… What’s left to do on this 21 sqkm island?

Vulcano vents

Gary Countries, Italy May 14, 2015July 3, 2015

We are nearing our time in Italy, and just like in the UK when we visited Lundy near the end, so in Italy were we off to some islands, the Isole Eolie and first, Vulcano. Read more

Counting down the days

Gary Countries, Italy April 22, 2015May 13, 2015

We are going over to the Aeonic Islands islands in two days time, where we will attempt to climb The Cratere and Stromboli volcanoes, the last two volcanoes out of four. This is a trip we have wanted to do for years.

Tawdry Taormina

Gary Countries, Italy April 21, 2015May 11, 2015

Taormina was a mythical place from a loved film, but she could never live up to expectation.

Etna dominates

Gary Countries, Mountains, Italy April 20, 2015May 30, 2015

She is ever present, always on the horizon. Even when shrouded in cloud Etna dominates.

At last, Sicily

Gary Countries, Italy April 19, 2015May 7, 2015

Our stay in Italy is gradually coming to an end. We have enjoyed every moment of it. We have loved the scale of the country; the rapid changing landscape; the warm and sunny days and also the non-stopping rainy days; the food; the wine; and, of course, the many hilltop towns. But the most exciting bits we have left to the end: Sicily, the Aeolian Islands and volcanoes.

Monte Pollino remains elusive

Susana Countries, Mountains, Italy April 18, 2015May 30, 2015

Today we are back looking for a nice walk to do, we are heading for the mountains.

Heading south, ruins everywhere

Gary Countries, Italy April 17, 2015May 5, 2015

We leave Amalfi heading south. To be honest, the next few days are infill, just getting to Sicily where the fun would really start. But first we have some residual ruins to see.

The first out of four

Gary Countries, Italy April 16, 2015May 4, 2015

I have always been passionate about natural phenomenon, such as earthquakes and volcanoes. They remind us how small, insignificant and vulnerable human beings are. They remind us that we are not the centre of this universe, as much we would like to be.