http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk Politics, celebrities, interviews, opinions, travel, and more... Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:11:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2010/01/11/naked-greece-30-years-on/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2010/01/11/naked-greece-30-years-on/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 20:53:16 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=276 Skinny tripping: Crab Hole beach can be reached only by boat or on foot Floating in the cool water, the waves lazily lapping the tiny cove, all I can see are naked brown bodies. A father attempts to inch up the ledges of one of the sculptural rock formations with his little girls; a drowsing figure with a sun-bleached red cap bobs along on a lilo; clusters of mahogany young women and men hang out, chatting or playing cards. High above them, not far from a winding track, a more permanent sunbather has set up a small tent and a hammock. Crab Hole Beach, like all good nudist enclaves, can be reached, with some difficulty, only by foot or by boat. Related posts:

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Naked Greece, 30 years on

A hip-hop tour of New York’s Harlem

Travels with my son

]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2009/05/25/driving-san-francisco-to-la-chlling-out-in-style-on-the-west-coast-of-america/feed/ 0 http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2009/05/25/a-hip-hop-tour-of-new-yorks-harlem/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2009/05/25/a-hip-hop-tour-of-new-yorks-harlem/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 20:15:31 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/?p=192 So there I am with my solid crew, two teenage sons and me in Kangol berets, dripping in bling, on loan from our hosts Grandmaster Caz and Reggie Reg, the grandaddies of hip-hop, manoeuvring our way through Harlem and the Bronx in a tour bus rapping to “It’s like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under”. What a great way to start a family holiday in New York. Caz (short for Casanova) is an A* teacher; no slacking permitted as he fires out questions, checks whether his pupils have been listening, points out places of interest — where such and such a gangsta rapper was shot dead (“We always pause here to pay a little love . . . a little respect”) — and lists the four cornerstones of hip-hop culture: the DJ, the MC, breakdancing and graffiti. And then there’s the clothes. Related posts:

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I stand in terror on the edge of the ice. What have I got myself into?

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Naked Greece, 30 years on

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]]> http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2006/11/11/ice-castles/feed/ 0 http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2006/05/20/the-labours-of-cherie/ http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2006/05/20/the-labours-of-cherie/#comments Sat, 20 May 2006 14:38:29 +0000 Administrator http://www.ginnydougary.co.uk/2006/05/13/the-labours-of-cherie/ Ginny Dougary For all her achievements as Cherie Booth QC, Cherie Blair has had a rocky ride at No 10. Ginny Dougary joined her on last month’s tour of Pakistan and Afghanistan to gain a remarkable close-up view of the PM’s spouse in action. Related posts:

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