Matthew Hirtes
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In a past life, Matthew Hirtes was a UK-based sports journalist. Since relocating to Las Palmas in Gran Canaria in 2004, he's reinvented himself as a travel writer, covering the Canary Islands and beyond for the likes of The Huffington Post, The Independent, and various in-flight magazines.
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