I can’t say that I was familiar with the Coxey Woxey Dixie Bird before I reached François (pronounced, of course, “Frans-Way”), a Newfoundland outport, but it was one of the rather interesting cultural identifications of this fascinating village.
“Newfoundland …
One either wants to go to Sable Island or one has probably never heard of it. Of all of the remote markings with which cartographers embellish their maps, few have the appeal of remote islands and within the family of …
Publishing lists seems to be the craze right now, and indeed the new owner of The Great Canadian Travel Company, the redoubtable Ian Kalinowsky, has asked me to pen my top destinations for …
I was in Dubai to seek some business with …
Who among you hasn’t had the phrase “Paris to Dakar Rally” stir a little envy in your soul, or wondered just how these drivers could be so lucky, even though …
“The setting sun extinguished itself in the sparkling ocean …..”
One can read this sort of drivel in endless pieces about …
Let me set the scene. The country lives …
I should first admit that airlines are a passion of mine, and their operations in remote and tricky locations of particular interest.
I should also point out, in the interest of fairness, that my own international flight (Fortaleza to Praia) …