Mexico City is simply a wonderful place to visit. But few do.
It is one of those destinations that, through media coverage and staring at atlases at school, we think that we know. We have …
I simply love Georgia – the country, not the US state, although the Peachtree State does have its charms as well.
And others do too. Since my first visit in 2006, tourist arrivals have shot …
Edinburgh is pretty, and it knows it.
Like those infuriating teenagers bestowed with the best looks, Edinburgh preens and lies in the occasional sunshine smiling at everyone who cares to pass.
It is truly a wonderful city, and a city …
Cities are curious places, particularly those big and famous enough for us all to believe that we know them, even before we have visited.
We know them from photographs of their monuments and streets; from television programs and books, and …
Borderlands are edgy, interesting and unique places.
They are locations where cultures collide, languages meld, economies spill into each other, and the …
The Aleutian Islands are distant, remote and fascinating; Adak, being the island farthest west that is actually inhabited, is of particular interest to map-gazers and travellers.
Frequent Flyer miles are addictive, and often propel …
I love Spain, and their outpost communities of Ceuta and Melilla have always fascinated me. I love wandering through some of Spain’s more curious regions, and their outposts in Morocco certainly fit that …
Covid travel restrictions are difficult to follow. They change, they mutate, they annoy but they are an integral part of contemporary travel. To a great degree, we have become more fearful of bureaucracy than the virus itself.
On my way …
“There is no such thing as a positive PCR test in Afghanistan”, or so said a correspondent to the Facebook community, Every Passport Stamp.
This fascinating group, dedicated to visiting every country in the world, has taken Covid in …
Tourism is a very, very complex industry that has been designed to look simple.
Hundreds of interlocking components come together to deliver the illusion of the simple life. The image of azure seas lapping against yellow sands patrolled by Beautiful …
Covid vaccinations are vital. For those of us eager to travel and for the travel industry itself, the availability of vaccines is the only glimmer of light in these dark days of Covidry.
We have …
Regina and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan’s primary cities, are fun; not, perhaps as scintillating as Paris or Bangkok, but fine places to spend a day or two in search of distraction.
The idea of spending a couple of …