I travel a great deal, and there is always the question of going to a new destination and exploring the unknown or returning to an old familiar friend. And as I age, slow down a little and …
I lie awake at night from time to time, conjuring up new journeys, and reliving past travels. Cities explored, countries discovered, time-zones conquered and often a list of destinations to be …
The Gulf rarely springs to mind when deciding on a winter getaway; at least not from Canada or the USA.
Dubai, of course, has long been a magnet for tourists from Europe, and increasing access from North America is …
The Queen Mary
There are a lot of ways to cross the Atlantic Ocean, and over the past decades I have tried most of them. There are fast ways, Concorde crossed in approximately three hours, twice a day for years, …
Imagine having a week or so off and nowhere in mind to go. Buenos Aires and Asuncion may not be at the top of mind, but, as a North American, Europe …
I, like most travellers, am often asked where my favourite place is, and like most travellers find the question hard to answer. Parsma, in Tusheti, is a hard act to follow.
Criteria are difficult. Is it for the culture? The …
Remote areas are often overlooked, underestimated or simply ignored. Many of us will have, on the way to or from Europe, cast a glance at the flight map and seen the groups of islands they lie …
It is ten years today since I departed from Cape Town on the RMS St. Helena, one of the world’s last working Royal Mail ships, for the six-day run to the remote …
Of all the many modes of travel, perhaps the most evocative is the sleeper train. Travelling through the night over hundreds of miles, ensconced in a comfortable cabin can be the epitome of a travel …
I like travelling to unusual places: Turkmenistan, Mauritania, North Korea – all sorts of odd places. But this time, I felt it time to continue my exploration of The Balkans with a …
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 up from 980,000 to over …