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 …
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 …
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 …
Thirteen kilometres east of Elbow lies a true Saskatchewan surprise: The Smooth 42 Craft Distillery. And it is well worth pulling over to visit.
This the third day of the trip, and yes, I know that Day 2 …
Saskatchewan offers some terrific opportunities for a Road Trip. The Prairies are not my normal beat, I will admit, but in these Covidry Times, needs must.
Canada’s patchwork regulations allow travel to and from a bewildering …
Getting a visa to visit Turkmenistan is not difficult, but can be a little expensive. There are several types of visa, but each has to be obtained through an official tour …
For some reason, I have been to this curious corner of the Sahara twice. Once deliberately, as I have long been fascinated with odd places, and once as part of the drive from Spain to …
Guinea, fabled perhaps for fowl and pigs, although I have no idea if there is a connection between these eponymously named creatures and this rather unusual West African country, is remarkable by almost any standards.*
Its politics are loud …
Mauritania for a two-week vacation, as the old joke goes, is not the First Prize in any competition that you might wish to enter. Mauritania for three or four days, longer, perhaps, for those with some particularly niche interests, is …