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 …
Driving across the Sahara Desert may appear to be an odd thing to do, and perhaps it is. However, in the same way that remote places seem less isolated when visited, the Budapest Bamako Rally made driving from Morocco to …
West Africa is not the most visited region of the world, and for those who are frustrated by the phenomenon of “overtourism”, it could be an ideal destination. It is a land …
Malaga and the Costa del Sol are not strangers to me, and I have been here before, of course, but not for some time; and, my goodness how it has changed.
Georgian signs abound in Gibraltar
I love Gibraltar
Fleeting …
Georgia and Georgian Wine will have to wait! As one could predict the 2020 “Food Wine and Culture” program was interrupted by the Covid 19 pandemic. Plans are now under way for 2021, The itinerary may change; we are working …
Tossa de Mar, a jewel of the Mediterranean
Tossa de Mar rekindled my faith in the Mediterranean. For many years I had been despairing as the towns and villages around this tremendous sea were gradually being consumed by blandness. That …
“The Viking Islands”, the Faroe, Shetland and Orkney Islands, lie in the North Atlantic between Iceland and Scotland; recently, I spent ten days exploring these fascinating places with four friends.
One of whom, Erik Brown, is a fine …
The West Balkans, former Yugoslavia, is a fascinating place to travel and I have spent a fabulous couple of weeks travelling there. I was delighted to see so many people visit my blog to read my observations of Kosovo, …
Travelling in Kosovo is an odd experience, and perhaps for this reason, it was the ideal location to finish my two-week tour of the West Balkans.
“Countries”, are interesting phenomena. While we feel comfortable referring to France, Bolivia or …
The Central River in Sarajevo
“What can I do in Sarajevo?”, is a question posed by many travellers heading to the Balkans and the answer is that it is a very curious and interesting experience.When there, one is …