About Mark & Karen
We have always had itchy feet and loved to explore both close and far. What we’d like to do is spend even more time traveling and finding out more about the fantastic and diverse world in which we live!
As part of our mission we actively working on developing our lifestyle to reduce our footprint and impact on the resources of the planet and at the same time free up more of our time and money to use for traveling.
Initially, we sold our house and moved full-time into an RV. In 2022 we cut loose and hit the road.
We have always tried to be conscious of what we put into our bodies which has eventually led us on a path to veganism. Beyond this we are trying to be greener and are adopting a minimalist lifestyle (living in an RV forces you to live with less).
Blog Posts
New Zealand: Waikato – Day out from Waitomo
A scenic drive west from Waitomo unfolds through winding roads, ancient limestone formations…
New Zealand: Waikato – Waitomo
Waitomo Caves reveal an otherworldly landscape beneath New Zealand’s surface, where glowing…
New Zealand: Waikato – Woodlyn Park Motel
Woodlyn Park Motel offers quirky themed accommodation near Waitomo Caves, from Hobbit holes to…
New Zealand: Waikato – Hobbiton
Hobbiton in Matamata is a magical film set brought to life, where visitors stroll through hobbit…
New Zealand: Waikato – Tokoroa’s “Talking Poles”
Tokoroa’s Talking Poles form a striking outdoor art exhibition, each pole reflecting the town’s…
Mexico: La Paz & Whale Sharks
La Paz, Mexico, is a charming coastal city renowned for its tranquil beaches, vibrant marine life…
New Zealand: Waikato – Morrinsville Herd of Cows
The Herd of Cows in Morrinsville transforms the town into an outdoor art gallery, blending local…
New Zealand: Waikato – The Coromandel Peninsula
The Coromandel Peninsula combines untamed natural beauty with a laid-back charm, where…
New Zealand: Northland – Bay of Islands Vintage Railway
The Bay of Islands Vintage Railway offers a nostalgic and scenic heritage train ride through…
New Zealand: Northland – Kawakawa, Hundertwasser Toilets
The Hundertwasser Toilets in Kawakawa turn a simple public convenience into a colourful, artistic…
New Zealand: Northland – Bay of Islands
The Bay of Islands combines calm seas, scattered islands, and a deep sense of history. It’s a region…
Mexico: Oaxaca – “la Verde Antequera”
Oaxaca, with its vibrant blend of indigenous cultures, colonial architecture, rich culinary…
New Zealand: Whangerei
Whangārei, Northland’s relaxed harbour city, combines coastal charm, art, and nature. From its…
New Zealand: Auckland
Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city, perfectly blends natural beauty, cultural diversity, and…
Mexico: Oaxaca – Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
The Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca, housed within the beautifully restored former monastery of…
Mexico: Oaxaca – Hierve el Agua
Hierve el Agua, located high in the mountains east of Oaxaca, is a striking natural site featuring…
Mexico: Oaxaca – Mitla
Mitla, located in the eastern valleys of Oaxaca, stands out among Mesoamerican archaeological sites…
Mexico: Oaxaca – Monte Albán
Monte Albán, an extraordinary archaeological site perched high above the Oaxaca Valley in southern…
Mexico: Morelia – “City of Pink (Cantera) Stone”
Morelia, the capital of Michoacán in central Mexico, is a beautifully preserved colonial city known…
Mexico: Guadalajara – Hospicio Cabañas
The Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is an architecturally significant…
Mexico: Guadalajara – “La Perla Tapatía”
Guadalajara, the vibrant capital of Jalisco, Mexico, is a dynamic cultural hub renowned for its rich…
Egypt: Luxor – Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis (UNESCO)
UNESCO has listed Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis as a World Heritage Site because it includes…
Egypt: Luxor – Karnak Temple
Visiting Karnak Temple offers a remarkable glimpse into ancient Egyptian civilisation, where…
Egypt: Luxor – Luxor Temple
Luxor Temple is a large and beautiful ancient temple in the middle of Luxor city, built thousands of…
Egypt: Luxor – Hatshepsut’s Temple at Deir el-Bahari
Hatshepsut’s Temple at Deir el-Bahari is a large and beautiful ancient building built into the…
Japan: A Journey Through Tokyo: 10 Unforgettable Things to Do
Visiting Tokyo was a fascinating experience, where the constant motion of the city, from the quiet…
Egypt: Luxor – Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings in Luxor is a famous ancient burial site where many of Egypt’s pharaohs…
Vietnam: Hội An: Lanterns, Lights, and Timeless Streets
Visiting the UNESCO-listed Hoi An Old Town in Vietnam offers a calm and pleasant experience, with…
Mongolia: A 19 day tour of the steppe and valleys
Our 19-day tour of Mongolia was a steady journey through wide grasslands, remote desert landscapes…
Mongolia: UNESCO – Deer Stone Monuments and Related Bronze Age
The UNESCO listed Deer Stones and Bronze Age Monuments in Mongolia stand quietly across the open…
Mongolia: UNESCO the Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape
The UNESCO-listed Orkhon Valley Cultural Landscape in Mongolia stretches across a broad, open plain…
Mongolia: Eagle Hunter homestay and Eagle Hunter Festival
We attended the Eagle Hunter Festival in western Mongolia, where local Kazakh hunters showcased…
Egypt: Cairo – Discovering Islamic Cairo
UNESCO’s Islamic Cairo is a historic part of Egypt’s capital city filled with beautiful old mosques…
Egypt: Cairo – “City of a Thousand Minarets”
Cairo, the bustling capital of Egypt, is a vast and vibrant city where ancient history and modern…
Egypt: Cairo – The Historic Christian Churches
Amid the noise and grandeur of Cairo, we spent a day exploring the quieter Coptic quarter with our…
Egypt: Cairo – The Egyptian Museum
Housed in a grand neoclassical building on the edge of Tahrir Square, the Egypt Museum in Cairo…
Turkey: Bergama – Pergamon
Pergamon Archaeological Site in Turkey is a large and fascinating ancient city where visitors can…
Nicaragua: The historic city of Granada
Granada, Nicaragua, is a peaceful colonial city beside Lake Nicaragua, where brightly painted…
Turkey: Çanakkale – “Bowl Fortress”
Çanakkale is a small city in north-west Turkey where you can walk by the sea, visit the site of the…
Turkey: The Ancient City of Troy
Nestled within the windswept plains of north-western Anatolia, the archaeological site of…
Mexico: Guanajuato – “Jewel of America”
Nestled amid the rugged hills of central Mexico, the UNESCO-listed city of Guanajuato captivates…
Mexico: Guanajuato – Casa Museo Diego Rivera
The Casa Museo Diego Rivera in Guanajuato is a quiet, well-kept museum set in the artist’s…
Mexico: Guanajuato – Museo Iconográfico del Quijote
The Museo Iconográfico del Quijote in Guanajuato is a captivating and richly imaginative museum…
Mexico: Guanajuato – The Mummy Museum
The Mummy Museum in Guanajuato is a fascinating yet spine-chilling place where visitors can walk…
Mexico: Guanajuato – San Miguel de Allende
San Miguel de Allende is a charming town in central Mexico known for its cobbled streets, colourful…
India: Holi – Festival of Colour
The Holi Festival in India is a lively spring celebration where people gather in streets and open…
Mexico: Querétaro
Queretaro is a centrally located city in Mexico known for its well-preserved colonial architecture…
Bhutan: Paro – Dzong & National Museum
Paro, set in a broad valley surrounded by forested hills and snow-capped peaks, is a quiet Bhutanese…
Bhutan: The Haa Valley
The Haa Valley in Bhutan is a quiet, picturesque region surrounded by forested hills and snow-capped…
Bhutan: Thimpu – The Capital city
Thimphu, the charming capital of Bhutan, is a blend of traditional Himalayan culture and modern…
Bhutan: Sopsokha Chimi Lhakhang Temple
Sopsokha’s Chimi Lhakhang Temple, often called the Fertility Temple, sits peacefully amid green…
Bhutan: Punakha – The former capital city
Punakha Dzong, set at the meeting point of the Pho Chhu and Mo Chhu rivers, is a grand…
Spain: La Ciudad Encantada (Enchanted City)
The Enchanted City near Cuenca is a fascinating natural park where visitors can walk among huge…
Nepal: Pokhara – Gateway to the Annapurna Range
Pokhara, set against the dramatic backdrop of the Annapurna range, is a relaxed lakeside city in…
Spain: Madrid – Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro
The Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro area in Madrid offers a graceful blend of art, history, and…
Spain: Madrid
Madrid, the vibrant capital of Spain, is a city where grand boulevards, lively plazas, and elegant…
Nepal: Kathmandu Valley
The Kathmandu Valley in Nepal is a captivating region where ancient temples, bustling markets, and…
Spain: Cuenca – The “Eagles Nest”
Cuenca, a stunning city in central Spain perched dramatically between deep river gorges, is renowned…
Spain: Toledo – “City of Three Cultures”
Toledo, Spain, often called the “City of Three Cultures” because of its rich history of Christian…
Spain: Trujillo
Trujillo, a historic town in the heart of Extremadura, Spain, is known for its striking medieval…
Poland: Toruń – “City of Copernicus”
Torun, a historic city on the Vistula River in northern Poland, is known for its beautifully…
Poland: Pomorskie – The Upside Down House
The upside-down house in Poland is a curious attraction where an ordinary wooden home has been built…
Spain: Mérida – “the mini-Rome in Spain”
Mérida, a historic city in western Spain, is renowned for its remarkably well-preserved Roman…
Spain: Cáceres
Cáceres, a beautifully preserved mediaeval city in western Spain, enchants visitors with its cobbled…
Spain: Salamanca – Cathedral of Salamanca
The Cathedral of Salamanca, a majestic blend of Romanesque and Gothic architecture, stands as a…
Spain: Salamanca – Convent of San Esteban
The Convent of San Esteban in Salamanca is a magnificent example of Spanish Plateresque…
India: Amritsar – “The Holy City”
Amritsar, a vibrant city in the northwestern Indian state of Punjab, is renowned for its rich…
India: Amritsar – The Wagah Border
The Wagah Border ceremony, held daily near Amritsar on the India-Pakistan frontier, is a dramatic…
India: Amritsar – The Golden Temple
The Golden Temple of Amritsar, a resplendent symbol of spiritual serenity and architectural…
Spain: Ávila
Ávila, Spain is a historic city known for its stunning medieval walls, well-preserved Romanesque…
Spain: Alcázar de Segovia
Visiting the Alcázar of Segovia feels like stepping into a fairy tale, with its majestic towers and…
Ethiopia: Awassa – Lake, fish market & park
Visiting Awassa in Ethiopia is a truly enriching experience, where you can spend the morning…
India: Mumbai – Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles
The Victorian and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai, an extraordinary confluence of late 19th-century…
India: Mumbai – Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, an iconic Victorian Gothic Revival railway station in the…
Spain: Segovia
Segovia, Spain, is a historic city famed for its awe-inspiring Roman aqueduct, fairy-tale Alcázar…
Spain: El Escorial
El Escorial, nestled in the foothills of the Sierra de Guadarrama near Madrid, is a vast and austere…
Turkey: Historical Istanbul
The historical areas of Istanbul, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, showcase a rich tapestry of Roman…
Turkey: Istanbul – “The Gate to the East”
Istanbul, a vibrant city that straddles Europe and Asia across the Bosphorus Strait, is known for…
Ethiopia: Dorze Village Visit
Visiting a Dorze village in Ethiopia was an unforgettable experience, as I wandered through the lush…
Ethiopia: Konso Cultural Landscape
The Konso Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site located in southern Ethiopia, is an…
Turkey: Istanbul – Hagia Sophia
The Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, originally built as a Byzantine cathedral in 537 AD, is a masterpiece…
Bolivia: “Potosí: The Silver City of the Andes”
Potosí, once one of the wealthiest cities in the world due to its vast silver mines, is today a…
Bolivia: Sucre – “The White City”
Sucre, the constitutional capital of Bolivia, is a calm and attractive city known for its…
Turkey: Istanbul – Blue Mosque
The Blue Mosque in Istanbul, also known as the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, is renowned for its stunning…
Turkey: Istanbul – Topkapi Palace
Visiting Topkapi Palace was like stepping back in time, as I wandered through its opulent halls…
Bolivia: La Paz – “The City That Touches the Clouds”
Visiting La Paz, Bolivia is both fascinating and exhausting, with its dramatic mountain setting…
Bolivia: Take a walking tour to see the Cholets of El Alto
The cholets of El Alto in Bolivia are brightly coloured, multi-storey buildings that blend…
Bolivia: Wander through the Valle de Las Animas
The Valle de las Animas, just outside La Paz, is a striking landscape of jagged sandstone spires and…
Turkey: The resort town of Bodrum
Bodrum, Turkey, is a vibrant coastal town known for its stunning beaches, lively nightlife, and rich…
Bolivia: The Wrestling Cholitas of El Alto
Cholitas Wrestling in Bolivia is a vibrant and theatrical spectacle where indigenous women, dressed…
Bolivia: The Witches Street of El Alto
The Witches Street in El Alto, Bolivia offers a fascinating glimpse into traditional Andean…
Bolivia: The pre-Colombian culture of Tiwanaku
Visiting Tiwanaku in Bolivia offers a fascinating journey through the remnants of an ancient…
Bolivia: La Paz’s colourful General Cemetery
Visiting the General Cemetery in La Paz offers a moving and unexpectedly beautiful experience, where…
Ethiopia: The Tribes of the South Omo Valley
In the remote and culturally rich South Omo Valley of southern Ethiopia, an astonishing diversity of…
Bolivia: Cocabana and the mysterious Isla del Sol
Visiting Copacabana and Isla del Sol was a curious mix of charm and chaos, with Copacabana’s…
Peru: A day on Lake Titicaca
Visiting Lake Titicaca is both fascinating and slightly underwhelming, as the sheer scale and…
Peru: Colca Canyon – World’s second deepest canyon
Visiting the Colca Canyon is both awe-inspiring and exhausting, as the breathtaking scenery and…
Peru: Arequipa – the White City
Arequipa is a strikingly beautiful city with its white volcanic stone buildings and dramatic…
Nicaragua: León – A visitors guide
León, Nicaragua is a historic city known for its colonial architecture, vibrant culture, and the…
Peru: Nazca: Lines, Tombs and Pyramids in the Desert
The Nazca Lines, while undeniably fascinating and mysterious, may be less awe-inspiring in person…
Poland: Pomorskie – Museum of the Second World War
The Museum of the Second World War in Gdańsk offers a deeply moving and thoughtfully curated…
Nicaragua: León – Ortíz Gurdián Foundation Art Center
The Ortíz Gurdián Foundation Art Center in León, Nicaragua, is a renowned contemporary art museum…
Peru: Paracas National Reserve & the Ballestas Islands
The Paracas National Reserve in Peru offers breathtaking coastal landscapes and abundant wildlife…
Nicaragua: Ruins of Viejo León
Viejo León in Nicaragua, founded in 1524 by Spanish conquistador Francisco Hernández de Córdoba, is…
Qatar: Exploring beyond Doha
Touring the north and west of Doha offers a captivating blend of cultural heritage and natural…
Poland: Krakow – Wieliczka Salt Mine
The Wieliczka Salt Mine in Poland, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is renowned for its vast…
Qatar: Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, designed by architect I. M. Pei, showcases a vast collection of…
UK: Essex – Colchester Castle
Colchester Castle, an imposing Norman fortress constructed upon the foundations of the ancient Roman…
UK: Hampshire – Winchester Cathedral
Nestled in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside, the Belton Estate—an exquisite example of…
UK: Hampshire – Chawton, Jane Austen’s house
Located in the charming Hampshire village of Chawton, is the former home of Jane Austen — an…
UK: Hampshire – Highclere Castle
Highclere Castle, a magnificent example of Victorian architecture nestled in the rolling Hampshire…
UK: Lincolnshire – Belton Estate
Nestled in the heart of the Lincolnshire countryside, the Belton Estate—an exquisite example of…
UK: Buckinghamshire – Waddesden Manor
Waddesdon Manor, an opulent Neo-Renaissance château nestled in the Buckinghamshire countryside and…
Portugal: National Palace of Mafra
During our recent holiday in Portugal, we spent an unforgettable afternoon exploring the magnificent…
Qatar: Doha
Doha, the capital of Qatar, is a vibrant city known for its modern skyscrapers, cultural landmarks…
Qatar: Doha – The Marina and Old Port
While wandering through The Marina & Historic Old Port in Doha, one cannot help but be captivated by…
Qatar: Doha – Museum of Islamic Art
The Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, designed by architect I. M. Pei, showcases a vast collection of…
Qatar: Doha – National Museum of Qatar
The National Museum of Qatar, designed by architect Jean Nouvel and inspired by the desert rose…
Oman: Aflaj Irrigation Systems
The Aflaj Irrigation Systems of Oman, recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, are ancient water…
Oman: Nizwa
Nizwa, Oman, known for its rich history and vibrant souq, is home to the iconic Nizwa Fort, a symbol…
Oman: Bahla Fort and Grand Mosque
Bahla Fort in Oman, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a magnificent example of medieval Islamic…
Poland: Lesser Poland – Zalipie
Zalipie, a small village in southeastern Poland, is renowned for its unique tradition of…
Oman: Wahiba Sands – Desert Camps
Desert camps in Wahiba Sands, Oman, offer an unforgettable experience of golden dunes, starry…
Oman: Ras Al Jinz – Sea Turtle Sanctuary
Ras Al Jinz, located in Sur, Oman, is a renowned nesting site for green turtles, where visitors can…
Oman: Sur
Sur, Oman, is a historic coastal city known for its rich maritime heritage, traditional dhow…
Portugal: Elvas
Elvas, Portugal, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is renowned for its impressive star-shaped…
Portugal: Évora – Chapel of Bones (Capela dos Ossos)
The Chapel of Bones, is a hauntingly beautiful monument adorned with human skulls and bones…
Portugal: Évora
Évora, Portugal, a UNESCO World Heritage city, is renowned for its well-preserved medieval…
Greece: Kos – Exploring the old town
The old town of Kos is a charming maze of narrow streets, historic ruins, and traditional…
Greece: Rhodes – Historic Old Town
The historic Old Town of Rhodes, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a beautifully preserved medieval…
Greece: Kos
Kos is a beautiful Greek island in the Aegean Sea, known for its stunning beaches, rich history, and…
Greece: Kos – The Asklepieion
The Asklepieion on the island of Kos, one of the most important healing sanctuaries of the ancient…
Greece: Rhodes – Valley of the butterlies
The Valley of the Butterflies (Petaloudes) in Rhodes, Greece, is a unique nature reserve known for…
Greece: Rhodes – The Village of Lindos
Lindos, a picturesque village on the island of Rhodes, Greece, is renowned for its stunning…
Spain: Salamanca – “The Golden City”
Salamanca, Spain, is a historic city known for its stunning Plaza Mayor, golden sandstone…
Greece: Syros
Syros, a captivating island in the Cyclades of Greece, enchants visitors with its neoclassical…
Greece: Paros
Paros, a charming Greek island in the Cyclades, is renowned for its picturesque villages, golden…
Greece: Santorini
Santorini, Greece, renowned for its stunning sunsets, whitewashed architecture, and crystal-clear…
Egypt: The Great Pyramids & Sphinx
Giza’s Great Pyramids and the Sphinx are some of the most iconic and awe-inspiring monuments in the…
Greece: Athens – Travel Guide
Athens, the capital of Greece, is a historic city known as the cradle of Western civilization and…
Greece: Athens – The Acropolis
The Acropolis in Athens, Greece, is an ancient citadel that stands as a symbol of classical…
Greece: Archaeological site of Mycenae
The Archaeological Site of Mycenae, located in northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, is a UNESCO World…
Turkey: Galipoli – The War Graves
The war graves on the Gallipoli Peninsula stand as solemn reminders of the immense sacrifice made by…
Greece: Mystras
Mystras, Greece, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is a stunning medieval fortress town near Sparta…
Greece: Temple of Apollo Epicurius
The Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae, built in the 5th century BCE in the remote mountains of…
Greece: Olympia
Olympia, Greece, is an ancient archaeological site renowned for being the birthplace of the Olympic…
Greece: Delphi
Delphi, Greece, an ancient sanctuary once considered the center of the world in Greek mythology, is…
Greece: Arachova
Arachova, Greece, is a picturesque mountain town on the slopes of Mount Parnassus, renowned for its…
Greece: Thermopylae
The Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BCE was a legendary conflict where a small Greek force, led by King…
Austria: Vienna – Travel Guide
Vienna, the capital of Austria, is a city rich in history, culture, and art. Known for its imperial…
Austria: Vienna – The Spanish Riding School
The Spanish Riding School in Vienna is a world-renowned institution dedicated to the preservation…
Austria: Vienna – The works of Friedensreich Hundertwasser
Friedensreich Hundertwasser was an Austrian artist and architect known for his vibrant…
Austria: Vienna – The Globe and Esperanto Museums
Vienna, Austria, is home to two fascinating niche museums that captivate visitors with their unique…
Austria: Vienna – The Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek), located in the heart of Vienna…
Austria: Vienna – Belvedere Palace
The Belvedere Palace in Vienna is a stunning example of Baroque architecture and one of the most…
Hungary: Budapest – UNESCO
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, boasts a wealth of UNESCO World Heritage Sites that showcase its…
Hungary: Budapest – “The Queen of the Danube”
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, is a city steeped in history, culture, and architectural splendor…
Norway: The Stave Churches of Norway
Stave churches are iconic medieval wooden churches found primarily in Norway. They are renowned for…
Norway: Bergen – Travel Guide
Bergen, the second-largest city in Norway, is a picturesque coastal destination nestled between…
Nicaragua: León Cathedral
The Cathedral of León in Nicaragua, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is a stunning example of colonial…
Norway: Bergen – Troldhaugen
Troldhaugen is a historic site located near Bergen, Norway, famous for being the home of the…
Norway: Bergen – Bryggen Wharf
Bryggen Wharf, located in Bergen, Norway, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a vibrant symbol of…
Norway: Nærøyfjord
The West Norwegian Fjords are among the most dramatic and spectacular landscapes in existence. The…
Norway: Urnes Stave Church
Urnes Stave Church – Norway’s oldest and most highly decorated stave church. Three churches have…
Norway: Briksdalsbreen Glacier
Briksdalsbreen Glacier in Olden, Nordfjord, is an arm of the Jostedalsbreen Glacier. The hike from…
Oman: Muscat – The Sultan Qaboos Great Mosque
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat, Oman, is a stunning architectural masterpiece, renowned…
Norway: Geirangerfjord
The West Norwegian Fjords are among the most dramatic and spectacular landscapes in existence. The…
Norway: Oslo – The Fram Museum
The Fram Museum contains exhibitions of some of the most famous voyages of exploration. The…
Norway: Trondheim
Trondheim, historic port, central Norway. It lies on a sheltered peninsula on the southern shore of…
Oman: Muscat – A visitor’s guide
Muscat, the capital of Oman, is a vibrant coastal city known for its stunning architecture, rich…
Portugal: The Parks of Sintra
The parks of Sintra, such as the lush Parque da Pena and the mystical Monserrate Gardens, enchant…
Norway: Oslo – A visitor’s guide
Oslo, the capital of Norway, is a vibrant city where modern urban life meets breathtaking natural…
Norway: Lillehammer
Lillehammer (28.000 inhabitants), considered Norway’s oldest winter sports resort and host of the…
Oman: Muscat – National Museum of Oman
The National Museum of Oman, located in Muscat, showcases the rich cultural heritage and history of…
Norway: Oslo – The Norwegian Museum of Cultural History (Norsk Folkemuseum)
Norsk Folkemuseum is a museum of cultural history with extensive collections of artifacts from all…
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh – National Museum of Saudi Arabia
The National Museum of Saudi Arabia, located in Riyadh, is a premier cultural institution showcasing…
Portugal: Lisbon – “City of Seven Hills”
Lisbon, the vibrant capital of Portugal, is known for its stunning hills, historic trams…
Norway: Oslo – The Norwegian Center for Holocaust
The Norwegian Center for Holocaust and Minority Studies is a research, education and documentation…
Portugal: Lisbon – Castelo de São Jorge
Castelo de São Jorge, perched atop a hill in Lisbon, offers stunning panoramic views of the city and…
Portugal: Lisbon – Igreja de São Vicente de Fora
Igreja de São Vicente de Fora is a stunning 16th-century church and monastery in Lisbon, Portugal…
Portugal: Lisbon – National Tile Museum
The National Coach Museum in Belém, Lisbon, houses one of the world’s finest collections of ornate…
Honduras: Copán Ruinas
Copán Ruinas, a charming town in western Honduras, is famous for the nearby ancient Mayan ruins of…
Norway: Oslo – The National Maritime Museum
The Norwegian Maritime Museum is situated in beautiful surroundings on the waterfront on the Bygdøy…
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh – At Turaif
At-Turaif is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia, known for its well-preserved…
Saudi Arabia: Jeddah – Al Balad
Al-Balad, the historic heart of Jeddah, is a captivating blend of ancient coral-stone houses…
Saudi Arabia: Jeddah
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, is a vibrant coastal city along the Red Sea, known for its historical…
Portugal: Lisbon – National Coaches Museum
The National Coach Museum in Belém, Lisbon, houses one of the world’s finest collections of ornate…
Portugal: Lisbon – Jerónimos Monastery & Belém Tower
Jeronimos Monastery and Belém Tower, both UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Lisbon, Portugal, showcase…
Saudi Arabia: Riyadh
Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia, is a modern metropolis known for its towering skyscrapers, rich…
Norway: Oslo – The Kon-Tiki Museum
The Kon-Tiki museum shows the life work of Thor Heyerdahl, which is characterized by a desire for…
Norway: Oslo – Vigeland Sculpture Park
The sculpture park is the life work of Gustav Vigeland, comprising over 200 sculptures in granite…
Ghana: Accra – Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park
The Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, located in Accra, Ghana, is a historical site dedicated to Dr…
Ghana: Accra – Fantasy coffin makers
Fantasy coffin makers in Accra, Ghana, craft vibrant, custom-designed coffins shaped like fish…
Panama: Boquete – A visitor’s guide
Boquete, Panama, is a picturesque mountain town known for its cool climate, lush coffee farms…
Panama: Panama City – A visitor’s guide
Panama City, the vibrant capital of Panama, is a bustling metropolis that seamlessly blends modern…
Panama: The Panama Canal
The Panama Canal is a man-made waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans…
Norway: Oslo – The Royal Palace
The Royal Palace is situated on a rise, the Bellevue, at one end of Oslo’s main thoroughfare, Karl…
Panama: Panama City – Nomada Republic
Nómada Republic is a unique hotel in Panama City that offers an innovative lodging experience by…
Panama: Casco Viejo and Panamá Viejo
Panama City is home to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Panamá Viejo, the ruins of the original…
Ghana: Castles and Forts of Ghana
The coastline of Ghana is dotted with numerous forts and castles that were established by European…
Ghana: Kakum National Park
Kakum National Park, located in southern Ghana, is a biodiverse tropical rainforest known for its…
Norway: Oslo – Ibsen House Museum
IBSEN Museum & Theatre is a dynamic cultural center that conveys the legacy of Henrik Ibsen. The…
Ghana: Assin Manso Slave River Site
Assin Manso, located in Ghana, was a significant site in the transatlantic slave trade, serving as a…
Ghana: Kumasi – Akwasidae Festival
Akwasidae is a sacred festival celebrated by the Ashanti people of Ghana every six weeks, honoring…
Ghana: Kumasi – Manhyia Palace Museum
The Manhyia Palace Museum in Kumasi, Ghana, showcases the rich history and cultural heritage of the…
Norway: Oslo – Akershus Fortress
This medieval castle, which began construction in 1299 under King Håkon V, stands as a testament to…
Ghana: Kumasi – Adinka printing & kente weaving
Kente weaving is a traditional craft originating from the Ashanti and Ewe peoples of Ghana, West…
Ghana: Mole National Park
Mole National Park, located in northern Ghana, is the country’s largest and most renowned wildlife…
Ghana: Mole – Larabanga Ancient Mosque
The Larabanga Mosque, located in northern Ghana, is a historic Sudanese-style mud mosque built in…
Ghana: Tamale- Red Clay Studio
Red Clay Studio, located in Tamale, Ghana, is a dynamic art space established by internationally…
Ghana: Dagomba village visit
The Dagomba people of Ghana, primarily residing in the Northern Region, are known for their rich…
Togo: Koutammakou Valley
Koutammakou Valley, located in northern Togo and extending into Benin, is a UNESCO World Heritage…
Benin: Taneka village visit
The Taneka villages in Benin, located in the Atacora region, are known for their unique cultural…
Benin: Savalou – The Dankoli Voodoo Temple
The Dankoli Voodoo Temple is one of the most famous and active Voodoo sites in West Africa. It plays…
Benin: Dassa-Zoumé – The King of the hill
We visited a local community in Dassa-Zoumé, where we climbed a close-by sacred hill. At the top of…
Benin: Abomey – Temple of the Chameleon
The Temple of the Chameleon is a mystical sanctuary known for its ever-changing hues and enigmatic…
Benin: Abomey – Dahomey Royal Palaces
The Royal Palaces of Abomey, located in Benin, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site that served as the…
Benin: Porto-Novo & the Black River tour
Porto Novo, the capital of Benin, is a picturesque city known for its rich history, vibrant cultural…
Norway: Oslo – MUNCH Museum
Four years before Edvard Munch died on 23 January 1944, he made a will leaving his entire estate to…
Panama: Portobelo – the historic port
Portobelo, Panama, is a historic coastal town renowned for its vibrant Afro-Caribbean culture…
Benin: Ouidah – Our Voodoo Festival Experience
The Mono River flows through Togo and Benin, originating in the central highlands of Togo. The river…
Bénin: Cotonou – Amazon Statue
The Amazon Statue in Cotonou, Benin, is a striking and monumental sculpture inaugurated in July…
Bénin: Ganvié Stick Village
Ganvie Stick Village, often referred to as the Venice of Africa, is a unique settlement in Benin…
Benin: Ouidah – Slave Route
The Ouidah Slave Route, a historic path in Benin, West Africa, symbolizes the harrowing journey of…
Sweden: Gothenburg – A visitor’s guide
Situated on Sweden’s scenic west coast, Gothenburg exudes an open, entrepreneurial spirit with a…
Sweden: Gothenburg – Volvo Museum (World of Volvo)
World of Volvo takes you on a journey from the past to the present and into the future. Take a…
Benin: Grand Popo – Mono River Delta
The Mono River flows through Togo and Benin, originating in the central highlands of Togo. The river…
Benin: Grand Popo – Zangbeto Ceremony
Zangbeto ceremonies, deeply rooted in the traditions of the Yoruba and Ogu people of West Africa…
Togo: Davedi – The honouring of deceased twins
The death of a twin is treated with deep cultural and spiritual significance. The concept of a dolla…
Togo: Kpalimé – Mount Abou and local culture
Nestled in southwestern Togo, Kpalimé is renowned for its vibrant markets and verdant landscapes…
Sweden: Gothenburg – Aeroseum
This unique air museum lives inside a 22,000 m2 hanger that sits 30m under a mountain. It was…
Togo : Lome – the Capital city
Lomé, the vibrant capital of Togo, is a coastal city known for its bustling markets, palm-fringed…
Togo: Lome – Akodessawa Fetish Market
The Akodessawa Fetish Market in Lomé, Togo, is renowned for its extraordinary array of traditional…
Sweden: Blekinge – Karlskrona
Karlskrona is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, which includes the whole area of baroque streets, a…
Sweden: Oland – Medieval Visby
The Hanseatic city of Visby is arguably the best-preserved medieval city in Scandinavia, and, since…
Sweden: Kalmar Castle and Cathedral
Kalmar Castle or Kalmar Slott is one of the finest medieval castles in Sweden. Its origins date to…
Sweden: Southern Oland
Just off the coast at Kalmar, separated by the Kalmar Strait, is the island of Öland the second…
Sweden: Stockholm – The Vasa Museum
The Vasa Museum is one of the most visited museums in Scandinavia. It is here that you will find in…
Sweden: Stockholm – Abba the Museum
ABBA, the Swedish supertroupers who stormed the pop world between 1972 and 1983. ABBA The Museum…
Finland: Helsinki – A visitor’s guide
Helsinki lies in the far south of the country, on a peninsula that is fringed by fine natural…
Finland: Helsinki – Seurasaari Open-Air Museum
Seurasaari Open-Air Museum, which opened in 1909, is a place for visitors of all ages. When you…
Indonesia: Komodo National Park
We were lucky enough to visit Komodo Island in Indonesia to see the legendary Komodo Dragon, the…
Indonesia: Flores – Kelor and Padar islands and the Pink Beach
I had booked us a 3 day boat tour from the Indonesian island of Flores. Along the way we had some…
Indonesia: Sulawesi – Trekking in Tana Toraja
A part of our journey through the Tana Toraja region of Sulawesi was to take a 3 day trek through…
Sweden: Stockholm – Skogskyrkogården
Skogskyrkogården is a cemetery in Stockholm which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was created…
Sweden: Stockholm – Drottningholm Palace
Constructed in the seventeenth century, Drottningholm Palace is Sweden’s best-preserved royal…
Sweden: Stockholm – A visitor’s guide
Stockholm, the largest city in Scandinavia, effortlessly intertwines a rich history and stunning…
Sweden: Stockholm – Changing of the Guard
Outside the Royal Palace of Stockholm, the King of Sweden’s official residence, there is a ceremony…
Sweden: Stockholm – Royal Palace of Stockholm
The Royal Palace of Stockholm is the King of Sweden’s official residence and is also the setting for…
Indonesia: Sulawesi – Death rituals and tongkonan houses
Tana Toraja is a region on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. It is unusual in that this community…
Sweden: Stockholm – Gamla Stan
Gamla stan is the Old Town of Stockholm. Until 1980 it was officially known as Staden mellan broarna…
Malaysia: Sarawak – Kuching, visitor’s guide
Kuching is the capital city of Sarawak which is part of East Malaysia and is located on the wider…
Vietnam: Da Nang – Marble Mountains & Monkey Mountain
The Marble Mountains have held special significance for the people of Central Vietnam. The ancient…
Indonesia: Java – Yogyakarta, visitor’s guide
Yogyakarta (often called “Jogja”) is a city on the Indonesian island of Java known for its…
Indonesia: Java – Taman Sari water garden
This once-splendid pleasure park of palaces, pools and waterways, built between 1758 and 1765…
Indonesia: Java – The Kraton (The Palace of Yogyakarta)
The Kraton (also spelled keraton or karaton) or the Palace of Yogyakarta, is a grand complex that…
Mexico: Yucatán – Mérida, a guide to visiting
Mérida, the vibrant capital of the Mexican state of Yucatán, has a rich Mayan and colonial heritage…
Finland: Helsinki – Löyly sauna
Sauna culture in Finland is an integral part of the lives of the majority of the Finnish population…
Finland: Helsinki – Sibelius Monument
I wanted to check out while we were in Helsinki, the Sibelius Monument. Jean Sibelius, formerly…
Spain: Madrid – Royal Palace
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the largest in Western Europe and one of the largest in the world…
Malaysia: Sabah – Kinabalu National Park
Kinabalu Park established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia’s…
Portugal: Leiria – Alcobaça Monastery
The Abbey of Alcobaça, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is one of Europe’s most important Cistercian…
Malaysia: Borneo – Danum Valley
We returned to the Kinabatagan River for the second time to complete a journey that got disrupted…
Portugal: Leiria – Batalha Monastery
Batalha Monastery is the most important Portuguese gothic building and quite a prominent one in the…
Portugal: Santarém – Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima
Over a century ago, the village of Fátima in central Portugal was a rustic enclave devoted to sheep…
United Kingdon: Newark – Newark Air Museum
Newark Air Museum is located on the former World War II airfield of Winthorpe in eastern…
Spain: Galicia – Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de Compostela simply Santiago, or Compostela, has its origin in the shrine of Saint James…
Guatemala: Solala – Lake Atitlan boat tour
Lake Atitlan in Guatemala is one of the most beaufiul lakes in the world, surrounded by mountains…
Guatemala: Solala – Chichicastenango Cemetery
On the fringes of a densely crowded marketplace in the Guatemalan highlands, a reverent silence…
Vietnam: Hanoi – Train Street
Hanoi Train Street runs from Long Bien Station to Hanoi Central Station passing through the…
Vietnam: Hanoi – Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre
Water puppetry is a traditional art form that originated in the villages of the Red River Delta in…
Vietnam: Hanoi – The Temple of Literature
Located to the south of the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, Temple of Literature was founded in…
Laos: Vientiane – Exploring the sights of the Lao capital
Vientiane, Laos’ national capital, mixes French-colonial architecture with Buddhist temples such as…
Denmark: Midtjylland – Aarhus, visitor’s guide
Aarhus is the second-largest city in Denmark, and though many people outside of Denmark are not…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Copenhagen, visitor’s guide
Home to one of the oldest monarchies in the world with a history tracing back to the Viking Age…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Copenhagen – National Museum of Denmark
The National Museum of Denmark showcases and documents the World’s intangible cultural heritage; The…
Denmark: Copenhagen – Jens Olsen’s World Clock
Located in New Salem, North Dakota, Salem Sue stands a mighty 38 feet (12 m) high and 50 feet (15 m)…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Copenhagen – Rosenborg Castle
Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen houses some of Denmark’s greatest cultural treasures. The castle was…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Copenhagen – Chrisitiansborg Palace
Once home to kings and queens, Christiansborg Palace now houses the Danish Parliament, the Supreme…
Denmark: Midtjylland – FÆNGSLET – Horsens Prison
Horsens State Prison in central Denmark closed its doors in 2006 and was the home of some of the…
Laos: Vientiane – Cooperative Orthotic and Prosthetic Enterprise
Since its creation in 1996, COPE has worked in close partnership with Lao government rehabilitation…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Copenhagen – Chrisitiania
Freetown Christiania, also known as Christiania or simply Staden, is an intentional community and…
Denmark: Sjælland – SleepIn FÆNGSLET (Lodging review)
A night behind bars becomes a reality at SleepIn FÆNGSLET. SleepIn is an unforgettable overnight…
Denmark: Sjælland – Jelling Mounds
The two large mounds at Jelling are called the North Mound and the South Mound. In the North Mound…
Denmark: Sjælland – Christiansfeld
Christiansfeld is special in that it was planned in advance and built according to the same pattern…
Denmark: Sjælland – Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea stretches from Den Helder, in the northwest of the Netherlands, past the great river…
Denmark: Sjælland – Ribe
Ribe is the oldest town in Denmark and one of the oldest in the Nordic countries and is more than…
Denmark: Syddanmark – Odense, visitors guide
Odense, city, northern Funen island, Denmark, on the Odense River. The site was sacred in pagan…
Denmark: Syddanmark – Funen Village
The Funen Village focuses on past experiences of living circularly and in closer harmony with…
Denmark: Syddanmark – H.C. Anderson Museum
The museum gives you the opportunity to see new sides of the writing of Hans Christian Andersen. The…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Viking Ship Museum
The Viking Ship Museum is built around the five original Viking ships from Skuldelev. They are part…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Roskilde Cathedral
Roskilde Cathedral is Denmark’s royal burial church as well as being an active local parish church…
Denmark: Hovedstaden – Frederiksborg Castle
Frederiksborg Castle was built by King Christian IV in the early decades of the 17th century and is…
Vietnam: Trekking in Sapa
We spent three days trekking in the Sa Pa Valley in the mountains of Northern Vietnam. The scenery…
Vietnam: Explore Hội An’s Old Town
Hội An is a city on Vietnam’s central coast known for its well-preserved Ancient Town, cut through…
Laos: Luang Prabang – The Royal Ballet; PhraLak PhraLam
This dreamlike epic of Indian origin tells the story of Prince Phra Lam (Rama) and of the infinite…
Portugal: Santarém – The Monastery of Christ
The Convent of Christ is a former Catholic convent in Tomar, Portugal. Originally a 12th-century…
Laos: Luang Prabang – Tak Bat morning alms ceremony
Tak Bat (Morning Alms) is a longstanding tradition in Laos Buddhist culture. In observing it, the…
Mexico: Yucatán – Kabah Archaeological Site
Kabah, is an impressive Maya archaeological zone set at the foot of the Puuc Hills. The site is the…
Malaysia: Sarawak – Gunung Mulu National Park
The Gunung Mulu National Park is a national park in Miri Division, Sarawak, Malaysia. It is a UNESCO…
Poland: Lower Poland – Wavel Castle, Kraków
The first settlers in Wawel Hill date back to the Paleolithic period. Thousands of years later…
United Kingdom: Cumbria – Beatrix Potter’s Hill Top Farm
Hill Top is a 17th-century house in Near Sawrey near Hawkshead, in the English county of Cumbria…
United Kingdom: Yorkshire – Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal
In the 18th century a designed landscape of exceptional beauty was created around the ruins of the…
Mexico: Yucatán – Uxmal Archaeological Site
No one knows when the Maya first settled in Uxmal. A legend tells of a magician-dwarf who built the…
United Kingdom: Nottinghamshire – The Workhouse, Southwell
Built in 1824, The Workhouse is the best-preserved example of the hundreds of workhouses built…
United Kingdom: Cumbria – Windermere Jetty Museum
Windermere Jetty displays an internationally important collection of boats in a magnificent location…
Bhutan: Dochula Pass
The Dochu La is a mountain pass in the snow covered Himalayas within Bhutan on the road from Thimphu…
Portugal: Coimbra – The University of Coimbra
Coimbra University is one of the oldest in Europe and one of only five in the world listed as a…
Nepal: Chepang Hills Trekking
Trekking in the Chepang Hills is an opportunity to get off-the-beaten-path route taking you through…
Portugal: Porto – Historical Centre
Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European…
Nepal: Sapana Village Lodge
Sapana Village Lodge is an eco-friendly resort about one minute from the centre of Sauraha. It is…
Mexico: Chiapas – Palenque Archaeological Site
The archaeological site of Palenque in the state of Chiapas is one of the most outstanding Classic…
Thailand: Bangkok – Muang Boran the Ancient City
Muang Boran, translated “Ancient City”, is a museum park in Thailand located in Samut Prakan, just…
Portugal: Porto – Igreja do Carmo
The Igreja do Carmo & Igreja dos Carmelitas are two churches in Porto divided by a narrow, 1m-wide…
Portugal: Porto – Porto Cathedral
Dating to the twelfth century, Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto in Portuguese) is the most important…
Thailand: Bangkok – Grand Palace
Bangkok Grand Palace, found in the heart of the city, is a key tourist attraction and the major…
Thailand: Khao Sok – Our Jungle Camp
Khao Sok´s unique Nature Resort, with Treehouse and Bungalow accommodation options for families and…
Thailand: Bangkok – Wat Pho
The rambling grounds of Wat Pho cover eight hectares, with the major tourist sites occupying the…
Thailand: Chiang Rai – 10 Things to do
Chiang Rai is a city in northern Thailand, in the mountainous province of the same name. The city is…
Malaysia: Borneo – Return to the Kinabatangan River
We returned to the Kinabatagan River for the second time to complete a journey that got disrupted…
Guatemala: Sacatepéquez – Antigua during Holy Week
No city in the world lives and breathes Holy Week and Lent like Antigua, Guatemala. For six weeks…
Guatemala: Sacatepéquez – Antigua Guatemala
Antigua is a small city surrounded by volcanoes in southern Guatemala. It’s renowned for its Spanish…
Thailand: Chiang Rai – The Golden Triangle
The Golden Triangle is where the Mekong River, the border between Thailand and Laos, meets the Ruak…
Thailand: Chiang Rai – The Black House Museum (Baan Dam)
Often referred to as the “Black Temple”, this building is not really a temple at all. It’s actually…
Thailand: Chiang Rai – The White Temple
Wat Rong Khun, better known as “the White Temple”, is one of the most recognizable temples in…
Thailand: Chiang Rai – The Blue Temple (Wat Rong Suea Ten)
The Blue Temple is immediately recognizable for its brilliant shade of rich sapphire. The temple…
Guatemala: Lake Atitlan – Chichicastenango
Chichicastenango is one of the most important towns in Guatemala since it treasures a lot of Mayan…
Thailand: Guide to visiting Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is 700 km north of Bangkok, set in a verdant valley on the banks of the Ping River. The…
Thailand: Temples of Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is home to more temples than any other region of Thailand with over 300 temples in the…
Malaysia: Sabah – Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary
In the centre of the mangrove forests of Semawang is the Labuk Bay Proboscis Monkey Sanctuary, where…
Thailand: Ancient City of Sukhothai
Thailand’s ancient capital, established in the early 13th century, Sukhothai is located 427km north…
Vietnam: Halong Bay, Lan Ha Bay and Bai Tu Long Bay
Not many people know this, but although the whole area is known as Halong Bay, there are in fact 3…
Laos: Luang Prabang – Hmong Village & Kuang Si Waterfalls
Less than an hour away from Luang Prabang, Kuang Si Falls is known for its milky turquoise waters…
Thailand: Ancient City of Ayutthaya
Ayutthaya is a about 80 kilometres north of Bangkok. It was capital of the Kingdom of Siam, and a…
Thailand: Bangkok – 15 great things to do
Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is a large city known for ornate shrines and vibrant street life. The…
Laos: Luang Prabang – “Royal Buddha Image”
First settled more than 1200 years ago at the confluence of the Nam Khan and Mekong Rivers in the…
Thailand: Bangkok – Erawan Museum
Erawan Museum is one of the more interesting and unique museums in Bangkok. The museum’s centrepiece…
Cambodia: Tonlé Sap floating village
Belonging to the Mekong River system, Tonlé is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and one…
Thailand: Bangkok – The Calypso Cabaret
Thailand is infamous for their beautiful kathoey, or ladyboys. The term is used to refer to a…
Guatemala: Petén – Tikal Archaeological Site
The ancient Mayan city of Tikal is the largest pre-Hispanic settlement in Guatemala, with its…
Thailand: Bangkok – Royal Barge Museum
The Royal Barge Procession is one of the most spectacular events in the world. It is performed…
Belize: The Belize Barrier Reef system
Stretching nearly 185 miles along the entire coastline, Belize has the second largest barrier reef…
Thailand: Bangkok – Wat Suthat Thepwararam
The Wat Suthat is one of the most important and one of the oldest temples of the Rattanakosin era in…
Bhutan: Black-Necked Crane Festival
The Annual Black-necked Crane Festival is held every year on November 11th at Gangtey Gonpa, located…
Thailand: Bangkok – Bangkok National Museum
A visit to the National museum reveals the History of Thailand And how people lived during the…
Bhutan: The Tiger’s Nest
Paro Taktsang་, also known as the Tiger’s Nest, is a sacred Vajrayana Himalayan Buddhist site…
Thailand: Bangkok – Jim Thompson House
American Jim Thompson was an officer at the OSS, stationed in Thailand during World War II. After…
Thailand: Bangkok – Chatuchak Weekend Market
The Chatuchak Weekend Market, on Kamphaeng Phet 2 Road, Chatuchak, Bangkok, is the largest market in…
Sweden: Tanum carvings – World Heritage Site
The Tanum rock carvings are an outstanding example of Bronze Age art. There are an astonishing 1,500…
Nepal: Chitwan National Park & Reserve
At the foot of the Himalayas, Chitwan is one of the few remaining undisturbed vestiges of the…
Thailand: Bangkok – The Giant Swing
Standing nearly 90 feet tall, the Giant Swing is located in front of Wat Suthat in the heart of…
Turkey: Ephesus Archaeological Site
Ephesus is an ancient city in Turkey’s Central Aegean region, near modern-day Selcuk. Its excavated…
Greece: Meteora Monasteries
The impressive rocks of Meteora rise from the plains of Thessaly making it one of the most amazing…
Hungary: Budapest – St Stephen’s Day Festival
On August 20th, the Hungarians celebrate the name day of their first king, King Stephen. This is one…
Austria: Vienna – Schönbrunn Palace
At the end of the 17th century Emperor Leopold I commissioned the Baroque architect Johann Bernhard…
Denmark: Helsingør – Kronborg Castle
Kronborg Castle has existed at Helsingør (Elsinore) since 1420. It’s been burned to the ground and…
Thailand: Bangkok – Golden Mount
Widely regarded as one of the oldest temples in Bangkok, Wat Saket Golden Mount was built in the…
Norway: The old mining town of Røros
The traditional mountain village of Røros in Trøndelag is one of the oldest towns of wooden…
Indonesia: Java – A local village tour
Borobudur is surrounded by many vilages or Kampungs. Each village has their unique in culture…
Sweden: Grimeton Radio Station
Grimeton Radio Station is an early longwave transatlantic wireless telegraphy station built in…
Finland: Suomenlinna or Sveaborg
Suomenlinna or Sveaborg is a sea fortress, which was built gradually from 1748 onwards on a group of…
Cambodia: Siem Reap – APOPO Visitor Center
A chance to meet the hero rats that are helping to clear landmines in Cambodia. Apopo has trained…
Indonesia: Java – Prambanan Temple
Built in the 10th century, this is the largest temple compound dedicated to Shiva in Indonesia…
Indonesia: Java – Candi Pawon and Candi Mendut
Candi Mendut is located about 3km east from Borobudur and Candi Pawon is 1km from Borobudur. Mendut…
Indonesia: Java – Borobudur Temple
In 1814, the Dutch engineer HC Cornelius discovered in the Java jungle, in Indonesia, the ruins of a…
Cambodia: Angkor Archaeological Park
Angkor is one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia. Stretching over some…
Vietnam: Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary
Visiting My Son Sanctuary in Vietnam offers a quiet glimpse into the country’s ancient Cham…
Thailand: Bangkok – Wat Arun
Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan or wat arun, Temple of Dawn is a Buddhist temple in…
Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park
Murchison Falls National Park is Uganda’s largest wildlife reserve. Four of the Big 5 roam here at…
Thailand: Bangkok – The Fig Lobby
In the heart of Bangkok, The Fig Lobby is within a 5-minute drive of MedPark Hospital and Terminal…
Laos: Slow boat along the Mekong River
One of the most popular ways to reach the historic Laotian city of Luang Prabang overland is by…
Thailand: Koh Samui – ten great things to do
Koh Samui, Thailand’s second largest island, lies in the Gulf of Thailand off the east coast of the…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Muay Thai
Muay Thai or Thai Boxing is the national sport and cultural martial art of Thailand. It was…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Wat Ratchathammaram
Wat Ratchathammaram, or better known as the Red Temple of Koh Samui, is another beautiful sacred…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Grandfather and Grandmother Rocks
Grandfather and Grandmother Rock are one of the biggest tourist attractions in Koh Samui, hundreds…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Guan Yu Shrine
The Guan Yu Shrine is one of the few Chinese temples of Koh Samui. It was only opened in 2016 and is…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Wat Plai Laem
The Wat Plai Laem, sometimes also called the Lady Monk Temple, is located in the northern part of…
Thailand: Koh Samui – Big Buddha
The 12m high Big Buddha image was erected in 1972 and is now one of the landmarks of Koh Samui…
Thailand: Ovenight on Cheow Lan Lake
The beautiful Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok National Park consists of emerald green water with a…
Thailand: Night hike in Khao Sok NP
Khao Sok trekking and hiking in the National Park is some of the best in Thailand. The rainforest…
Thailand: Ao Phang-Nga National Park
Ao Phang Nga National Park is situated along the coast of Phang-Nga Province south of Thailand in…
Thailand: Surin Islands
The Surin Islands is an archipelago of five islands in the Andaman Sea, 55 kilometres from the Thai…
Thailand: Koh Lipe
Koh Lipe is a Thai island in the Andaman Sea, near the border with Malaysia. It is part of Tarutao…
Malaysia: Langkawi – Five great things to do
Langkawi is an archipelago made up of 99 islands on the west coast of Malaysia. Surrounded by the…
Malaysia: Langkawi – Giant Eagle Statue
The icon of Langkawi, Eagle Square locally known as Dataran Lang is the home of Langkawi’s giant…
Malaysia: Langkawi – Kilim Karast Geoforest Park
Kilim Geoforest Park (or Kilim Karst Geoforest Park as its full name) is one of the three geoforest…
Malaysia: Langkawi – Sky Bridge & SkyCab
Langkawi Sky Bridge is a 125-metre (410 ft) curved pedestrian cable-stayed bridge in Malaysia…
Malaysia: George Town – 15 great things to do
George Town is the colorful, multicultural capital of the Malaysian island of Penang. Once an…
Malaysia: Penang – Seh Tek Tong Cheah Kongsi
Established in 1810 Cheah Kongsi is one of the oldest Hokkien clan associations in George Town…
Malaysia: Penang – Batik Museum
This Musuem aims to tell the historical story of how this art form began in the 1950’s and its…
Malaysia: Penang – The Wonder Food Museum
The Wonderfood Museum is a unique museum in Penang that features oversized replicas of traditional…
Malaysia: Penang – Kek Lok Si Temple
Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam, Penang, Malaysia. It is the largest…
Malaysia: Penang – Chew Jetty
Chew Jetty was one of 5 wooden jetties constructed in 1888 as part of a development project on the…
Malaysia: Penang – George Town Street Art
George Town’s street art scene boomed in 2012. That year Ernest Zacharevicm, a Lithuanian artist…
Malaysia: Penang – Pinang Peranakan Mansion
The Pinang Peranakan Mansion is a museum dedicated to Penang’s Peranakan heritage. The museum itself…
Malaysia: Penang – Khoo Kongsi
Leong San Tong Khoo Kongsi, or Khoo Kongsi for short, is one of the most distinctive Chinese clan…
Malaysia: Penang – Cheong Fatt Tze (The Blue Mansion)
Built between 1896 to 1904, teams of master craftsmen from China were hired. The majestic blue house…
South Africa: Gauteng – Exploring Johannesburg
Johannesburg is South Africa’s largest and fastest-growing city and is built on a history of racial…
South Africa: Gauteng – Cradle of Humankind
The Cradle of Humankind is a paleoanthropological site and is located about 50 km from Johannesburg…
South Africa: Five cool and unique places to stay
South Africa is a stunning country and there is a lot to see and do when you visit. There is a huge…
South Africa: Magaliesburg – Sima Kade Bush Retreat
Designed as sustainable off-grid retreats for total immersion in the natural environment, Sima Kade…
South Africa: The Panorama Route
The Panorama Route is a scenic road in South Africa connecting several cultural and natural points…
South Africa: Kruger National Park
The world-famous Kruger National Park is South Africa’s largest game reserve and one of the finest…
South Africa: Eshowe – Fort Nonquai
The Zululand Historical Museum is housed at Fort Nongqayi. The Fort was built in 1883 by the British…
South Africa: St Lucia – Hippos and the beach
Surrounded by an UNESCO World Heritage Site, this town is at the heart of magnificent natural…
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur
Kuala Lumpur is the capital of Malaysia. Its modern skyline is dominated by the 451m-tall Petronas…
South Africa: iSimangaliso Wetland Park
A World Heritage Site, iSimangaliso Wetland Park (the former Greater St. Lucia Wetlands Park)…
Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur – Batu Caves
Batu Caves is an iconic and popular tourist attraction in Selangor. Site of a Hindu temple and…
South Africa: Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park
Hluhluwe–Imfolozi Park, formerly Hluhluwe–Umfolozi Game Reserve, is the oldest proclaimed nature…
South Africa: Camdeboo National Park
The 19 400-hectare Camdeboo National Park is unique in South Africa encompassing some of the most…
Malaysia: Malacca (Melaka) City – A guide to visiting
Melaka, formerly Malacca, is a town and port, on the Strait of Malacca. The city was founded about…
South Africa: Addo TiPi Bush Camp
Tipi Bush Camp, on a private reserve adjoining Addo Elephant National Park. There are three large…
Singapore: Sentosa Island & Fort Siloso
Fort Siloso is a decommissioned coastal artillery battery in Sentosa, Singapore. It consists of 12…
UAE: Dubai – 10 great things to do
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates known for luxury shopping, ultramodern…
Singapore: The Gardens by the Bay
The Gardens by the Bay is a nature park spanning 101 hectares. The park consists of three waterfront…
UAE: Dubai – The Miracle Garden
The Dubai Miracle Garden was launched on Valentine’s Day in 2013. It occupies over 72,000 square…
South Africa: Addo Elephant Park
Addo Elephant National Park is a diverse wildlife conservation park situated close to Gqeberha in…
UAE: Dubai – The remarkable Dubai Frame
The Dubai Frame is an observatory, museum, and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai. It holds the record…
Madagascar: Royal Hill of Ambohimanga
Ambohimanga dates from the 16th century and developed into the capital city in the 18th century. The…
Madagascar: Isalo National Park
Established in 1962, Isalo National Park protects over 190,000 acres of land dominated by a dramatic…
Madagascar: Paper making and Anja Community Reserve
The Anja Community Reserve is a woodland area and freshwater lake, situated at the base a large…
Madagascar: Manakara & the Canal des Pangalanes
Manakara is the end point of the Fianarantsoa railway which runs from the inland city to the sea…
South Africa: Knysna – Two Angels
Situated at the water’s edge of the Knysna Lagoon, this magnificent 6 Bedroom House, plus 3…
South Africa: Mossel Bay – Dias Museum
The Bartolomeu Dias Museum Complex was officially opened on 3 February 1989, however its can be…
Madagascar: Zafimaniry marquetry and Ambositra
Madagacar’s Zafimaniry ethnic group is estimated to be only number 25,000. They are known for their…
Madagascar: Antsirabe rice fields
Rice, in Malagasy ‘vary’, is incredibly important to the people of in Madagascar. The island has one…
Madagascar: Ranomafana National Park
Being the third largest national park in Madagascar, Ranomafana is home to a wealth of endemic…
Madagascar: Ambatolampy – aluminum pots
The small town of Ambatolampy is famous for the manufacture of aluminium pots for cooking. We always…
Mauritius: Southwest – an area of natural beauty
Mauritius’ southwest is the sunniest and driest region of the island, with a nature and landscapes…
South Africa: Point of Human Origins
Mossel Bay is at the centre of some of the most significant archaeological discoveries ever made…
Mauritius: Ganga Talao Hindu Temples
Considered by many as the most sacred Hindu place in Mauritius, Grand Bassin or the Ganga Talao is a…
South Africa: Mossel Bay – Santos Express
Sleep on “The Train” as it is known by locals situated next to Santos Beach, Mossel Bay on the…
Mauritius: Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden
The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanic Garden is located in the proximity of Port-Louis in the…
Mauritius: Port Louis – Aapravasi Ghat
Aapravasi Ghat is an immigration depot and made Mauritius the first British colony to receive…
South Africa: Oudtshoorn – Cango Caves
The Cango Caves is a cultural and natural landmark in South Africa. The 20 million year-old Cango…
South Africa: Cape Agulhas
Cape Agulhas or the “Cape of the Needles” is a rocky headland in Western Cape, South Africa. It is…
South Africa: Gansbaai and shark cages
Gansbaai is a fishing town and popular tourist destination in the Western Cape of South Africa. It…
South Africa: Gansbaai – Platbos Forest Cabins
Platbos Forest offers self catering accommodation in an indigenous forest found on the Baviaanspoort…
Eswatini: Mantenga Cultural Village
Set against the scenic backdrop of Nyonyane mountain, this replica mid-19th Century Swazi village…
Lesotho: Drakensburg Mountains & the Sani Pass
The Drakensberg is part of the Great Escarpment and separates the extensive high plateaus of the…
South Africa: Muizenberg beach huts
The Muizenberg beach huts are iconic. Their vivid colours lure you right in. This small seaside…
South Africa: Cape Town – 10 great things to do
Cape Town is a modern, cosmopolitan city surrounded by nature. Centred around Table Mountain, one of…
South Africa: Boulders Beach
Just around the corner from Simon’s Town lies Boulders Beach, a sheltered cove of soft white sand…
South Africa: Chapmans Peak Drive
Chapman’s Peak Drive toll road, affectionately known as #Chappies., winds its way between Noordhoek…
South Africa: The Cape of Good Hope
So named by Portugal’s King John II this area has captured the imagination of European sailors such…
South Africa: The Cape Floral Region
The Cape Floral Region has been called the world’s hottest hot-spot for plant diversity and…
South Africa: Cape Town – Visiting the Townships
A legacy of apartheid, the townships of Cape Town were built to house migrant labourers. Though much…
South Africa: Cape Town – V & A Waterfront
The Victoria and Alfred Waterfront is an iconic 123-hectare neighbourhood and is one of Cape Town’s…
South Africa: Cape Town – Kirstenbosch
Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden is acclaimed as one of the great botanic gardens of the…
South Africa: Cape Town – Robben Island
Robben Island was used at various times between the 17th and 20th centuries as a prison, a hospital…
Book Review – The Art of Slow Travel
Many people dream of experiencing the beauty of the difference in language, culture, and geography…
Namibia: An 18-Day Itinerary
Namibia is a country on the south-west coast of Africa. It is one of the driest and most sparsely…
Namibia: Sossusvlei & Namib Sand Sea
Namib Sand Sea is the only coastal desert in the world that includes extensive dune fields…
Book Review – The Third Pole
This book by Mark Synnott explores the expedition to Mount Everest to discover the body of Andrew…
Namibia: The coastal town of Swakopmund
Swakopmund is a coastal city in Namibia, west of the capital, Windhoek. Its sandy beaches face the…
Namibia: Cape Cross & The Skeleton Coast
Renowned as one of the largest settlement of these animals in the world, the colony of Cape fur…
Namibia: Twyfelfontein Rock Carvings
This world heritage site is small (less than 1 km2), but includes some remarkable galleries of rock…
Namibia: Khowarib and Palmwag
The desert elephants of northern Namibia have adpated to the environment and thrive along the banks…
Namibia: Etosha National Park
Etosha is one of Africa’s largest game parks, much of which is covered by the silver Etosha salt pan…
Namibia: Nkasa Lupala National Park
Nkasa Rupara National Park, also Nkasa Lupala National Park, formerly Mamili National Park, is a…
Botswana: A Fifteen Day Tour
Botswana, a landlocked country in Southern Africa, has a landscape defined by the Kalahari Desert…
Botswana: Moremi Game Reserve / Okavango Delta
The Moremi Game Reserve initially consisted mostly of the Mopane Tongue area, but in the 1970s the…
Botswana: Makgadikgadi salt pans
The Makgadikgadi Pan, a salt pan situated in north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt…
Botswana: Central Kalahari Game Reserve
The Central Kalahari Game Reserve covers a large section of central Botswana. Its harsh, sprawling…
Botswana: Khama Rhino Sanctuary
Khama Rhino Sanctuary is a community-based wildlife project in Botswana. The animal shelter was…
Zimbabwe: Matobo Hills
The Matobo National Park forms the core of the Matobo or Matopos Hills, an area of granite kopjes…
Zimbabwe: Khami World Heritage Site
Khami (also written as Khame, Kame or Kami) is a ruined city located 22 kilometres west of Bulawayo…
Zimbabwe: Painted Dog Conservation
The painted dog, or African wild dog, was once common in Africa with estimates of over half a…
Botswana: Nata Bird Sanctuary
The Nata Bird Sanctuary is a reserve which covers an area of 230 km². It is situated on the…
Zimbabwe: Hwange National Park
Hwange National Park is in west Zimbabwe. Its grasslands and mopane woods are home to large elephant…
Eswatini: Hlane Royal National Park
Hlane Royal National Park is a protected area in northeastern Swaziland. A flat, lowland area with…
Lesotho: Tsehlanyane National Park and Maliba Lodge
Ts’ehlanyane National Park is a National Park in Lesotho. It is located in the Maloti Mountains in…
South Africa: Cape Town – Bo-Kaap
The Bo-Kaap is an area of Cape Town, South Africa formerly known as the Malay Quarter. It is a…
Namibia: Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch
As the name suggests Bagatelle Kalahari Game Ranch is situated in the red Kalahari Desert. Less than…
Botswana: Chobe National Park – Kasane
Chobe National Park is Botswana’s first National Park and has one of the largest concentrations of…
Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls National Park
Victoria Falls presents a spectacular sight of awe-inspiring beauty and grandeur on the Zambezi…
A reading list of travel themed books
As a regular traveller, I find plenty of downtime to fill, especially as we move from place to…
Book Review – We Came, We Saw, We Left
What would happen if you quit your life for a year? In a pre–COVID-19 world, the Wheelan family…
South Africa: Cape Town – Table Mountain
Table Mountain is a flat-topped mountain forming a prominent landmark overlooking the city of Cape…
Zambia: South Luangwa National Park
Zambia’s most famous safari destination, South Luangwa National Park is tropical, wild, beautiful…
Book Review – The Last Wild Men of Borneo
In The Last Wild Men of Borneo, author Carl Hoffman tells the stories of two Westerners who spent…
Malawi: Exploring Malawi a ten day tour
Malawi is a landlocked country in southeastern Africa. Endowed with spectacular highlands and…
Malawi: Huntingdon House
Originally the family home built by Maclean Kay in 1928, Huntingdon House exudes a colonial charm…
UK: Greenwich, London – Royal Observatory
The Royal Observatory, home of Greenwich Mean Time and the Prime Meridian, is located in Greenwich…
UK: Lincoln – Castle and Cathedral
We spent the day exploring the picturesque city of Lincoln, exploring its castle and cathedral…
Malawi: Lake Malawi & Mumbo Island
Located at the southern end of the great expanse of Lake Malawi, with its deep, clear waters and…
Malawi: Zomba Plateau
Zomba Plateau is a wonder, a one-off feature, it is an upland area of forest and farmland, it…
UK: York – 10 great things to do
York is a cathedral city with Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss in…
Malawi: Liwonde National Park
Although only 220 sq miles (580 sq km), Liwonde is perhaps the most popular of all of Malawi’s game…
UK: York – Treasurer’s House
This house was the residence of the treasurers of York Minster from 1100 until the office was…
Malawi: Majete Wildlife Reserve
Majete is an incredible conservation success story – less than 20 years ago it was nearly devoid of…
UK: York – National Railway Museum
The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of…
Tanzania: Ngorogoro Conservation Area
The Ngorongoro Crater – with its lush green plains, woodland trees and wildflowers – is one of the…
Tanzania: Stone Town, Zanzibar
A labyrinth of chaotic alleyways interposed between towering limestone houses with ornately carved…
UK: York – Jorvik Viking Centre
At JORVIK Viking Centre you are standing on the site which revealed some of the most astounding…
UK: York – The Castle Museum
York Castle Museum was founded by Dr John Kirk, a doctor from Pickering, North Yorkshire, and houses…
Tanzania: Serengeti National Park
The Serengeti is one of the most famous parks in Africa and is synonymous with wildlife and classic…
UK: York – York Minster
Since the 7th century, the Minster has been at the centre of Christianity in the north of England…
Kenya: 11-Day Tour
Kenya is a beautiful country and one of the best places in the world for wildlife safaris. The…
UK: Cumbria – Lake District
The 885-square-mile Lake District is a hauntingly beautiful part of northwest England that was voted…
Kenya: Masai Mara National Reserve
Masai Mara National Park is located in Kenya along the border of Tanzania and is contiguous with the…
Uganda: 12-Day Tour
Uganda is a beautiful country – lush and green (which means it gets its fair share of rain). Uganda…
UK: Cheshire – Jodrell Bank
Jodrell Bank Observatory, formerly Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories or Jodrell Bank…
UK: 10 great things to do in Stratford-Upon-Avon
Famed for its ties to William Shakespeare and its romanticized Tudor architecture…
UK: Warwickshire – Kenilworth Castle
Once one of the country’s most formidable medieval fortresses, the castle was later transformed into…
UK: Warwickshire – Shakespeare’s New Place in Stratford
Shakespeare’s New Place was his family home from 1597 until he died in the house in 1616. The house…
UK: Warwickshire – Anne Hathaway’s Cottage
Anne Hathaway’s Cottage was originally a farmhouse. It was built in 1463 of cruck construction, when…
UK: Warwickshire – Shakespeare’s birthplace in Stratford
The birthplace of William Shakespeare is a modest tudor house in the centre of Stratford-Upon-Avon…
UK: London – Thames River
On the banks of the River Thames, London has spread out to become one of the biggest financial…
Uganda: The equator
Uganda is one of the few countries in the world where the imaginary line that divides the earth into…
Uganda: Lake Mburo National Park
Lake Mburo National Park is a very special place; every part of it is alive with variety, interest…
Uganda: Bwindi Impenetrable Rainforest
Bwindi Impenetrable National Park is located in the southwestern part of Uganda on the rim of the…
UK: London – Westminster Abbey & Palace
The Palace of Westminster is a Victorian Gothic masterpiece designed by Sir Charles Barry and A.W…
Kenya: Lake Naivasha
Situated at an elevation of 1,884m, Lake Naivasha is the highest lake within the Great Rift Valley…
UK: London – Tower of London
Tower of London, byname the Tower, royal fortress and London landmark. Its buildings and grounds…
UK: London – Maritime Greenwich
The ensemble of buildings at Greenwich, an outlying district of London, and the park in which they…
UK: London – National Maritime Museum
National Maritime Museum, the world’s largest museum dedicated to things nautical, tells the long…
UK: Greenwich, London – Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark is a British clipper ship. Built on the River Leven, Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869 for…
Uganda: Queen Elizabeth National Park
Queen Elizabeth National Park has the widest variety of wildlife of any Ugandan park. The variety of…
Kenya: Ol Pejeta Conservancy
Situated in the foothills of snow-capped Mount Kenya in central Kenya’s Laikipia County, Ol Pejeta…
Uganda: Kibale National Park
Kibale Forest National Park is one of the best safari destinations in Africa for chimpanzee trekking…
Kenya: Samburu / Buffalo Springs Reserves
Buffalo Springs, Samburu and Shaba are a trio of similar, adjoining reserves. Buffalo Springs offers…
France: Hautes de France – Chateau de Chantilly
The Château de Chantilly is one of the finest jewels in the crown of France’s cultural heritage. It…
Kenya: Amboseli National Park
Amboseli National Park sits in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa’s largest mountain. The name…
Uganda: Ziwa Rhino Sancturary
In 2005, Rhino Fund Uganda reintroduced the highly endangered rhinos in Uganda at the 7,000-hectare…
France & Belgium: UNESCO listed belfries
The Belfries of Belgium and France are 56 bell-towers, built between the 11th and 20th…
France: Hauts de France – Amiens cathedral
The Cathedral Basilica of Our Lady of Amiens (French: Basilique Cathédrale Notre-Dame d’Amiens), or…
France: Paris – A guide to visiting Paris
We have both been to Paris many times and absolutely love visiting this beautiful city. The is…
France: Paris – Château de Fontainebleau
The Château de Fontainebleau is located in the small town bearing the same name and lies 40 miles…
France: Paris – Père Lachaise cemetery
The Père Lachaise cemetery takes its name from King Louis XIVs confessor, Father François d’Aix de…
France: Paris – Palais Garnier, Opera House
The Palais Garnier, also known as Opéra Garnier, is a 1,979-seat opera house at the Place de l’Opéra…
France: Paris – The dome of the Galleries Lafayette
Created by master glassworker Jacques Gruber in the “Art nouveau” or “Art déco” style, the dome…
France: Paris – The Louvre Museum
The Louvre, or the Louvre Museum, is the most-visited museum in the world, and a historic landmark…
France: Paris – Sacré-Cœur & the Monmartre
The Sacré-Coeur, consecrated in 1919, is one of the most iconic monuments in Paris. At the top of…
France: Maison la Roche – Le Corbusier
Designed and built between 1923 and 1925 by Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret, the Maison La Roche…
France: Paris – Statue of Liberty
The original Statue of Liberty sits prominently in New York Harbour, a gift from the people of…
France: Paris – Palace of Versailles
The Palace of Versailles was the principal residence of the French kings from the time of Louis XIV…
France: Paris – Musee D’Orsay
Housed in a train station built for the 1900 World’s Fair, the Musée d’Orsay is known throughout the…
France: Paris – the banks of the Seine
The banks of the River Seine through the heart of Paris are listed as UNESCO world heritage site due…
Oregon: Silverton – The Gordon House
The Gordon House is located just outside the Oregon Garden, close to the small town of Silverton…
Washington: Seattle – The Gum Wall
Seattle Gum Wall is covered in thousands of pieces of chewing gum that have been placed on the side…
Washington: Seattle – Giant Red Popsicles
“The Red Popsicle” by Catherine Mayer is one of the most recent additions to Martin Selig’s art…
Oregon: Silverton – The Oregon Garden
The Oregon Garden is a stunning botanical garden encompassing over 80 acres and featuring more than…
USA: Oregon – Erickson Aircraft Collection
Located in the small town of Madras in Central Oregon, the Erickson Aircraft Museum holds a private…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province – Corcovado National Park
Manuel Antonio National Park (closed on Mondays) contains three beautiful beaches, casual forest…
Costa Rica: Carate – Finca Exotica Eco Lodge
The community of Carate is located in a remote part of Osa Peninsula, bordering on the incredible…
Costa Rica: Finca 6 Sphere Museum
The exact purpose and natue of the near perfectly spherical pre-Colombian Diquis stones is not known…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Drake Bay
Drake Bay is a small community located on the beautiful and remote Osa Peninsula on the southern…
Costa Rica: Manuel Antonio – Peace of Paradise
Peace of Paradise is a small hotel loctated in a small community on the outskirts of the small town…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas Province – Manuel Antonio National Park
Manuel Antonio National Park (closed on Mondays) contains three beautiful beaches, casual forest…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas – NATUWA Wildlife Sanctuary
NATUWA Wildlife Sanctuary provides refuge and protection to the wild animals that have been…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde; Don Juan Coffee Tour
The climate in the central mountains of Costa Rica is ideal for growing coffee, so there are…
Costa Rica: Monteverde – Jaguarundi Lodge
Jaguarundi Lodge is located outside the main town area of the small town of Santa Elena, the gateway…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde Cloud Forest
The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve was established in 1972 and initially covered some 810 acres…
Costa Rica: Puntarenas – Monteverde; ziplines and hanging bridges
One of the most popular activities in the Monteverde region of Costa Rica is to enjoy the rain…
Costa Rica: Alajuela – Ten great things to do in La Fortuna
La Fortuna is about 2.5 hours from San Jose. It’s known as a gateway to Arenal Volcano National…
Costa Rica: Alajuela – The Best Hot Springs in La Fortuna / Arenal
The Arenal Volcano eruption of 1968 changed the topography of the area around La Fortuna /…
Costa Rica: La Fortuna – Hotel Arenal Xilopalo
Costa Rica’s Central Mountains are a tourist haven with stunning scenery, beautiful rainforests…
Costa Rica: Alajuela – Volcan Arenal
Located 15 kilometres from Fortuna between the foothills of the Cordillera de Tilaran mountain range…
Costa Rica: Tortuguero – Buddha Home
There are not a lot of options of where to stay in Tortuguero, but after a bit of research we…
Costa Rica: Limon Province – Tortuguero National Park
Created in 1975, Tortuguero National Park is the most important green sea turtle nesting ground in…
Costa Rica: Limon Province – Ara Manzanillo
Once prevalent throughout the entire Costa Rican Caribbean, Great Green Macaw populations have…
Costa Rica: The Jaguar Rescue Centre
The Jaguar Rescue Centre covers an area of approximately 22,000 square meters and is capable of…
Costa Rica: Limon Province – Moin to Tortuguero National Park
Getting to Tortuguero National Park on Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica is not easy as you cannot drive…
Mexico: Mexico City – National Anthropology Museum
We spent a day visiting Bosque de Chapultepec, one of the largest urban parks in the Western…
Costa Rica: Limon Province – Puerto Viejo de Talamanca
Puerto Viejo de Talamanca is a small town in southeast Costa Rica, on the Caribbean coast. It’s…
Costa Rica: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – Villas del Caribe
Villas del Caribe is a hotel at the south end of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca on the Caribbean coast of…
Costa Rica: Limon Province – Cauhita National Park
Cahuita National Park was established in 1970 to protect a large coral reef off the Caribbean coast…
Costa Rica: Parque Nacional de Irazú
Located in Central Costa Rica, Irazú is an active volcano. Its maximum elevation is 11260 feet (3432…
Rhode Island: The Newport Mansions
During Gilded Age at the turn of the 20th Century the rich and famous flocked to Newport, Rhode…
Oregon: Portland – Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum is the largest art museum in Oregon and one of the oldest in the country…
New York: New York City – Central Park
Central Park is familiar to many people, even if they have never been to the City. It has been the…
New York: New York City – The High Line
From 1934 to 1980 an elevated rail line, now called the High Line, connecting the rail yards of…
New York: New York City – 9/11 Memorial & Museum
The 9/11 Memorial & Museum lay in the footprint of the twin towers of the World Trade Center that…
New York: New York City – Statue of Liberty & Ellis Island
“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” was a gift of friendship from the people of France to…
New York: New York City – The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
The New York Museum of Art was established in 1929 with an initial gift of eight prints and one…
New York: Lyndhurst
Lyndhurst Mansion sits on the Hudon River in Tarrytown just north of New York City. Set in stunning…
New York: The New York Botanical Gardens
New York botanical gardens is an oasis in the city of skyscrapers and brownstone tenements. Whatever…
New York: The Bronx Zoo
The Bronx Zoo was a favourite family haunt for us when we lived in New York, so when we decided to…
North York: Albany – The last remaining giant Nipper
Located in New Salem, North Dakota, Salem Sue stands a mighty 38 feet (12 m) high and 50 feet (15 m)…
Massachussetts: 10 Great Things to do in Boston
Boston is an interesting city with a rich culture and a fascinating history. It was the seat of the…
Massachussetts: Boston – The Freedom Trail
Freedom Trail takes you on a 2.5 -mile journey through the streets of Boston past 16 notable…
Massachussetts: Boston – Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Isabella Stewart Gardner was a Boston socialite who loved to travel and collect art. When her…
Massachussetts: Boston – Boston Tea Party Museum
In December 1773 a group of men dressed as Native Americans boarded some ships moored in the harbour…
New Hampshire: Canterbury Shaker Village
A delightful place to visit in rural New Hampshire. A taste of what the simple and pure lifestyle of…
Maine: Wiscasset & Castle Tucker
Wiscasset, Maine is one of the prettiest villages in the State with great restaurants and…
Maine: Augusta – Old Fort Western
Augusta is the State capital of Maine. It is quite a sleepy city but we decided to head there to…
New Hampshire: Mount Washington
Located in New Hampshire’s White Mountains, Mount Washington is the tallest mountain east of the…
New Hampshire: Franconia Notch State Park – Flume Gorge
The White Mountains of northern New Hampshire is incredibly beautiful. One of the highlights of the…
New Hampshire: Sugar Hill – Polly’s Pancake Parlor
Whilst we follow a mainly plant-based diet we are occasionally tempted to stray. Back in 2007 (prior…
Vermont: Waterbury – Ben & Jerry’s Factory
We have had the great opportunity to twice visit the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury, Vermont. A…
Vermont: Burlington – Knead Bakery
Knead Bakery is located fairly close to downtown Burlington, Vermont. It is a great place to grab…
New York: Adirondacks – Ausable Chasm
Looking for a family day out that works for those simply wanting to go for a stunning hike but also…
New York: Ticonderoga – Fort Ticonderoga
Fort Ticonderoga in Upstate New York has a long and colourful history and was at different times…
New York: Ticonderoga – Star Trek Set Tour
If you are travelling through upstate New York you might want to take a trip into the small town of…
New York: Clayton – Wooden Boat Inn
If you are visiting the Thousand Islands region of New York and looking for somewhere affordable to…
New York: Thousand Islands – Visiting Boldt & Singer Castles
The Thousand Islands region of New York is located in the far north of the State bordering Canada…
New York: 14 fabulous things to do in New York’s Finger Lake’s Region
New York’s Finger Lakes Region is a beautiful part of upstate New York, with eleven lakes that run…
New York: Women’s Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls
In July 1848 a group of 300 people gathered in the city of Seneca Falls, New York for a convention…
New York: Syracuse, – Razzle Dazzle, “Our Vegan Corner”
We arrived in Syracuse hungry and ready to start knawing our own legs so we were happy to discover…
USA: New York – Wings of Eagles
The Wings of Eagles Discovery Centre in Horseheads, New York is a small aerospace museum and…
New York: Syracuse – Upside-down traffic lights
When the city of Syracuse, New York started installing traffic lights in the 1920s the Irish…
New York: Gourdlandia
If you are in the Finger Lakes Region near Ithaca then you might want to check out Gourdlandia. This…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – Two Day Itinerary
Prague is a fascinating place to visit and there are so many things to do and see. We were lucky…
New York: Watkins Glen State Park
Watkins Glen is a small town on the bottom tip of Seneca Lake in New York’s Finger Lakes region…
USA: Pennsylvania – Steamtown National Historic Site
I love trains, especially steam locomotives so I was totally thrilled to find out that our New…
USA: Pennsylvania – Electric City Trolley Museum
The Electric City Trolley Museum in Scranton is a tribute to the first mass transit systems that…
Pennsylvania: Bushkill Falls
Known as the ‘Niagara of Pennsylvania, Bushkill Falls is a set of eight unique waterfalls. the…
New York: Corning – Museum of Glass
The Corning Museum of Glass in Corning, New York is one of the largest museums in the world…
New York: Taughannock Falls State Park
Taughannock Falls State Park is located on Cayuga Lake, 10 miles north of Ithaca, in New York’s…
Pennsylvania: Scranton – Eden Cafe
A light and airy vegan cafe serving a selection of bowls, juices and smoothies. (Restaurant / Dining…
New York: Corning – Rockwell Museum
The Rockwell Museum (nothing to do with Norman) in Corning, New York is an interesting and diverse…
Czech Republic: Prague – Lesser Town; Malá Strana
The Lesser Town, (Mala Strana) also known as the Lesser or Little Quarter, clusters around the…
Czech Republic: Prague – Prague Castle
Dominating the skyline of Prague is Prague Castle which has been an important symbol of the Czech…
Mexico: México – Teotihuacan
If during a visit to the Mexico City area you are looking to escape the hustle and bustle of the…
Mexico: Colonial Cholula & Puebla
Due to its history and architectural styles ranging from Renaissance to Mexican Baroque, Puebla was…
India – New Delhi – Humayon’s Tomb
Our first day in India was an exploration of New Delhi visiting the UNESCO sites Qutab Minar and…
Czech Republic: Prague – The Franz Kafka museum
Franz Kafka was born in Prague to a middle-class Jewish family, in what was then the Kingdom of…
10 Great things to do in Barcelona
Barcelona is one of our favourite cities to visit. It has a fascinating history and culture, as well…
California: Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks
High-up in the California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains are two of USA’s most spectacular National…
Czech Republic: Eatery Review – Forky’s Prague
We recently spent 3 days in the amazing city of Prague. During our time there we decided to check…
Czech Republic: Prague – Three Day Itinerary
Prague is a fascinating place to visit and there are so many things to do and see. We were lucky…
Oregon: Portland – 6 great vegan / vegetarian places to eat
We often travel to Portland, Oregon for weekends and as we follow a plant-based diet having places…
Czech Republic: Prague – Old Town
Prague has many fascinating places to visit, none more so than Old Town Square. Here you will find…
Spain: Barcelona – Casa Milà (La Pedrera)
UNESCO has recognized the works of the great architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), in particular…
Spain: Catalonia – The Sagrada Familia
UNESCO has recognized the works of the great architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), in particular…
Spain: Barcelona- Park Güell
UNESCO has recognized the works of the great architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), in particular…
Oregon: Summer Lake Hot Springs
Summer Lake Hot Springs is a rustic resort located deep in the central region of Oregon known as the…
Oregon: Fort Rock State Park
Fort Rock State Park – Like a desert mirage, this National Natural Landmark rises huge out of the…
Spain: Andalusia – Córdoba
The City of Córdoba is the capital of the province of Córdoba and has a colourful history. It also…
Oregon: Portland – The HI Portland Northwest hostel
Centrally located in Portland, close to all the action the Society Hotel offers a range of…
Oregon: Portland – The Japanese Garden
One of Portland’s nicknames is the City of Roses, and this town has long been an incubator for the…
India: Varanasi – The Suryauday Haveli review
We had for a long time wanted to visit the sacred Hindu city of Varanasi, and were not disappointed…
India: The streets of Varanasi: silk weaving, bazaars …. and lassi
Varanasi is known as the ‘City of Temples’ but it is much more than just a religious centre there is…
India: Varanasi – A centre for culture and education
Varanasi is an explosion of sensations that overcome you as soon as you arrive. Part of our reason…
Spain: Andalusia – Granada, Parque de las Ciencias
If you are in the Andalusian city of Granada why not try a visit to the excellent Parque de las…
Oregon: Newport – Yaquina Head
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area extends out from the Oregon coast, one mile into the Pacific…
Book Review – Kon-Tiki
Norweigan explorer Thor Heyerdahl had a theory that the islands of the Pacific Ocean could have been…
Oregon: Newport – The Devil’s Punchbowl
The Devil’s Punch Bowl is located between Newport and Depoe Bay on the Oregon coast. This Natural…
Book Review – The Stowaway
A young teenage boy in 1920s New York is determined to set out on the adventure of a lifetime to…
Book Review – Tracks
When Robyn Davidson arrived in Alice Springs in 1975 she had a crazy plan to journey 1700 miles…
New Zealand: South Island – Queenstown, Te Anau & Milford Sound
A three-day visit to South Island, starting in adrenalin capital of Queenstown before moving to the…
California: Death Valley National Park
Some may call us foolish for visiting Death Valley National Park in the summer months, but we really…
India: Varanasi – Life along the Ganges River
When planning our trip to India I was determined to visit Varanasi, the holiest of cities for Hindus…
Peru: Cusco – The seat of Incan Kings
Set at 12,000 feet above sea level Cusco, is the ancient capital of the Incas. There is plenty to…
Utah: Moab – Arches National Park
Arches National Park is just a few short miles from Moab, UT. Here the full forces of nature have…
Oregon: Newport
Newport is the main town on the Oregon coast and home to the largest fishing fleet, with a large…
Oregon: Depoe Bay
Depoe Bay is known as the whale watching capital of Oregon due to a large number of migratory grey…
Utah: Hole ‘N’ The Rock
We never miss the chance to check out the weird and unusual on our travels. During our recent visit…
Utah: Hanksville
One of the delights of travelling is discovering something new and unexpected. During our winter…
Utah – Snow Canyon; Five great things to do
Snow Canyon State Park is a 7,400-acre scenic park located within the 62,000 acre Red Cliffs Desert…
Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone National Park’ covers 3,468.4 square miles and is made up of mountains, canyons, rivers…
Utah: Butch Cassidy’s childhood home
Butch Cassidy worked hard to help provide for his family as a teenager on this homestead. It was the…
Adventure Books to take on your travels
If you like reading books about travel and adventure here is my list of recommendations As a…
Utah: Capitol Reef National Park
Even considering Utah’s many impressive national parks and monuments, it is difficult to rival…
Oregon: Cannon Beach
Cannon Beach is the iconic Pacific coast beach with glorious sandy beaches and impressive sea rocks…
Film Review: The Bikes of Wrath
The Bikes of Wrath follows five Australian friends as they attempt to cycle 2,600 kilometres from…
Utah: Bryce Canyon National Park
Bryce Canyon is one of the ‘Big 5’ National Parks in Utah. The main draw of the park is the Bryce…
Utah: Zion National Park
We’d not heard much about Zion National Park before visiting. It is an amazing place, with a…
Nevada: Las Vegas – Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area is a short drive from the heart of Las Vegas. There…
India: Uttar Pradesh – The Taj Mahal
We were a little worried with the potential of fog completely engulfing the Taj Mahal. But we got…
Nevada: Valley of Fire State Park
The Valley of Fire State Park makes an ideal day trip from the chaos that is Las Vegas. You will…
Mexico: Mexico City – National Autonomous University (UNAM)
National Autonomous University of Mexico (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México or UNAM) is the…
Nevada: Goldfield former gold mining town
Goldfield, Nevada at one time was the largest town in the State, fuelled by a gold rush. Today, its…
Sri Lanka: Highlands – Horton Plains
Horton Plains National Park is a protected area in the central highlands of Sri Lanka and is covered…
Book Review – No picnic on Mount Kenya
Confined to an endless cycle of boredom and frustration, one prisoner, Felice Benuzzi, realizes he…
Nevada: Hawthorne – Ordnance Museum
Located in the high desert of Nevada is the Ordnance Museum located in the small town of Hawthorne…
New Zealand: North Island – Lake Taupo
Lake Taupo. is located in the North Island of New Zealand. It is in the caldera of the Taupo…
USA: Oregon – Tillamook Air Museum
Tillamook Air Museum is located in a rural setting close to the Oregon Pacific coast. In World War…
Oregon: Astoria
Astoria is located in the far northwestern corner of Oregon, where the mighty Columbia River spills…
Illinois: Chicago – Architecture Boat Tour
I have grown to love the skyline of Chicago. It is probably one of my favourites in the world – and…
India: Delhi – The Red Fort & Old Delhi
When visiting India’s capital city you simply must explore the somewhat crazy and super busy area of…
Wisconsin: Lake Geneva
Nestled 50 miles south of Milwaukee and Madison in Wisconsin is the resort town Lake Geneva, a…
Wisconsin: House On The Rock
Visit the House on the Rock in Wisconsin’s Wyoming Valley and discover the bizarre and crazy world…
Wisconsin: Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin
The UNESCO listed Taliesin is the home, estate and studio of the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright…
Wisconsin: Spring Green – Steam Punk Manor
Accommodation: Located along the trendy Alberta Street on Portland’s Eastside “Caravan” or the Tiny…
Wisconsin: Mount Horeb
Located in Wisconsin’s Dane County, not too far from the State Capital of Madison, Mount Horeb is a…
Louisiana: New Orleans – National World War II Museum
The National World-War II museum in New Orleans is a world-class museum focused on the stories and…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Mardi Gras World
Mardi Gras is about music, parades, picnics, floats and excitement. It’s one big holiday in New…
Illinois: Chicago – Shedd Aquarium
Opened in 1930 the Shedd Aquarium for many years remained to the largest indoor aquarium in the…
Louisiana: New Orleans – St Louis Cemetary #1
Saint Louis Cemeteryis the name of three Catholic cemeteries in New Orleans, Louisiana. Most of the…
Oregon: McMinnville – Evergreen Aviation Museum
Located near to the small Oregon town of McMinnville is the excellent Evergreen Aviation & Space…
Oregon: John Day Fossil Beds
Since moving to Oregon several years ago we had long talked about visiting John Day Fossil Beds…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Playa del Carmen
When we stay on the Riviera Maya on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, we avoid going into Cancún at all…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Tulum Mayan Ruins
We desperately wanted to leave behind the commercial hubbub of northern reaches of Cancún and it’s…
Book Review – Into Thin Air
In the 1990s John Krakauer was a contributor to Outside Magazine, a renown adventure publication…
Italy: Rome – A 3 Day Itinerary
Rome, known as the Eternal City is a fascinating place to visit and there are so many places to…
Oregon: Florence and Yachats
The Oregon Coast is beautiful and rugged, but even in the height of the summer there are few days…
Book Review – Alive: The Story of the Andes Survivors
This is the incredible story of a group of mostly young and inexperienced men who find themselves…
Oregon: Fort Clatsop – Lewis & Clark National Monument
Back in September 1803, US President Thomas Jefferson decided he ought to find out more about the…
Sri Lanka: The Highlands – Tea Plantations and Nuwara Eliya
Ceylon Tea is known throughout the World and is grown extensively in the Highlands of Sri Lanka. We…
Malaysia: Borneo – The Rain Forest Discovery Centre
A great insight into the fauna and flora of Borneo. There is a well thought out inside exhibition…
Book Review – Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage
This book captures a remarkable story of bravery, grit and determination. In August 1914 the 28 man…
Malaysia: Borneo (Sabah) – Cruising the Kinabatangan River
The start of a journey down the Kinabatangan River in Sabah, Borneo. This is the perfect place to…
Washington: Cape Disappointment State Park
Cape Disappointment is home to a wide selection of trails, whether you’re looking for elevation gain…
Malaysia: Borneo – A chance meeting with pygmy elephants
Whilst I was laid up in my room at the Kinabatangan Wetlands Resort from my fall the night before (I…
Idaho: Craters of the Moon National Monument
Located along US 20 between the small towns of Arco and Carey in Idaho, Craters of the Moon National…
Book Review: Blood River – A journey to Africa’s broken heart
In 1874 the journalist and explorer Henry Morton Stanley navigated the River Congo for the first…
Malaysia: Sabah – Bornean Sun Bear Conservation Centre
The sun bear conservation centre in Sandakan has a mission to rescue these small and endangered…
Idaho: Arco and Experimental Breeder Reactor #1 (EBR-1)
The eastern reaches of Idaho, north of Idaho Falls are pretty bleak and remote which makes it an…
Malaysia: Borneo (Sabah) – Sepilok Orangutan Sanctuary
For as long as I can remember I have had a love affair with orangutans. so a trip to Borneo has long…
Montana, Missoula – Veera’s Donuts (Review)
There are a growing number of options for vegans in Bend, Oregon. We recently decided to celebrate…
North Dakota: Regent – The Enchanted Highway
The Enchanted Highway, is a 31 mile stretch of highway designed to draw in tourists to the town of…
Iceland: Two day itinerary
Iceland is a land of volcanoes, geysers, glaciers and powerful rivers, all of which have carved the…
Oregon: Sumpter
Tucked away in the trees and nestled in Oregon’s Elkhorn Mountain Range, located at 4.424 feet lies…
Wyoming: Cody – Cody Trout Ranch Camp
If you are looking for a place to stay near the east entrance of Yellowstone National Park then the…
Book Review: Touching the Void – An inspiring story of survial
I have never even been tempted to climb mountains. I am not a thrill-seeker, at least one who wants…
New Zealand: North Island – Rotorua
A journey of discovery into the explosive power of mother nature that grips New Zealand and a…
Oregon: Oregon Trail Interpretation Center and Halfway.
As part of our road trip through Eastern Oregon, we stayed in Baker City and dropped in on the…
Book Review: Running the Amazon
Despite his lack of experience of water adventure, in 1995 Joe Kane joined a group of adventurers…
Sri Lanka: Galle old town
We spent the day travelling along the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, stopping to snap some photos of…
Singapore: Jurong Bird Park [Permanently Closed]
* 2023 Update: The Jurong Bird Park has been permanently closed and its birds will be transferred to…
Ecuador: Quito – Colonial Centre
A day tour of the Ecuadorian capital of Quito, with its delightful colonial architecture. We also…
Czech Republic: Prague – Sex Machines Museum
I am always on the lookout for unusual places to visit and in my research, before visiting Prague…
Oregon: Baker City – Geiser Grand Hotel
We spent a night at the splendid Geiser Grand Hotel in Baker City, Oregon. This historic hotel…
Arizona: Navajo Nation – Monument Valley
I had grown up watching John Wayne movies with my parents and loved them. When planning a road trip…
Czech Republic: Prague – The Alphonse Mucha Museum
Mucha’s artwork can be found in many places in Prague including the Municipal House, the National…
South Dakota: Geographic Centre of the Nation
With the addition of Alaska and Hawaii to the Union, the geographic centre of the United States…
South Dakota: Custer State Park
Custer State Park is famous for its bison herds, other wildlife, scenic drives, historic sites…
India: – New Delhi – Qutab Minar
Our first day in India was an exploration of New Delhi visiting the UNESCO sites Qutab Minar and…
North Dakota: Jamestown – World’s Largest Buffalo
As you drive along I-94 across North Dakota it is difficult to miss the giant statue of a buffalo…
South Dakota: Wind Cave National Park
Regarded as sacred by American Indians, exploration of the the area known a Wind Cave did not begin…
Minnesota: Big Ole – America’s Biggest Viking
Big Ole, located in the small town of Alexandria, Minnesota, is the purportedly the World’s largest…
South Dakota: Mount Rushmore National Park
Mount Rushmore is a relatively recent creation and started as a concept by state historian Doane…
North Dakota: World’s Largest Sandhill Crane
“Sandy”, the 40ft high statue of the Sandhill Crane at Steele, North Dakota stands in a little park…
Wyoming: Devils Tower National Monumment
The Devils Tower in Wyoming was America’s first National Monument. This incredible rock has been…
Minnesota: Fergus Falls – Largest Otter & Giant Goose
Many years ago on a family road trip across the USA, I had set out in search of Otto, the world’s…
Minnesota: Rothsay – A Giant Greater Prairie Chicken
One of my quirky interests, as I have travelled around the United States, is to try and see as many…
Minnesota: Darwin – The World’s largest ball of twine
If you should visit the small town of Darwin, Minnesota (pop. 350) you will find, located inside a…
North Dakota: New Salem – World’s largest Holstein cow
Located in New Salem, North Dakota, Salem Sue stands a mighty 38 feet (12 m) high and 50 feet (15 m)…
Utah: Moab – Canyonlands National Park
Today we decided to head off to Canyonlands National Park. After doing some research prior to going…
Sri Lanka: 8 Great Things to do in Colombo
For most people visiting Sri Lanka the country’s capital, Colombo is not high on their list of…
Connecticut: Mystic Seaport Museum
Mystic Seaport, a museum of the sea, in Connecticut is a fantastic day out and for those who have…
Sri Lanka: South-West Coast
We had the chance to spend a day exploring the beach towns and attractions north of Galle along Sri…
Book Review: The River of Doubt
“The River of Doubt” by Candice Millard sets out to tell the story of Roosevelt and his partners in…
Sri Lanka: Mirissa – Whale Watching Tour
We have had the opportunity to go on several whale tours over the years and have loved every minute…
Film Review: Pedal The World
The documentary, Pedal the World, available on Netflix is the amazing story of a young German…
Film Review: Food Evolution
“Food Evolution” the movie looks at the controversial subject of Genetically Modified Organisms…
Sri Lanka: Yala National Park
Yala National Park is a large wildlife conservation area found in the south-east of Sri Lanka…
Singapore: The Botanical Gardens
On a previous visit to Singapore, I had visited the Botanical Gardens and the image of these amazing…
Sri Lanka: Udawalawe NP & The Elephant Transit Home
Udawalawe National Park lies on the boundary of Sabaragamuwa and Uva Provinces, in Sri Lanka and is…
Spain: Andalusia – Ronda
Perched on an inland plateau riven by the 100m fissure of El Tajo gorge, Ronda is Málaga province’s…
Sri Lanka: Taking a scenic train ride to Ella
The train ride from the highlands of Sri Lanka to Ella is one of the most spectacular train journeys…
Michigan: Mackinac Island
Mackinac Island (pronounced MAK-IN-AW) covers around 3.8 square miles and is located in Lake Huron…
Mexico: Mexico City – Xochimilco
The megapolis that is Mexico City today is a far cry from what the valley looked like around 100 A.D…
Film Review: Seed – The Untold Story
SEED: The Untold Story, follows passionate seed keepers intent on protecting our 12,000-year-old…
Film Review: Unbroken Ground
As part of Patagonia’s mission to educate they commissioned a documentary, Unbroken Ground, to be…
Spain: Granada – Spanish Inquisition Museum
The Museum of the Spanish Inquisition is a fascinating insight into the cruel and grisly punishments…
Sri Lanka: Ambuluwawa Tower
Ambuluwawa is a biodiversity complex and Sri Lanka’s first multi-religious sanctuary situated in the…
Oregon: Bend
Bend, Oregon is a fantastic place to visit at any time of the year. There are plenty of activities…
A world drowning in plastic waste!
There has been a lot of news coverage of the huge amount of garbage, particularly plastic, that is…
Sri Lanka: Kandy – The cultural capital
Kandy is a large city in central Sri Lanka., set on a plateau surrounded by mountains, which are…
Arizona: Page – Antelope Canyon
You have probably seen photographs of Antelope Canyon even if you did not know it where it was. This…
Colorado: Colorado Springs – Garden of the Gods
Comprising 1,300 acres of sandstone formations the Garden of the Gods, close to Colorado Springs, is…
Learning from a bad travel experience
This is the story of a flight experience we had on a holiday to India (which was a wonderful…
The rise of the avocado and the impact on environment
I want to get this out of the way before I write any more – I love eating avocados. For me, it was…
Spain: The Works of Antoni Gaudi
UNESCO has recognized the works of the great architect Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), in particular…
Sri Lanka: Dambulla Cave Temple
Dambulla Cave Temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site close to Sigiriya and about 50 miles north of…
Arizona: Chinle – Canyon De Chelly
On the recommendation of a good friend, we took a detour on our journey through Arizona to visit the…
Oregon: Bend – Fix N Repeat: Vegan Cafe
A light and airy vegan cafe serving a selection of bowls, juices and smoothies. (Restaurant / Dining…
New Zealand: Giant metal dog and sheep ice-cream store.
We have a great liking for weird and quirky roadside attractions and were delighted to in Tirau, New…
Sri Lanka: Sigiriya – Traditional Village Tour
One of the joys of travelling is to see cultures very different from the ones we experience from…
Spain: Andalusia – The Alhambra
The Alhambra, in Granada, Spain is a large palace and fortress complex that sits high on a hill high…
Crash bang wallop – a sobering tale
After a recent accident whist away on vacation in an exotic location I came away thankful to be…
Book Review: Travel As A Political Act
I have been watching Rick Steves travel shows on Public Television for several years. He comes…
Lousiana: New Orleans – 20 Great things to do
New Orleans is a great city to visit. Those of us who have been are drawn back as there are…
Sri Lanka: Polonnaruwa
Some 800 years ago Polonnaruwa was a bustling commercial and religious centre for the Chola dynasty…
Sri Lanka: Pidurangala – An alternative to Sigiriya
Pidurangala Rock, formerly a Buddhist Temple is located just a few kilometres from its more famous…
India: New Delhi – Qutab Minar and Humayon’s tomb
Our first day in India was an exploration of New Delhi visiting the UNESCO sites Qutab Minar and…
Film Review: Ice On Fire
Documentaries about climate change are sobering and somewhat scary intending to frighten people into…
Sri Lanka: Matale – Sigiriya Rock Fortress
The Sigiriya palace and fortress complex in central Sri Lanka is recognized as one of the finest…
China: Hong Kong – arriving during a tropical cyclone
We were greeted in Hong Kong by some wet, miserable weather. The weather in the tropics are complex…
Sri Lanka: Habarana – Minneriya, Kaudulla and Hurulu Eco Park
One of the reasons we were drawn to visit Sri Lanka was the opportunity to see some wildlife…
Mexico: Mexico City – Roma and La Condesa
During our week-long stay in Mexico City, we fell in love with the place. We stopped in the heart of…
New Zealand: North Island – Hobbiton Film Set
Back in the 1990s Peter Jackson was looking for a location for sets for his upcoming Lord of the…
Hawai‘i: Volcano National Park
Hawai’i, the Big Island, like all the other islands in the 50th State of the US, has been formed by…
Sri Lanka: Mihintale – Birthplace of Buddhism in Sri Lanka
It was during the reign of King Devanampiya Tissa (250 – 210 BC) that the Arahat Mahinda, son of the…
Mexico: Mexico City – Historic Centre
The energetic heart of this megalopolis has oodles of historical and beautiful places to visit, plus…
Sri Lanka: Anuradhapura
The ruins of Anuradhapura are one of South Asia’s most evocative sights, a sprawling complex…
Czechia: Bohemian Switzerland & Saxony National Parks
After a few days of trudging around the hard pavements of cities, we felt the need to escape to the…
Mexico: Mexico City – Chapultepec Castle and forest
We spent a day visiting Bosque de Chapultepec, one of the largest urban parks in the Western…
Spain: Catalonia – Cadequés, Port Lligat; Dalí’s home
Today we set out at the crack of sparrows to reach the small fishing village of Port Lligat, where…
Sri Lanka: Gampaha – Negombo
Negombo is s small coastal town ideal for a brief visit on arriving or leaving Sri Lanka – explore…
Spain: Figueres – Teatre-Museu Dalí; Salvador Dalí museum
Reaching Figueres late morning meant we beat the rush for visiting the Teatre-Museu Dalí, which…
Spain: Catalonia – Girona
A couple of excellent days spent in the culturally rich city of Girona. This northern city in…
Book Review: How to travel the World on $50 a day
Matt Kepnes book ‘How to Travel the World on $50 a day: Travel cheaper, longer, smarter’ is a…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Ogden Museum of Southern Art
The Ogden Museum of Southwestern Art, located in the vibrant Warehouse District New Orleans, not too…
Mexico: Mexico City – Coyoacán and Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul
Mexico City is a sprawling megalopolis with busy streets and millions of people bustling, conducting…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Confederate Memorial Hall Museum
Confederate Memorial Hall opened its doors in New Orleans on January 8, 1891, and has been…
Oregon: McKenzie River along Highway 126
Oregon Highway 126 joins the University City of Eugene to Highway 20 about two-thirds of the way…
Oregon: Silver Falls State Park
Known by many as the “crown jewel” of the Oregon States Parks. Explore the picturesque and stunning…
Blood clots – a real pain in the leg
A life-threatening event which may result in many dangerous consequences, including a stroke or…
Oregon: Ashland – Falafel Republic (Review)
We discovered Falafel Republic last year during one of our visits to Ashland to watch plays at the…
Louisiana: New Orleans – The Museum of Death
Having spent time earlier in the day on a tour of the St Louis #1 cemetery I thought I would carry…
Oregon: Portland – Off The Griddle (Review)
Located in a South-East Portland suburb, Off The Griddle is a vegetarian-friendly vegan restaurant…
Film Review: Saving The Dark – A story of light pollution
It is sad to think that our children may never see a night sky full of stars, but there are real…
China: Hong Kong: Enjoying the city at night
Traversing Hong Kong on the trams and enjoying the amazing lights of the cityscape on a nightime…
Oregon: Newberry National Volcanic Monument
Newberry National Volcanic Monument is set in the spectacular Deschutes National Forest. The…
France: Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur – Eze
Perched on a hill over the Mediterranean Sea, the medieval French town of Eze is a must if you are…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Sweet Soul Food
I decided that I wanted to head out away from the touristy French Quarter and explore a more…
Hong Kong: Victoria Peak, Aberdeen and a night market
A whirlwind tour to the top of Hong Kong’s Victoria Peak then across the island for a boat trip…
Film Review: Plant Pure Nation the movie
The documentary film Plant Pure Nation tells the story of three people on a quest to spread the…
China: Hong Kong – The wonders of Lantau Island
A day to escape the rush of the Hong Kong Island and visit the calm of the Big Buddha and Po Lin…
Colorado: Denver – Watercourse Foods (Review)
A lively vegan restaurant with a fantastic atmosphere close to downtown Denver. I have been to…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Carmo (Review)
Carmo is a vegan-friendly cafe with tropical influences with a cosy and cosmopolitan feel in New…
Iceland: Þingvellir National Park
40km from Reykjavik, Þingvellir (pronounced Thingvellir) National Park is a site of historical…
Italy: The Historic Centre of Rome
Rome, the “Eternal City” is a fascinating place to visit and there are so many places to visit. We…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – The Van Gogh Museum
The Van Gogh museum is dedicated to the life and works of the great Dutch impressionist who lived a…
Louisiana: New Orleans – Killer PoBoys
I was out and about in New Orleans, exploring the French Quarter when I stumbled across a small…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – The canal ring
Amsterdam, has more than one hundred kilometres of grachten (canals), about 90 islands and 1,500…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – The amazing Rijksmuseum
The Rijksmuseum is one of the most renown museums in the World and is a must-see on any visit to…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – Vegan Junk Food Bar
The Vegan Junk Food Bar is a small chain of restaurants, with four locations in Amsterdam and one in…
Oregon: McMinnville – Vintages RV Park
Before finally taking the leap to full time living in a motorhome we watched every TV show on…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – Sweets Hotel
Having spent two nights in a tramcar at the Hotel Not Hotel in Amsterdam I decided to switch to…
Film Review: The Game Changers documentary
In my researching on vegan diets many months back I came across the story about a documentary that…
Czech Republic: Prague – U Páva Hotel
For our stay in Prague we wanted to stay close to city centre as we planned to walk everywhere…
Netherlands: Amsterdam – Hotel Not Hotel
In my exploration of unusual places to stay, I was delighted to find, when scouring the hospitality…
Czech Republic: Eatery Review – Vegan’s Prague
We recently spent 3 days in the amazing city of Prague. During our time there we decided to check…
Italy: Rome – Appian Way and the Catacombs
I thought it would be great to escape the hustle and bustle of the centre of Rome and escape to…
Oregon: Takilma – Out’n’About Treesort
It was an opportunistic stop a Out’n’About Treesort that resulted in us moving to Oregon nearly 10…
Holy See & the Vatican City
Vatican City is an independent walled-off city within Rome that is about 110 acres and has a…
Italy: Rome – Ops! Vegan Restaurant (Review)
After our first two nights in Rome where we “suspended” our vegan diet to try some traditional…
Italy: Rome – The Roman Forum and Colosseum
There are some iconic things to see and do in Rome, one of which is the Colosseum. So, I explored…
Oregon: Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake is a must-see landmark during any trip to Southern Oregon. There are two ways many…
Spain: Valenican Community – The beautiful city of Valencia
Valencia is one of those cities I have driven by and flown through several times, always meaning to…
New Mexico: Farmington – Kokopeli’s Cave
I am always on the lookout for unusual places to stay on our travels around the country and on one…
Oregon: Portland – The International Rose Test Garden
One of Portland’s nicknames is the City of Roses, and this town has long been an incubator for the…
Oregon: Terrabonne – Smith Rock State Park
Central Oregon’s Smith Rock is one our favorite places to visit in the whole State. It is truly…
USA: Oregon – Portland Rose Festival Parade
The Grand Floral Parade is the centerpiece of the festival and the second largest all-floral parade…
Oregon: Central Oregon – Tumalo Falls
Central Oregon has many beautiful places to visit and there are some fabulous hikes just a few…
Monaco
I have always loved the French Riviera, especially the part of the coastline from Cannes to the…
Washington: Seattle – Broadfork (Eatery Review)
Using the Happy Cow app on my phone I had tracked down Broadfork, a vegan cafe a block or two away…
Oregon: Portland – Bye & Bye (Review)
We are always on the lookout for new places to eat when we travel to Portland, Oregon – which…
UK: England – Warwick Castle
Of the many castles still around in the UK, Warwick Castle is the closest to my heart. I spent four…
Oregon: Ashland – Pangea Cafe (Review)
During our last visit to town I had got us tickets for the Sunday matinee showing of the musical…
Oregon: Ashland – Ruby’s (Eatery Review)
Established in 2011, Ruby’s is nestled away from Ashland’s busy high street on the border of the…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Las Robles (Review)
Los Robles is a bijou, brightly decorated cafe located on one of the main streets through the town…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Puerto Morelos
The coast line of the Riviera Maya on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula has been gobbled up by a land grab…
Virginia: The Jamestown Settlement
Near the site of the original colony, Jamestown Settlement tells the story of 17th-century Virginia…
Illinois: Machesney Park – Pigs Mind Brewing
I was really in the mood for some comfort food after fighting my way through the rush hour traffic…
Virginia: Our visit to Colonial Williamsburg
The State of Virginia, or more correctly the Commonwealth of Virginia has had a major role on the…
Pennsylvania: Gettysburg National Military Park
Gettysburg located in rural Pennsylvania probably would have remained a sleepy little town but for…
Pennsylvania: Valley Forge National Historical Monument
On our road trip through Pennsylvania we discovered a National Park that we were totally unfamiliar…
Oregon: Woodburn – Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival
Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm is set deep in the fertile Willamette Valley 45 minutes south of Portland…
USA: Washington – The Museum of Flight
This 15-acre campus includes over 160 air and spacecraft, the original Boeing Aircraft factory and…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Pitted Date (Review)
Located close to Playa Del Carmen’s Avienda 5, but in a quieter area, the Pitted Date, was a…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Zöetry Paraiso de la Bonita
As we have matured in years (a.k.a. got old) our taste for the type of vacation we take has…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Chaya and Cacao (Reveiw)
We had checked out the Happy Cow app to find a vegan restaurant on Isla Mujeres and after reading…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Isla Mujeres
After several days of perfect weather we awoke to a cloudy and blustery morning, that threatened…
Mexico: Quintana Roo; Tulum – Succulenta (Eatery Review)
I had thought that with its New Age reputation that Tulum would be bristling with vegan restaurants…
Germany: Neuschwanstein & Hohenschwangau Castles
There are only a few movies that really stuck in my memories when I was a child, one of which was…
California: Yosemite National Park
We spent two excellent days exploring the magnificent Yosemite National Park. With two children in…
Tennessee: Our visit to Memphis
Day 1:GRACELANDOf course one of the things we had to see while we are in Memphis was Elvis’…
Arizona: Flagstaff & Sunset Crater
Close to Flagstaff, Sunset Crater, the site of the most recent eruption in Northern Arizona, is now…
Arizona: Montezuma Well and Castle
A visit to Montezuma Castle, an ancient cliff dwelling south of Sedona. This five storey cliff…
Arizona: Arcosanti – a social project
On our road trip through Arizona we has heard about a place called Arcosanti which piqued our…
Wyoming: Cody the town that Bill built
A short distance from the East Entrance of Yellowstone National Park is the small western town of…
Wyoming: Grand Teton National Park
Jackson, Wyoming is a quaint little town set in the Rocky Mountain range with a distinct Western…
Arizona: Petrified Forest National Park & Meteor Crater
On our road trip across Arizona we called into the amazing Petrified Forest National Park, a journey…
Alaska: Fairbanks – Aurora Express Bed & Breakfast
For our second night in Fairbanks, we had arranged for us to stay at the Aurora Express Bed &…
Arkansas: Our visit to Fort Smith
As we trekked across from Oklahoma on our way to Alabama we stopped off at the small, historic town…
Tennessee: Lynchburg – Our visit to the Jack Daniels distillery
A brief stop to pay homage to a national iconic drinks brand – and not a drop passed our lips!. On…
Belgium: Brussels – Historical Centre
The city of Brussels in Belgium is at the very heart of Europe. It is the seat of the European…
Washington: Olympic National Park
We spent 2 days exploring Washington State’s Olympic National Park. – a vast wilderness encompassing…
Alaska: Exploring the frontier city of Fairbanks
As we left the high peaks of the Alaska range behind and move deeper into the Interior the mountains…
Alaska: Denali National Park
After a few days in Anchorage & Seward we headed north into the Alaskan interior, through the…
Alaska: Seward – Dog sledding during the summer season
After spending the previous day at sea we decided to focus our last few days in Steward on terra…
Alaska: Kenai Peninsula – Exit Glacier
Getting close-up and personal with a enormous river of ice. Whilst we still can!…
Montana: Glacier National Park
Enjoying the spectacular scenery of Glacier National Park. A mountainous wonderland created by the…
Montana: Butte & The World Museum of Mining
Butte is built around a mountain, once known as America’s most valuable mountain. This community was…
India: Rajasthan – the Jantar Mantar
The Jantar Mantar, is a monument which houses a collection of nineteen architectural astronomical…
India: Uttar Pradesh – Fatehpur Sikri
The ancient city of Fatehpur Sikri was founded by Emperor Akbar as the capital of Mughal Empire in…
India: Keoladeo National Park
An unplanned visit to Keoladeo National Park which turned out to be wonderful and we were lucky to…
Minnesota: Walnut Grove – Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum
The name of Walnut Grove is synonymous with the “Little House On The Prairie” TV series, although…
Colorado: Keensburg- Wild Animal Sanctuary
The Colorado Wildlife Conservation Sanctuary is a fascinating place. It is not a zoo but is a rescue…
Alaska: Exploring the Seward Highway
Exploring Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula: incredible wildlife and the disappearing glaciers…
Alaska: A day cruise to Northwestern Fjord
The plan was to take a 9 ½ boat trip from Seward up the Northwestern Fjord, some 70 odd miles down…
Alaska: Anchorage – Alaska Native Heritage Center
On our arrival in Anchorage our hopes were raised by some warm summer sun, but when we awoke on…
Colorado: The spectacular Royal Gorge
Royal Gorge is a wonderful natural marvel in itself, a 1000 foot plus deep gorge cut through the…
Mexico: Yucatán – Chichen Itza
The ancient Mayan ruins at Chichén Itzá on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula are truly amazing and should…
Kansas: Dodge City – Boot Hill Museum
Having been bought up on classic Western films starring great iconic actors such as John Wayne…
Minnesota: Pelican Pete the worlds largest pelican
After an unsuccessful hunt for the largest otter in Fergus falls we set out to find Pelican Pete…
South Dakota: Crazy Horse Memorial
Brule Lakota Henry Standing Bear was born near Pierre, South Dakota, along the Missouri River around…
South Dakota: Pine Ridge Reservation – Wounded Knee
Since coming to live in the United States I have enjoyed discovering more about the history and…
Colorado: Great Sand Dunes National Park
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve is in southern Colorado. It’s known for huge dunes like…
Ohio: Cleveland – Great Lakes Science Center
Whether a science fan or not, a visit to Great Lakes Science Centre is sure to be fun! It has on…
Ohio: Cleveland – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, museum and hall of fame in Cleveland that celebrates the…
South Dakota: De Smet – Ingalls Family Home
As we have traveled around the United States we have adopted some strange challenges. One of these…
Idaho: Lapwai – Nez Perce National Historic Site
Traveling through northern Idaho towards Washington we decided to stop at the Nez Perce National…
Minnesota: Preston – Jail House Inn
We’re always searching for unusual places to stay and after spending time on the Internet I found…
Ohio: Berlin
The Amish and Mennonites have been depicted in many movies and feature in documentaries and reality…
Nebraska: Alliance – Car Henge art installation
The roads across the mid west of America are long, straight and flat. I am sure you are familiar…
Idaho: Cottonwood – The Dog Bark Park
I have spent a lot of time investigating unusual places to stay and one that consistently come up…
South Dakota: Rapid City – South Dakota Air and Space Museum
I still get excited when I get the chance to visit a new museum dedicated to air and space, so when…
South Dakota: Hot Springs – Mammoth Site
The dig site is uncommon as the mammoth bones that the excavation has exposed have been left in situ…
Montana: Little Bighorn
The Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument consists of museum exhibits, an interpretive…
Indiana: Porter – Indiana Dunes National Park
Indiana Dunes, National Lakeshore Park was another destination we had not planned to visit but found…
Italy: Venice & its lagoon
Venice is a beautiful city. We went in August and it was very, very busy and extremely hot…
South Dakota: Badlands National Park
The Badlands National Park is a rugged, harsh and beautiful landscape. Set in 244,000 sq acres in…
South Dakota: Minuteman Historic Site
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site protects two facilities that were once part of a Minuteman…
Ohio: Cleveland – 10 Great Things to Do
Founded in 1796, Cleveland sits proudly on the shore of Lake Erie. The city has around 400,000…
USA: South Dakota, Mitchell – Corn Palace
Mitchell is home of the world’s only Corn Palace. The original version of the Corn Palace was…
USA: South Dakota, Wall – Wall Drug Store
As you travel around America, especially the mid-west you’ll come across billboards advertising the…
USA: North Dakota, Washburn – Fort Mandan
After visiting the Lewis & Clark Interpretative Center we traveled two miles down the road to the…
USA: North Dakota – Lewis & Clark Interp. Center
The Lewis and Clark Interpretation Center in Washburn, North Dakota tells the story of Lewis and…
USA: Wisconsin, Madison – The Great Dane Pub (Review)
The area around the State Capitol building in Madison is a great place to visit. After a bit of…
USA: North Dakota – Knife River Indian Village
On our way through Stanton the previous night we had noticed the Knife River Indian Villages…
USA: Georgia – Atlanta – 2 Day Itinerary
A 2 day itinerary for visiting Atlanta, Georgia, including historical sights relating to the…
USA: Alabama, Tuscaloosa – Mercedes Benz Visitor Center
We decided to take a small detour on our journey from Birmingham to Montgomery, Alabama to visit the…
USA: Alabama – Five Great Things to do in Montgomery
We had planned to spend the day wandering around Montgomery, the State capital of Alabama. One of…
USA: Colorado – Manitou Springs and Pikes Peak
There are a few ways to reach the top of Pikes Peak including walking and driving but we decided to…
USA: Alabama, Birmingham – Vulcan Park
On our journey through Alabama we called into Birmingham. One thing that had captured our…
USA: Alabama – Space & Rocket Center
The U.S. Space and Rocket Center at Huntsville, Alabama is somewhere I had long wanted to visit. The…
USA: Florida – Kennedy Space Center
I am a bit too young to clearly remember the first moon landing but I do have memories of the…
USA: Florida – The Naval Aviation Museum
Naval Aviation Museum on the Naval Airbase in Pensacola is free to enter, which should not deter you…
USA: Florida, Tampa – Hillsborough River State Park
We spent two days at the campgrounds at Hillsborough State Park. This involved close encounters with…
USA: Florida – Florida Keys – Key West
A day trip to the Southern most point of the contiguous United States. Key West is a historic and…
USA: Oregon, Portland – Oregon Jewish Museum & Center For Holocaust Education
An opportunistic visit to the Oregon Jewish Museum & Center for Holocaust Education turned out to be…
USA: Florida, Marathon – The Turtle Hospital
The Turtle Hospital, Marathon, Florida. A rehabilitation center for sea turtles with illness or…
USA: Wisconsin, Madison – The Green Owl (Review)
Restaurant Review: Creative faux-meat vegetarian fare & vegan desserts served in a cozy, rustic…
USA: Florida, Florida Keys – John Pennekamp State Park
Established in 1963, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park was the first undersea park in the United…
Book Review: Soulful Simplicity – Courtney Carver
Book Review: Soulful Simplicity by Courtney Carver. A passionate expression of how a simple life can…
USA: Washington – Beacon Rock State Park
We have seen Beacon Rock a number of times across the Colombia River from Oregon, but we have never…
Oregon: Hood River – The Hood River Hotel (Review)
Accommodation: The Hood River Hotel is located on the main street running through the center of this…
Oregon: Portland – Petunias Pies and Pastries
A wonderful vegan bakery with some very tempting pastries and cakes. They also have a menu of snacks…
USA: Oregon, Portland – Homegrown Smoker (Review)
Enjoy some tasty vegan BBQ dishes and comfort food at this down to earth restaurant in North…
USA: Oregon, Portland – The Pittock Mansion
The Pittock Mansion located in the wooded West Hills overlooking Portland was originally built in…
USA: Oregon, Portland – The Society Hotel (Review)
Centrally located in Portland, close to all the action the Society Hotel offers a range of…
USA: Wisconsin, Sumpter – Dr. Evermor’s Sculpture Park
Having heard about Dr Evermor’s Sculpture Park we just had to visit. It turned out to be a real…
India: Rajasthan, Jaipur – Dera Mandawa (Review)
During our visit we had the pleasure of staying at the Dera Mandawa, which is conveniently located…
USA: Massachussets – Lexington & Concord
During a journey through Massachusetts we detoured to visit the historical sites of the early days…
India: Jaipur the “Pink City”
Exploring Rajasthan’s “Pink City”, with its population of around 3½ million. We’d visit the Palace…
India: Rajasthan – Jaipur City Palace
A visit to the extraordinary observatory and the City Palace in the heart of Jaipur…
Mexico: Quintana Roo – Xcaret Eco-Archeological Park
Visit Xcaret eco-archeological park where you can enjoy a full days exploration of Mexico’s…
USA: Oregon, Bend – High Desert Museum
The High Desert Museum near Bend, Oregon is a lovely, family friendly visit explores the ecology and…
Singapore: Wanderlust Hotel and Little India
We spent 3 wonderful days based at the Wanderlust Hotel in Singapore. A quirky but fun boutique…
USA: Massachusetts – Cape Cod and Southern Massachusetts
It did seem a good idea at the time (we actually had a fantastic experience) to plan a camping trip…
USA: New York – Lake Placid
We spent a couple of days exploring the area around Lake Placid; including the site of the Winter…
USA: Hawaii – Big Island (Hawai’i)
A three day itinerary to the Big Island, Hawaii. We based ourselves in the South East side of the…
USA: Massachussets – Plymouth and Plimouth Plantation
Plymouth is the landing place of the Pilgrim Fathers in 1620. We saw Plymouth Rock (not very…
India: Jaipur – Amber (or Amer) Palace
A visit to the spectacular Amer (or Amber) Fort located about 11 km from the Rajasthan city of…
USA: Maine – Acadia National Park
We spent a wonderful 2 days in Arcadia National Park over Thanksgiving. Fall and winter are great…
USA: Hawai’i – Maui
A wonderful four day itinerary of Maui to explore its culture, wildlife and geography. A truly…
The impact of the livestock on the global environment
I was listening to a feature on BBC World Service about the devastating depletion of fish stocks off…
USA: California – Joshua Tree National Park
Sat at transition point of two deserts; the Colorado Desert and the Mojave Desert., Joshua Tree…
Spain: Catalonia – 2-day itinerary for Barcelona
Few European cities can offer you the wide diversity of cultural experience that you’ll find here in…
India: Delhi – 2 Day Tour
A packed 2 day itinerary visiting the major historical sites of Old and New Delhi…
USA: Colorado – Mesa Verde National Park
A trip to the Pueblo ruins at Mesa Verde National Park. On the way we stopped at the famous four…
India: Rajasthan – Ranthambore National Park
Ranthambore National Park is one of the biggest and most renowned national parks in Northern India…
USA: California – Alcatraz National Park
A day trip to the infamous prison island of Alcatraz in San Francisco and watching the sea lions on…
France: Occitanie – Carcassonne
Carcassonne, a hilltop town in southern France’s Languedoc area, is famous for its medieval citadel…
USA: Oregon, Bend – A Broken Angel, Vegan Food Cart
This is our favourite vegan food in Bend, Oregon. This food cart is located behind the wonderful…
Singapore: The Colonial downtown
North of the old mouth of the Singapore River is what might be termed Singapore’s Colonial District…
India: Ranthambore National Park – Khem Villas
Accommodation: We enjoyed a 2 day, 3 night stay at Khem villas during our tiger safari at…
Belgium: Bruges – Historical centre
Known as the Venice of the North, Bruges gets its name from the multiple canals that surround the…
USA: Oregon – Historic Pendleton
Uncovering the mysteries of what happened below ground in a 19th Century rural city in Oregon…
Fight back against the plastic sack!
Single use plastics are filling our landfills and clogging our oceans. Plastic does not biodegrade…
Peru: Lima – Historical District
A day tour of the highlights of Lima, Peru, visiting Cathedrals, catacombs and the beach front…
USA: Washington – Maryhill Museum
We had low expectations of our visit to the museum at Maryhill, but it was an incredible find!…
India: Uttar Pradesh – Village tour
As we left Agra to travel across to Ranthambore National Park, where we had a couple of days of…
USA: Oregon – Wallowa Lake and Joseph
Steeped in native American history, Wallowa Lake and the adjacent artsy mountain town of Joseph are…
Book Review: A World Worth Seeing
Judging by the content of this book, Brian Nelson is a well-travelled man and has visited just about…
Peru: Machu Picchu – The Lost City
A journey to the mysterious Inca ruins at Machu Picchu. This was one of the many things on our…
Ecuador: 5-Day Galápagos cruise
The Galapagos Islands of Ecuador were made famous by Darwin as part of his development of the theory…
USA – Hawai‘i: Volcano National Park
Hawai’i, the Big Island, like all the other islands in the 50th State of the US, has been formed by…
New Zealand: North Island – Whakarewarewa State Forest
The coastal redwoods are associated with northern California, so we were surprised to come across a…
New Zealand: South Island – Milford Sound; Te Wahipounamu (UNESCO)
Milford Sound / Piopiotahi is a must-see with its towering peaks, cascading waterfalls and…
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