Standing across from Arc de Triumph I bid farewell to my gracious hostess and friend, Catherine, as she stepped out of her disembarking station shouting, “Enjoy!” It was Day2 of my vacation in Paris...
Standing across from Arc de Triumph I bid farewell to my gracious hostess and friend, Catherine, as she stepped out of her disembarking station shouting, “Enjoy!” It was Day2 of my vacation in Paris...
Travel is enlightenment and sobering. One of the many ‘things-to-do’ in Vientiane, the capital of Laos (Northern neighbour of Thailand) is to visit the COPE. An acronym for Cooperative Orthotic and...
What do you do if you are travelling abroad and ‘life happens’? Such as: no access to wifi or ‘free-access’ is not working unexpected rain storm documents are lost to theft or...
I’ve travelled to more than 60 countries… that’s A LOT by any standard! And throughout my travels I was on full time employment. No, I’ve never worked for an airline or tour company. However, while...
If you ever find yourself in Bangkok, Thailand, with a day to spare, one unique experience you might want to add to your ‘to do’ list, is to try river-shopping. Not by a river, or near a river, but...
We made it to our first city stop at 17.15 hours, its name similar to the grandest water feature on the continent, Niagara Falls in Niagara County, New York State of USA. It took us another hour or...
Listening keenly to the ex-convict tour guide while sitting in what was formerly a prison dorm Located in Table Bay about 11 km from land, within sight of Cape Town, a visit to the former Prison on...
As we approached the entrance, it wasn’t immediately evident that we’d arrived because the thick live fence blocked our view and the rusted white gate gave the impression of a neglected and abandoned...
Imagine an eat-out experience, at the base of a deep valley, surrounded by the rising slopes of browned hills, spotted green by scattered shrubs. The sun is up and the temperatures rising, with the...
Showcase of artistic corks & bottle designs used to store Vodka The legends of old claim that the Russians were faced with a tough choice on which religion to adopt when the different prophets...