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Archive for category: Destinations

Articles about places I have visited, with personal impressions and suggestions, and a budget-focused angle.

  • Guatiza, Lanzarote
     

    Exploring the north of Lanzarote away from the resorts

    10th February 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

    Imagine a fairly flat island in the Atlantic, covered in dark volcanic soil, dotted with white villages and large patches of cactuses. This is Lanzarote, the easternmost of the Canary Islands. Add giant mobile sculptures […]

     
     
  • Volcan del Cuervo, Lanzarote
     

    Walking among volcanoes on Lanzarote

    1st February 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

    The southwest of the island of Lanzarote in the Canary Islands brings to mind the surface of an alien planet, covered in lava fields and dozens of volcanic cones. You half expect to find a […]

     
     
  • New Bridge seen from the trail an hour before sunset
     

    How to visit Ronda in one day

    21st January 2017 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 0 comments

    You can easily visit Ronda as a day trip from Málaga, and this is what a lot of people do. I wish I could tell you to stay overnight because the city becomes magical after […]

     
     
  • King Street at Jarvis, looking west (Toronto)
     

    Toronto layover – what to see and do

    20th December 2016 / At home in Toronto, Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

    If you’re flying somewhere over the Holidays (or anytime really) and have a long Toronto layover (4 hours or more), you don’t have to kill time in the airport. It’s really easy to get out […]

     
     
  • Valletta's waterfront
     

    An introduction to Malta in photos

    8th November 2016 / Europe, Malta / 6 comments

    Malta is little known outside of Europe, and that’s a shame. A small Mediterranean nation composed of two main islands and located south of Sicily, it is one of the most southernly parts of Europe […]

     
     
  • El Teide National Park, Tenerife
     

    Why I chose the Canary Islands

    13th October 2016 / Destinations, Europe, Spain / 5 comments

    Deciding on a winter destination was tricky this year. After travelling to Australia and New Zealand last year, and to Southeast Asia twice in the last five years, I had originally thought that 2017 would mark […]

     
     
  • Posing with the Foresta Lumina sign
     

    A week-end in Quebec’s Coaticook Valley

    19th September 2016 / Canada, Destinations, North America / 0 comments

    When I told my childhood friend in Quebec that we should do something special to celebrate our 40 years of friendship, she suggested Coaticook, an area she knows well. Located in the valley of the […]

     
     
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