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 […]

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 […]

15th December 2015 / Destinations, New Zealand, Oceania / 5 comments

  Waiheke Island, a 35-minute ferry ride from downtown Auckland is a favourite week-end and holiday destination for New Zealanders and foreigners in the know. Featuring rolling hills, forests, beaches, and a heavily indented coastline […]

1st March 2015 / Destinations, Mexico, North America, On the road / 1 comment

Over the last couple of weeks, I made three trips into the mountains around Oaxaca. It can be tough going once you start to drive up the narrow and twisty mountain roads, but the reward […]

18th October 2014 / Destinations, Europe, On the road, Spain / 1 comment

Last Sunday we rode the bus from Granada to Capileira, a small town of 600 in the Alpujarras mountains. It rained the whole two hours and a half, as the bus negotiated increasingly tighter curves […]

1st January 2014 / Asia, Burma (Myanmar), Destinations, On the road / 4 comments

I could have been sitting in Business class on an airplane: large seat, lots of legroom, blanket, beverage service, pretty hostess. But I was actually on a JJ Express bus bound for Kalaw, in the […]

17th August 2013 / Destinations, Europe, Greece / 4 comments

The mere mention of the Greek Islands causes most world travellers to sigh at the memories of the beaches, the sun, the sea, the food, and, for the culturally-minded, the ruins of ancient civilizations. Crete, […]