Happy New Year, dear reader, and may the upcoming decade bring you peace and love. There’s no place on Earth like the Big Apple, and where better to celebrate the new year than with hundreds of thousands of fellow revellers in and around Times Square, … …
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Recently there have been fierce winter storms in some areas of the United States. In the aftermath of the storms a bunch of people in Washington DC organised a snowball fight on Twitter, so the locals could venture out after being cooped up in their … …
Quebec has just celebrated her 400th anniversary, dear reader, and this gorgeous part of the world is known throughout Canada as La Belle Province. This is where you’ll find a little bit of Europe right in the heart of North America. The province features magnificent … …
The former rancher town of Calgary is riding that bucking bronco all the way to a prosperous future. There are vast reserves of oil shale in Alberta and the province is booming, while dealing with the associated problems of rapid population growth. Since ancient times, … …
Banff is a gorgeous mountain town in the heart of the Canadian Rockies. Millions of visitors flock to this tourist mecca every year, as they’ve done for a hundred years. The random discovery of the hot springs by three Canadian adventurers in the 1890’s proved … …
Canada is a pumping travel destination, the lovely reader. Don’t you worry about that eh, and within hours of flying into Vancouver your intrepid travel blogger was ensconced in the Samesun backpackers lodge bar, trying to get my head around the unusual tipping culture prevalent … …
One of the few benefits to arise during these grim economic times are the bargain airfares currently on offer. I’d recently received an invitation from a friend to attend a salsa dance weekend in Phuket, and happily snapped up a cheap ticket to board the … …
Turkish girls are very mysterious, constant reader. I flew from Van to Istanbul to catch a connection on the next flight bound for Cyprus. So anyways, the girl at the airport check in does her thing on the computer with passports and stuff, then while … …
This journal from Van is dedicated to my brother and his new bride. Recently married in Sydney, they spent their honeymoon in Greece and Turkey and I’m now following in their footsteps. Despite my brother’s initial wish during the planning stage, they made a joint … …
Turkey is where Asia meets Europe. The astonishingly complex history of this ancient region is probably the world’s longest running clash of civilisations. The more I learn about Turkey and her rich history, the more I begin to realise that Turkey is and always has … …