Tips for visiting Cairo’s Pyramids: Egypt
Each year, I return to Egypt for so many reasons – family, kunafa, fresh, chunky mango juice and a hit of history. This year, I teamed up with Ahmed Aziz, […]
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Canter past Patagonian icefields. Sail the tranquil waters of Lake Como in Italy. Sip coffee in a Palestinian village. Listen to the ancient voices of Australia’s Arnhem Land. Climb the mountain paths of northern Albania. Let’s go!
Tips for exploring Punta Arenas, Chile
Down the bottom of Chile, looking south toward Antarctica, Punta Arenas is at the confluence of the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, and has a subpolar, oceanic climate. Its average […]
Best hotel breakfast buffet 2019: Helsinki, Finland
Breakfast buffets, I’ve had a few in this job. But this morning’s buffet at the Lapland Hotels Bulevardi, in Helsinki, was one of the best. I’m currently in the Finnish […]
Walking the Camino: a guide to finding your feet (and heart, and solutions to life’s problems)
Author John Brierley spends every spring and autumn following in the footsteps of thousands of pilgrims making their way to the medieval cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, in far western […]
How to get along with Parisians: a cheat sheet
Swapping Australia’s Bellarine Peninsula for Paris for a decade or so, writer and actor Jayne Tuttle knows all the tricks about getting along with Parisians. Speak French first, kiss left […]
What to do in Prizren, Kosovo
It’s the prettiest town in Kosovo, and the centre of Prizren is its Shatërvan square. Its cobbled streets are lined with cafes, snow-tipped mountains send snowmelt rushing down the river […]
The etiquette of swimming with whales
A couple of years ago, I found myself on the Vava’u archipelago, in Tonga, ready to jump into the water with a whale. With that gigantic dark shape moving around […]
Pumas of Patagonia: wildlife experiences in Chile
A perfect day in Torres del Paine, Patagonia from sunrise to sunset, starts with dawn with the dirtiest Jeep, and continues with chasing guanacos through the highlands, nose running while […]
Travelling with a clear, green conscience
There’s been a lot of talk in the tourism sphere about how to travel with a clean environmental conscious – from flight shaming to exploitation. Should we all just stay […]
Putting Egypt’s pyramids into perspective
I’m not great with tunnels – I don’t like the idea of the weight above me. So I was pretty surprised that I was so keen to get into the […]