Nepal, and the great Himalayas, has eight of the world’s highest mountains including Mount Everest. Landlocked between the arid Tibetan plateau and the hot fertile plains of India this is a land of ya...Read More »
We land in Beijing (Chinese for North Capital), ready to explore, after a short stop over in Hong Kong. Driving from the airport, we were struck at once by the amount of concrete everywhere. Boy there...Read More »
The first thing we noticed about the Ngorongoro Crater is the cold. Crater Lodge is perched on the top of the rim at a height of 2,200 metres (7,200 feet) and several layers of clothing are required a...Read More »
Tour du Mont Blanc, or often known as TMB, has become established as one of the great walks of the world bolstered because it circumvents Mont Blanc, a mountain that everyone has heard of and which mo...Read More »
When I step off a plane I can always tell if I am on a tropical Island. It’s the smell: the aroma of salt mixed with seaweed and sand suspended in the heavy humid air. It is a wonderfully intoxicating...Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Colombia is attempting to change its reputation with cultural and artistic activities and events that will match not only its South American neighbours but many Euro...Read More »
The Masai Mara, meaning Spotted Plains, is the northern extension of the Serengeti, meaning Endless Plains. Essentially, the Mara is in Kenya and the Serengeti is in Tanzania though why it has two dif...Read More »
Parque National Torres del Paine, in Patagonia but on the Chilean side, it is reputed to be ‘trekker’s heaven’ and South America’s finest national park. Soaring vertically more than 2,000m above the P...Read More »
Hong Kong, a favourite city for us. To visit that is. I am not sure I would want to live here and don’t have an intention of finding out if I do but, it is one of those wonderful places that lives on ...Read More »
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Kirkenes Snowhotel opened for the first time in 2006, and since then they have been giving guests a wonderful experience in one of Norway’s most beautiful surroundin...Read More »
