IT WAS a heady way to bid a not so fond farewell to the year of Covid, floating high above […]
Archive for ‘Asia’
Getting lost in the strangest guesthouse in the world
IT IS as if Salvador Dali and Antoni Gaudi shared a demented dream one night, woke up next morning and […]
Virtual travels in the year of Covid – a light in the darkness
YOU soon lose track of the steps you’ve taken. Six hundred and fifty to the top of Guatape Rock in […]
Free places, discounts and new ports for P&O 2023/4 cruises
FREE places, discounts, a new ship and more ports of call are the headlines as P&O Cruises today launches its […]
Climbing the 1,200 steps to the top of Sri Lanka’s Lion Rock
WALKING into the lion’s mouth. It’s a time-honoured phrase to denote imminent danger – but in Sri Lanka it’s exactly […]
Watching the sun rise over Angkor Wat on autumn equinox
DAWN has broken as we approach the largest temple on earth, the sky glowing molten gold. It has rained overnight […]
No time to die –10 ways to holiday like James Bond
NEW Bond movie No Time To Die is just weeks away and we’re all both shaken and stirred by the […]
Thank you world! Blog readers break 100 nations tally
THANKS a ton! Today, readers of the blog smashed my 100 country tally, courtesy of visits from Guatemala and Oman. […]
Stairway to heaven, chariots of fire and other remarkable virtual travels
HE IS so big that 100 people can sit on each of his feet; he stands 233ft tall, and there […]
The man who flew with vultures: how virtual travel is unlocking the world
SHORTLY before 3.50pm on Monday, tourist guide Santiago Lopez took a leap of faith – off the side of a […]
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