Stepping Into The Past: Postcards from Jordan

In Jordan, it sometimes feels as if nothing has changed here since the time Jesus Christ walked these streets. Continue reading Stepping Into The Past: Postcards from Jordan

Why I walked the Seawall

I spent a couple of months in Vancouver walking alongside the ocean daily. This is what it taught me… Continue reading Why I walked the Seawall

Why do what everyone does on holiday when you can walk down a path of your own choosing? Continue reading Here’s Why It Sometimes Makes Sense To Throw Away Your Guidebook

What drives fans of composer Richard Wagner to continue visiting his celebrated opera house? Continue reading I Visited Bayreuth Because Of A Composer Who Died Centuries Ago

Not everyone finds cemeteries gloomy. I have always found them life-affirming. Continue reading To Visit A Cemetery Is Special, For All Kinds of Reasons

Everything Borat said about this place was wrong. If you haven’t visited it yet, go now. Continue reading What Borat Didn’t Tell You About Kazakhstan

To walk along the Hudson River is to get a sense of why America is called the Land of the Free. Continue reading Down The River That Separates New York And New Jersey

Time stands still inside one of the world’s greatest Gothic cathedrals. Continue reading Remembering The Real Hunchbacks of Notre Dame

The trouble with visiting the beautiful Tioman Island is that there’s no other way to describe it except with a cliché or several. So, welcome to this island paradise Continue reading The Island of Tioman Really Is Among the World’s Most Beautiful