Think the Isle of Man has no more secret wonders up its sleeve? Think again! Ellan Vannin, the Manx name, offers much more than meets the eye when it comes to a colourful culture and […]
Travel is like love, mostly because it’s a heightened state of awareness, in which we are mindful, receptive, undimmed by familiarity and ready to be transformed. That is why the best trips, like the best love affairs, never really end. -- Pico Iyer
Safari on the once privately-owned Island of Castro
We sailed away to tropical Cayo Saetia. The island used to be the private holiday home of Fidel Castro and family, until 1994 when they stopped coming. You can now tour the island by Jeep […]
Crossing Confederation Bridge during the worst snowstorm of the year
Driving over the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world – Confederation Bridge. The bridge connects Prince Edward Island to the mainland of Canada, spanning the Abegweit Passage of the Northumberland Strait. It takes […]
We spent one night in hell
I have been hiking through the Alps in Austria for the past month. We traversed over a glacier, mildly missed an avalanche, clamoured across vertical slopes, and slept 1,000 metres underground in a cave. In […]
Finding peace on the mountain summit
In just one week our feet spanned over 500 million years of earth’s history. We climbed over ancient tropical sea floors, touched volcanic coastlines, and stood on 1.2 billion-year-old-blocks of granite. The mystery of this […]
