Ahead of the three-day trek through Tiger Leaping Gorge in Yunnan Province, I packed three important things: my boots, my camera and my book. While on a group tour of Yunnan Province I have been reading Michael Palin’s Himalaya book.
If the fjords alone aren’t enough to coax you to western Norway, it is also a wonderful hiking destination. The famous Stalheim Hotel was my base for a week of day hikes operated by UK-based tour company HF Holidays. Each day
On this short self-guided walking itinerary along the Moscow River you will take in some of the best, and worst, monuments and cultural sites of Moscow on foot. You’ll also be rewarded with excellent views of the Kremlin complex and
You know that you’re getting old when all the policemen and soldiers look 12-years-old. The soldiers guarding Amalienborg Palace in Copenhagen, home to Her Majesty Queen Margrethe II, not only look 12, they look like they should be dangling from
I have a feeling that if I ever get there heaven would look a lot like Norway. And the angels wouldn’t be pretty, plump little cherubs flouncing about in big frilly shirts. No. They would be strapping Norsemen with long
After leaving Perth in a huff, our grumpy old backpacker continues on to Fremantle… Two hours later, feeling tired and grumpy I arrive at the BP Inn Fremantle YHA. There’s no queue and even though I’ve arrived before the official
A group of young travellers hovers in the foyer of the Perth City YHA hostel. They are waiting for the clock to chime 1.00pm and signal check in time. When check in commences they form an orderly line that shuffles
During a month-long stay in Paris I worked on my art appreciation by adding to my list of ‘famous paintings I have seen.’ I hit the mother lode at Musée d’Orsay. I don’t know much about art – almost nothing