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Portugazing towards the sun
Portugal has always held a fascination for me. Let’s face it, most countries fascinate me for one reason or another. But Portugal is extra fascinating for me because I always associate the country and its capital, Lisbon, with Sean Connery. It was through the...
When it comes to sport, call me a vegan
Some people can’t get enough of sport: if they are not doing it, they are watching it, listening to it, and talking about it.
Limping around South-East Asia
Earlier this year, in the late summer February warmth, I was feeling a little bit down in the dumps. My next overseas trip was so far away (in September) and I would have a whole Melbourne winter to get through, so I started looking at what I might do in the meantime....
Styles of Travelling for Baby Boomers: Organised Tours (Part 3 – the ‘big bus’ tours)
Over the last two posts I promised I would talk about some different kinds of tours I have taken, and others that I know a little about from my research, and also which have tours that are ‘on my list’. So, here goes. Today I will talk about some of the...
Styles of Travelling for Baby Boomers: Organised Tours (Part 2)
Anyone who has hung around a hotel lobby or waited in line at an attraction will have experienced the onslaught of the tour groups, where what seems to be an unending line of individuals tumble off a coach and spill out onto the footpath. Often they will be talking...
Styles of Travel for Baby Boomers: Organised Tours (Part 1)
As I have mentioned previously; these travel styles are not just for BBs, and I hope what I have to say will appeal to people of all ages. However, as a BB myself I can talk about the reasons people in ‘my age group’ decide to take tours. I have found,...
Styles of Travel for Baby Boomers
It would be fair to say that I have travelled using most of the conventional methods over the past ten or so years. I’ve ‘free-styled’ on some trips and carefully planned others. I’ve travelled on trains, hired cars, sailed, and toured in large...
Tips for Travellers: Your Travel Agent is your Best Friend (or should be).
Not all that long ago, I didn’t feel that I needed or wanted a travel agent. Online reservations systems made it very easy to book flights, hotels, tours and hire cars, and you could get some great rates too. I enjoyed hopping online to research the best deals,...
The Lure of the Desert – or, Where the Hell is Tonopah?
Friday 22 July, 2016 We had just finished a crazy week of touring around some amazing locations with Insight Vacations, including the Grand Canyon, Monument Valley, Bryce Canyon and Zion National Park. The name of that tour was ‘Enchanting Canyonlands’; it was an...
Book Review: Journey of a Thousand Storms: A Refugee’s Story
Kooshyar Karimi tells an amazing story of survival. As a story, it is extremely well written and easy to read, but knowing that it is factual makes it very hard to digest. As I read, I wondered at each turn how he and his family could possibly survive each devastating...
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