Lara DunstonIt’s time to get out and smell the wildflowers! Pack your walking boots, grab your picnic basket, get on a plane, and prepare to drive through breathtaking scenery. See my previous post for the criteria for selecting these sublime spring destinations:1) CRETE – the isolated eastern coast is dotted with tiny seaside communities of summer … Read more about Places You Must Go This Spring: part 1
We wind down the windows of our car and breathe in the fresh air – it’s fragrant! Floral scents mingle with pine and eucalyptus. Wildflowers carpet the countryside. Butterflies are fluttering about. Turtles cross the road (don’t ask me why). Trees that were bare and lifeless a week ago have come to life and are … Read more about Spring is here!
As you can guess from the title, Travel Blogs: Hand-Picked Tales from the Road is a site featuring the best travel blogs produced by travellers and travel writers. There are regular featured blogs that enjoy the spotlight for a week, along with the Life of a Travel Writer series where professional travel writers are interviewed, … Read more about Life of a Travel Writer
Here are some more ideas as to how to make the most of your ambles about archaeological sites:4. Use your imagination. I mean, really use it. Don’t just look at those old stones and see a building, but try to visualize the form and function of the place, the shape and feel of the neighbourhood, … Read more about The Cool Travel Guide to: getting the most out of archaeological sites (part 2)
Do all but the most impressively striking of archaeological ruins look like piles of rubble to you? You can’t be blamed. So many guidebooks give such glowing reviews of ancient sites and write so evocatively about them that, regardless of the condition they’re in, or how important or interesting they may be, the completists among … Read more about The Cool Travel Guide to: getting the most out of archaeological sites (part 1)