Lara DunstonI’ve lost count of how many times I’ve been told that my job as a travel writer is not a ‘real’ job. The most recent person to tell me was a British comedian during her stand-up show in Lemesos, Cyprus, where my husband and I are currently updating a guidebook. The audience laughed hysterically. Okay, … Read more about You’re a travel writer? But that’s not a real job!
Why is it that we always want the opposite of what we have? In winter we dream of basking on white sand beaches while in summer we want to escape the heat and head for cooler climates… I’m taking some time out from blogging and writing to spend a warm summery Christmas with family in … Read more about I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…
Exotically located movies and major sporting events get us moving, according to the Association of British Travel Agents which has announced its predictions as to where we’ll be inspired to travel in 2008. The organization claims the Cartagena-set ‘Love in the Time of Cholera’ “promises to put Colombia back on the map of must see … Read more about Travel inspirations and travel trends: movies, museums and sports move us
“Journeys are the mid-wives of thought”, writes Alain de Botton in my favorite book, Art of Travel. But of all the modes of transport that are most conducive to “internal conversation”, to thinking and to dreaming, the best, he believes, is the train. He writes “On a journey across flat country, I think with a … Read more about Slow travel: train-dreaming
In the Middle East we tell erratic taxi drivers to “shway, shway”, to go slow or slow down. It can also mean “take it easy”, “relax”, or “just wait”, especially when used with a gesture where the fingers and thumb of an upright hand are brought together to say “be patient, just wait, please”. One … Read more about Shway shway, slowly slowly: slow travel