Blog Posts
The posts are archived. Mainly from my site “Cool Travel Guide” where I wrote about our travels before 2010 when we started Grantourismo Travels.
Due to the age of these posts, some may be missing images…
Hong Kong: what’s to love about the backstreets
I’ve been thinking about what I love about Hong Kong’s…
Hong Kong: it’s all about the backstreets
It’s all about the backstreets, isn’t it? Whether it’s Hong…
Hong Kong: local colour, part 2
On the subject of ‘colour’, I still think of Hong…
Bangkok: local colour, part 1
I’m always looking for colour when I travel, whether it’s…
Thailand: as imagined
Don’t you love it when you travel and arrive at…
Thailand: the missing palm trees
I located my missing palm trees. I knew I hadn’t…
Morocco: how my memory deceives me
I was wrong about those palm trees that I told…
Morocco: the people you meet, part 3
On the road from Zagora to Mhmed, near the edge…
Syria: the people you meet, part 2
We’d been searching for Qasr al Heir Al Sharqi, the…
Alexandria: the people you meet, part 1
It’s people that make my travels so memorable. And I…
Taroudant: the hot chip man
Taroudant is a wonderful walled town east of Agadir on…
Aleppo: souq pharmacy
This is a little shop that’s typical of many in…