Europe
Is El Rincón de Juan Carlos the Best Restaurant in The Canary Islands?
I expected the food at El Rincòn de Juan Carlos to be of a high standard… but I didn’t expect it to grab me and whirl me around the room with wild abandon… […]
Month: March 2012
Africa
Cool Cats and Dusty Drawers, The Ups and Downs of an African Safari
It’s almost too overwhelming a scene to absorb. I’m staring into the exquisite face of Aslan, the king of the beasts, who’s lazing in the sparse shade of a tinder dry bush less than 20 feet away. […]
Travel Talk
Why Do Some Travel Bloggers Hate Tourists?
I had to read the line twice. ”I didn’t want to be dancing alongside a bunch of tourists…’ Eleven words that highlight the quite bizarre snobbery occasionally found in travel writing and blogging. […]
Gran Canaria
A Different View of the Canary Islands
Tacky, touristy and terrible if you’re a discerning traveller. Anyone who still believes that about The Canary Islands has either been going to the wrong bits or needs to change what paper/blogs they read. […]
Denmark
Cross Cultural Salads, Soups and Toasting the Danes with Akvavit
There’s something deliciously surreal about being taught the proper way to make a toast in Denmark by a mischievous 90 year old transsexual… […]
Larnaca
Old Ruins and New Festivals in Larnaca
Apart from its more recent attractions, Larnaca also has a really impressive history going back to the 14th century BC. Because of its central location and importance for trade routes through the Mediterranean it has… […]
Food and drink
How To Know When You Can Trust Restaurant Reviews
Many, many restaurant reviews are written purely from an extremely subjective viewpoint and that negates their value. But how do you identify the ones you can trust? In some ways it’s easier to be able to identify those you can’t.
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Great Britain
Review of Mackay’s Hotel, Strathpeffer
Being part of a good value tour of the Scottish Highlands package, we didn’t expect much from Mackay’s Hotel and were really quite surprised when it exceeded expectations in a number of areas. […]