Gran Canaria
Walking With a Very Naughty Dog on Gran Canaria
Hada, apparently, has a habit of keeping walkers company as they go exploring the green and pleasant land that is the north of Gran Canaria… […]
Articles by Jack
England
Review of City Warehouse Apartment Hotel, Manchester
City Warehouse Apartment Hotel’s big attraction is that the apartments are gorgeous. They are so good that I felt I could quite easily live there… […]
Croatia
Photo Guide to Plitvice Lakes National Park in Croatia
Heavy rains preceded our arrival at Plitvice Lakes National Park and although they’d stopped, the sky was still mean and moody… […]
Croatia
The Most Beautiful Sunset in the World is in Zadar
As the sun started to droop, we waved down a ferryman, sailed to Zadar’s old town, traversed its glinting cobbled streets and plonked ourselves down on a wall… […]
Great Britain
Strathpeffer Railway Station and the Museum of Childhood Memories
It’s been a long, long time since roaring dragons huffed and puffed into Strathpeffer’s Victorian station, billowing excitedly… […]
Food & drink
The Curious Case of TripAdvisor and the Canary Islands
However, whilst checking out reviews for the Canary Islands recently, my research threw up a major flaw with TripAdvisor’s restaurant reviews… […]
Africa
Am I Missing Something About the Food in Marrakech?
We must have completely missed that part of the menu in various Marrakech restaurants which included the the sort of seductive and inventive dishes you find in… […]
Gran Canaria
Trekking in Paradise, Walking in the Canary Islands
Having walked on five of the seven Canary Islands, or six of eight if you include La Graciosa, we’ve been wowed by every one… […]
Travel Talk
Leave the iPhone in the Pocket, Travelling is About the Experience
Until Twitter et al came on the scene, we used to travel and totally absorb the wonderful new worlds we were exploring… […]
Food & drink
Octopus and Squid are Lovely not Rubbery
Hands up all those people who think eating squid or octopus is not a lot of different from having a chew on the tyre of your car… […]
Food & drink
The Problem With Earth Hour
I realise ‘minimising the impact’ isn’t the point of Earth Hour but I’m pretty sure neither is scrambling about in the dark in danger of knocking over candles… […]
Food & drink
Why I’m Not Eating the Local Cuisine Tonight
It should be against some sort of travel law not to wrap your teeth around something peculiar to the country you’re visiting, or even something peculiar… […]
Asia
A Surprise Discovery in Phra Nang Cave, Krabi
The area around East and West Railay Beach and Phra Nang Beach at Krabi is chock a block with curious caves that could house Thailand’s version of Batman… […]
Food & drink
From Secret Cinemas to Timples, a Guide to Teguise in Lanzarote
Teguise is the prettiest town on Lanzarote and feels as though its maze of streets lined by whitewashed buildings hasn’t changed much in centuries. […]
Africa
James Island in The Gambia, a Disappearing World
James Island, at the mouth of the Gambia River, is slowly disappearing; the rising Atlantic Ocean in danger of erasing this fascinating and horrific landmark forever. […]