Whether you have always yearned to explore the most European of Asian countries, or the idea of a trip to Istanbul on a whim just entered your head, this guide will tell you everything you need to know for a …
Position: 36°12’41″N 36°10’25″E Cordoned off by the police, the crowd hung back behind makeshift barricades at our hotel’s entrance. A big red and gold tour bus was the focus of most people’s attention, including the cops. That allowed us to …
(Click on the map to enlarge it) Position: 36°54’08.0″N 36°44’44.3″E Brakes screeching, smoke and dust billowing from under her rear tyres, Clio, our trusty Renault, juddered to a halt. Coaxing her into reverse we pulled back for another view of …
Position: 37°17’30″N 107°52’32″W For those desirous of such things, with adequate planning it is now possible to discover the western United States on 50mg of THC per day. Almost legally. Allow me to elaborate. The Wild Wild West Making our …
Ragusa: 36°55’33″N 14°44’26″E Leaving the Valley of Temples and heading southwest along the coast road took us through a couple of towns that we’d considered staying in for the winter. In the end we were happy we decided to look …
Position: 40° 21′ 30″N 0° 24′ 27″E MORELLA By the time we arrived in Morella Thursday, March 12, Covid-19 had caught up with us. The Spanish government had just ordered a lockdown, due to take full effect at the weekend. …
POSITION: 40° 24’ 23”N 1° 26’ 39”W Like so many of our generation, I went on a middle school class trip to see Zeffirelli’s Romeo & Juliet. The adolescent energy of the film, with its foreshadowed glimpse of Olivia Hussey’s …
Position: 40° 2′ 51”N 2° 5′ 56”W Perfectly executed rendezvous in foreign countries always amaze me. Transporting two groups of people from opposite ends of the earth to a place none of them has ever seen at an agreed time …
La Mancha Rather than get to Toledo as fast as we could, wandering some of La Mancha’s country roads seemed more fitting. We left Mérida late morning, swinging through the roundabouts as we exited town. Heading uphill the cloudless, cobalt …
