Memories from my Gap Year: Backpacking around Cuba
You might have seen from my previous post about the ‘Tales of Two Cities’ travel writing competition run by Black Tomato, and I did actually enter the competition as […]
My Questionnaire for the DTour of a Lifetime to North America
As I announced on Thursday, I’m thrilled to have been selected as one of six DTourists to travel the world with DoubleTree by Hilton! I’ll be travelling to North America […]
Art: The Malecón in Havana, Cuba
I also have two great postcards of this same view: the Malecón in Havana, Cuba. What I didn’t mention in my last post on the Malecón is that four […]
Why You Should Learn… Spanish
Following on from my post last week about learning Mandarin Chinese, here’s the second post in my series on the top 10 most spoken languages in the world. No. […]
The Souvenir Dilemma
The other day I found myself browsing through a tourist shop in London. I was amazed at the sheer quantity of gawdy figurines and tacky t-shirts that are hoovered […]
The Extremely Well-Travelled Mr. Bond on His Worldwide Globetrotting
It’s been almost 60 years since the birth of the character James Bond in Ian Fleming’s first novel Casino Royale. Since then he’s travelled to absolutely everywhere you can […]
Postcard of the Week: Havana’s Malecón
The Malecón (meaning ‘seafront’ in English) in Havana, Cuba, is a landmark of the city and a great place to stroll and get a bit of fresh air. By night […]
Delicious dishes from around the world
Some people make food the key focus of a trip abroad and there are a plethora of cooking courses and market tours that can be done almost anywhere in the […]
The Well-Travelled Postcard 