Thelma & Louie
The Great Desert Drive My BestestCuz and I took a three day tri-State drive from Las Vegas recently taking in The Valley of Fire (NV), Zion National Park (UT), Bryce National Park (UT), and the North Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park (AZ). Here’s a few photos from the adventure that included lotsa laughs and lotsa rocks! (Click twice on the photos to see the full size...
Read MorePostcards to yourself
I was recently admiring a friend’s collection of postcards on his fridge, when he told me that he posted them all to himself. I’ve always been a big advocate of handwritten letters and postcards as a way of brightening up someone’s day on the other end of the mailbox, but I’ve never thought to send one to myself. He explained further: Not only do you have a picture of...
Read MoreA Tale of Two Buses
I am sitting by the side of the road, California Interstate 5 to be exact, at 11pm on a Friday night as I write this. I was on longhaul bus trip from Las Vegas to San Francisco. ‘Was’ being the operative word. My Greyhound bus, which was running about 60 mins late as it was, has broken down due to loss of air pressure which has rendered the brakes useless. It’s roughly three...
Read MoreThe Andes, Sth America’s Backbone
Note: I had been a journalist and a traveller concurrently for a number of years – attacking both with equal but separate passion – when a good friend of mine, a travel editor for House & Garden asked me to write a story about my upcoming adventures in South America. It was my ‘aha’ moment. Before that point I had never thought to combine the two things I loved to...
Read MoreThe Crew Ship
Adventure on the high seas need not be the exclusive domain of sea-faring souls; even sea-fearing landlubbers can set sail and prove their sea worthiness by crewing on a private boat. First and foremost, let me clarify, I am not a sailor. I knew nothing of boats and even less about sails, but none of this stopped me from successfully crewing aboard a sailboat from Fiji to New Zealand. It was...
Read MoreBird Brightens Day
Today I had a bad day. I’m not sure how it began and I can’t remember what fuelled it – although a lack of food and too many things on my plate probably contributed. What I do know was that I was in a foul mood. Hunger being an issue, I stopped at McDonald’s for a burger. There were no seats inside so I sat outside. No sooner had I sat down, when a light rain started. Great! Could my day...
Read MoreLoudest Flight Ever
I’m travelling Alaska to Las Vegas. It sounds more impressive than it really is. I’m aboard my first Alaska Airlines flight as I write this. Top Tip – Barely inside the US border and a short bus ride from Vancouver, Bellingham is a small, manageable airport that offers incredibly inexpensive flights further into the States via Alaska Airlines and Allegiant Air – with low taxes...
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