Swimming pools at Hearst Castle – The Roman Pool

The second of two posts focusing on the swimming pools at Hearst Castle. If I were told I could swim in just one of the two beautiful pools at Hearst Castle, it would be a really difficult choice. The Neptune Pool is the most famous of the two and with its marble columns and scenic [...]

Swimming pools at Hearst Castle – The Neptune Pool

The first of two posts focusing on the gorgeous pools at Hearst Castle at San Simeon on California’s Highway 1. My very favourite thing about Hearst Castle was its swimming pools. There are two of them and they are both exquisite. They are delightful just to look at but I was itching to swim. Throughout [...]

Driving Highway 1 in California – Big Sur hike to Buzzard’s Roost

This is part 5 in my series on our California Highway 1 road trip. Big Sur country in California is famous for its hiking and camping and my husband and I were determined not to leave the park without doing at least some walking. For the most part this holiday was very much a road [...]

Driving Highway 1 in California – Big Sur Lodge and Pfeiffer Falls

This is part 4 a series about a road trip along California’s famous Highway 1. Please check out my other posts on Highway 1 and don’t forget to subscribe. After visiting the beautiful lookout at Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, we wanted to find somewhere in Big Sur country to stay the night. We had [...]

Carnival of Cities for 30 December 2009 – From New York to Nairobi

Happy new year! I am delighted to be hosting the Carnival of Cities this week. What a great round-up of interesting posts about cities around the world. To all the participating bloggers, thank you and don’t forget to promote this post! Please note, the Carnival of Cities is a blog carnival for posts about any [...]

Photo Friday: Labyrinth at Land’s End in San Francisco

San Francisco, USA; July 2009 On a foggy July day, we hiked from Cliff House to Baker Beach in San Francisco and back. Our route there was via Land’s End and the cliffs and our route back was through the Presidio. Along the way we stopped and saw this cool stone Labyrinth at Land’s End. [...]

Passports with Purpose: Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay in Belize

Win a holiday to Tranquility Bay to one of Belize’s Caribbean islands and help build a school in Cambodia. I’m delighted to bring you news of another fantastic raffle prize for the Passports with Purpose fundraiser. This time it’s an accommodation package for beautiful Tranquility Bay in Belize and involves a personal favourite of mine [...]

My 3 Best Kept Travel Secrets

Steven at the Latin American travel blog Travelojos has nominated me to share three travel secrets in the Trip Base blog tag. I like the idea of highlighting obscure places. 1. Dougga, Tunisia Dougga in Tunisia gives Ephesus in Turkey a run for its money when it comes to impressive Roman ruins. It is not [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 31 August

Collating these links collections takes up quite a lot of time but I also enjoy it as there is so much great travel content out there. In this week’s edition we have everything from the Ghibli Museum in Tokyo to expensive farm stays in upstate New York. I hope you enjoy it! Part of the [...]

Photo Friday: I left my Hartz in Tasmania

Hartz Mountains National Park, Tasmania; February 2007 In February 2007, I visited my friend Katrina in Hobart, Tasmania. She was madly studying for a medical exam but she managed to take a day off to play with me and we headed up to hike in Hartz Mountains National Park. Tasmania is one of my favourite [...]

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