Travels on Planet Earth - A blog
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 [...]
This gem of a video is from the British Film Institute but came my way via my friend Joanna Moncrieff on Facebook. Jo is a qualified tour guide in London and has a blog Westminster Walking. The video shows London in 1927 – in colour! Lots of familiar landmarks like Westminster and Buckingham Palace and [...]
This is the second in a series of four posts about Star Wars in Tunisia. Please click here to read last week’s installment on Jedi cloaks. Djerba (or Jerba) an island in the Mediterranean Sea off the Tunisian Mainland claims to be the “land of the lotus eaters” of Homerian fame. It is popular as [...]
Life is changing for the Minangkabau people of Sumatra, Indonesia, reports Caitlin Fitzsimmons The emerald terraces of the rice paddies stretch to the edge of the valley, bordered by sheer cliffs and a fringe of dark green forest. A makeshift tent is perched at the edge of the fields, almost swallowed by the dramatic landscape. [...]
Scottish Highlands, UK; June 2009 The setting: One of the farthest turrets of Urquhart Castle, a ruined medieval castle on the shores of Loch Ness in Scotland. The players: Two middle-aged Japanese tourists practise their Tai Chi in the summer sunshine, overlooking the sparkling blue waters of the loch. Nessie stayed at home. It’s unlikely [...]
See where the real-life Flintstones lived at the 5,000-year-old village of Skara Brae in the third and final post on stone-age Orkney. Plus, I am giving away two copies of the DVD Standing with Stones – for details on how to enter, please see the end of the post. When the village of Skara Brae [...]
Part two in my series on stone-age Orkney is on the neolithic burial chamber of Maeshowe. Fairy Mounds feature heavily in the folk lore of Britain and Ireland. The mounds are believed to be the dwelling place of fairies (or faeries), elves or the sidhe. Fairy favour could bring prosperity and happiness but woe betide [...]
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