Travelantics: Football in Argentina

This is a guest post from Adonis Stevenson – an extract from his new book Travelantics. Being a fan of the beautiful game, Latin America’s football culture was one of the many reasons why I chose to visit. Since Buenos Aires has a few teams, I decided to follow the most passionately supported one, Boca [...]

Photo Friday: Giant water lily pads at Kew Gardens

Kew, London; May 2008 When I was seven my third-grade teacher gave us our very first assignment. We could do a project on any topic we wanted. I chose flowers. I liked flowers and still do but the deciding factor was my aunt Frances who promised she would help me do one on flowers. She [...]

Best of the Web – Roaming Tales: Travel links for 17 August

Today brings another bumper collection of links to great travel content on the web. I hope you enjoy it – let me know in the comments. If I link to you below, please pay it forward and give link love to someone else. Debates, trends & reflections Island caretaker. I was less than complimentary in [...]

Photo Friday: London bookworms soak up the summer sun

London, UK; June 2009 The photo above is of a man reading a book on the roof of a narrowboat on Regent’s Canal near the Angel Islington. I love the way he is sitting in what is clearly an extension of his living space, soaking up the precious sunshine, with piles of chopped wood beside [...]

Ben Southall as island caretaker: Hit or miss?

British guy Ben Southall started the so-called “best job in the world” for Tourism Queensland about a month ago. How is he doing so far? Are you reading Ben’s blog or following him on Twitter? If not, why not? If so, what do you think so far? Please let me know in the comments. In [...]

Top tips for visiting Borough Market in London

Borough Market is one of my all-time favourite places in London. It’s a gourmet food market right near London Bridge and South Bank and a definite must if you come to London and have even the remotest interest in cooking or eating. It’s not exactly a farmers’ market but there are plenty of farmers plying [...]

Photo Friday: Seascape in St Ives, Cornwall

St Ives, Cornwall, UK; June 2008 Usually you go to an art gallery to see the landscapes and seascapes inside the building. In that respect, the Tate St Ives gallery does not disappoint. It has a large collection of modern and contemporary art and the price of admission also includes entry to the nearby Barbara [...]

A very English spring – sausages, sparrow grass and simnel cake

We have returned to London in the glorious throes of spring, with blue skies and brilliant sunshine and the signs of new life throbbing all around us. As we walk through the parks, the lawns and canopy of new leaves in the tree tops seem unnaturally green in their jewel-like hues. The meadows are alive [...]

Photo Friday: Horse riding in the Cotswolds

Cotswolds, England; July 2007 When my family came to visit in 2007, I went trail riding with my Dad’s wife Sarah. She is a really good rider and has her own horse in Australia. She made the mistake of telling the school that she could ride and despite trying to downplay it, they gave her [...]

Best of the web: Travel inspiration

A bumper crop of inspirational travel links from the blogosphere. I really enjoyed this month’s round-up. Intelligent Travel is running a series on readers’ guides to their favourite cities. In this post, Londoner Emma Torry gives us a personal tour of Hong Kong, from her top dim sum haunts to her favourite natural beauty spots. [...]

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