For many people, planning a trip is almost as much as actually going on it - although I'm more a "researcher" in the sense of learning about culture and history than delving deeply into timetables and bookings myself, but I think I'm in the minority! As I sit here in Perth unable to take a …
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5 new year travel resolutions you might like to keep too
I've stopped making those New Year's resolutions that fail (usually exercise daily and eat no bad foods ever) - but I am more than happy to make some new year travel resolutions because thinking more about travel can only be a good thing, right? You may have seen a couple of these mentioned on my …
The promise of great hot dogs in Iceland: An interview with Kari Gislason
In (further!) preparation for my trip to Iceland next year, I've been reading all kinds of Iceland-related stuff, and most recently it was The Promise of Iceland, by Icelandic-Australian Kári Gíslason. It's a gorgeous memoir about Kári's lifetime relationship with Iceland: without giving too much …