"... we see voluminous amounts of steam gasping through the natural seams and crevices that litter this volcanic landscape and the steam is a constant reminder of the highly active volcanic nature of this park. It's also a reminder to take caution where you walk, as...

"... As we approach Monterey, there are sand dunes between the roadway and the coast. Huge in places, smaller in others, and they form nice contrasts on the landscape. Monterey Bay comes into view, and the road we are travelling on winds its way through Monterey and...

A trek across Northern America with three friends met along life's journey on my trip around the world starts with MB, in New York. But after ten days MB bids me farewell and drops me off at Buffalo where I board a flight to Chicago. I next meet up with KP who takes...

" ...There's hundreds of stunning motorcycles on display, from Harley Davidson's earliest manufacture, to the present day. I'm personally particularly impressed with the vintage and earliest models, and there's several bikes for most of the years on display, all...

A trek across Northern America with three friends met along life's journey starting with MB, who is to meet me in New York and travel with me for the next ten days...... "......In the very centre of the museum is a closed off area to photography. A second more private...

"......The sun peaks through low clouds as we near the first of the falls that are part of this amazing landscape and the light and colour improves immediately, and the scene at ground level is truly dramatic, encompassingly beautiful. We meander up towards the major...

Back Roads Tours - 12 Days - The Emerald Isle - Ireland   "........We then head to a black and white mural which has an image of several men carrying the limp dead body of a seventeen year old boy, the first victim in the Bloody Sunday or Bog Site Massacre when...

 Back Roads Tours - 12 Days - The Emerald Isle - Ireland continued.......   ".........I literally stumble across a farmer's market in the centre of the village and the photo opportunities about me are endless. I see farmers with time-worn, leathery weather beaten...

Cosmos Tours - 13 Days "........The landscape is riveting, stunning, incredibly wild, untamed and rugged. It is beautiful. Breathtaking. I have found Scotland. It is everything I imagined and more. Raw, rich in its depth of colour and hue, and it has an enormous...

Cosmos Tours - 13 Days - Day Nineteen to Day Twenty Five "..........Glastonbury is, apparently, England's equivalent to Australia's Nimbin. We are told by RA it is the hippie centre of England and driving through the streets heading towards Glastonbury's Abbey, I am...

".........We get to the hotel after midnight and it is indeed in a seedy part of the city. A scruffy man behind the front desk wants to see our passports then asks for €137,00 Cash for the night, WITHOUT us our seeing the room. We are, we feel at a distinct...

"......He left to make a new start. To eek out a new existence and new lifestyle. To survive. I have always wondered not only why he would leave, but if he had ever looked back. And standing here listening to Cornelia, I believe I have my answer. He left because he...

Spain, Portugal and Morocco - 15 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part One Madrid to Lisbon then onto Seville "......Paintings I'd studied in high school and uni were there. Goya, Velazquez, Van Eyck, Rubens, and the list went on. Beautiful......" 9:30 pm...

Spain, Portugal and Morocco - 15 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part Two Seville to Marrakech to Madrid "......Yusif tells us it is a blend of life we have no experience of and he's right. We are heading to Fes by indirect roads and seeing Moroccan rural...

Gems of Italy, France and Spain - 19 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part One Rome to Venice then on to Paris "......It was a lovely, magical, memorable experience and I couldn't help but think how romantic the moment would have been to share with one's...

Gems of Italy, France and Spain - 19 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part Two Paris to Bilboa then Barcelona to Madrid "......This bridge and its "accessories" was simply unlike anything I'd ever seen before, each padlock representing someone celebrating...

Southern Italy and Sicily - 16 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part One Rome to Capri "......A ceiling so ornate with gold detail it was like encrusted velvet. I was absolutely besotted by the building and I have never been so enthralled to see such an...

Southern Italy and Sicily - 16 Days - Cosmos Tour - A Journal of the Tour - Part Two Capri to Palermo via Messina then Rome "......The latte macchiato arrived in a tall glass and was, as usual, fabulous. Hot, smooth and silky....." 17th. September Wake up is at 6:45...