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The Great Congo River Journey (DR Congo)
This trip was undertaken in 1991 when the country was called Zaïre, the river was called the Zaïre River (and even the currency was the Zaïre). Today it is called the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) and the river has returned to its more familiar name of the Congo River. I have no idea... Read more...
Published 3 days ago
A City of More than Sex and Drugs? (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
A towering black man walks furtively behind me and surreptitiously whispers “hashish” in a rasping voice so deep, that another half octave lower would have ensured that only the local dogs heard the offer. Without having shaken off the effects of an overnight rail trip, and without taking... Read more...
Published 1 week ago
Flight of the Condor (Colca Canyon, Peru)
From the beautiful Spanish colonial city of Arequipa, the mini-tour promises a short journey to a canyon twice as deep as the Grand Canyon and with magnificent condors in full flight. I tend to dislike tours but some locations are much easier to see that way.A few hours into the trip through the... Read more...
Published 2 weeks ago
Pretty as a Picture or Leaving an Impression (Giverny, France)
Dramatically changing by the seasons, the tranquil symmetric Water Garden is as much a travel wonder today as it was when being recorded on canvas by Claude Monet’s artistic brushstrokes around 100 years ago. The Japanese bridge elegantly arches over the jeweled waterway bedecked with lilies... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
The Troll's Way (Geirangerfjord, Norway)
Everytime I think of the travel wonder of Trollstigen, one of Norway’s and Europe’s greatest drives (literally the Troll’s Ladder), I am reminded of a great story I can recall being told in bed as a young child.It is the story of Three Billy Goats Gruff, a fable told to Scandinavian... Read more...
Published 3 weeks ago
Top Ten Travel Wonders of South America - Rank 1 - 5
This entry represents my top five South American travel wonder list. Numbers six to ten of the South American travel wonders appear here.South America holds a staggering array of travel wonders both natural and cultural. Boasting the world’s greatest rainforest, the world’s most spectacular... Read more...
Published 4 weeks ago
Top Ten Travel Wonders of South America - Rank 6 - 10
This entry covers the South American travel wonders ranked six to ten. Please read the top five list first.6. Patagonia / Torres del Paine (Argentina / Chile)Jagged mountain peaks, azure-blue lakes, cascading waterfalls and thick glaciers provide an alluring outdoor experience to those wandering... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Cycling the Death Road (La Paz, Bolivia)
Chiselled through the steep-sided travel wonder of the Yungas Mountains in Bolivia, the rough one-lane road from shrouded La Cumbre (at a lung-bursting 4700 metres above sea level) to Corioco (at a tropical 1100 metres) is variously described as the World’s Most Dangerous Road and El Camino de... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
Happy Birthday Peak Tram (Hong Kong)
As travel wonders go, one of the great train journeys in the world is one of the shortest. And in two days time, it is 120 years old. Happy Birthday!Taking less than five minutes, the 1.4 kilometre (less than one mile) ride up the funicular rail gains an elevation of around 400 metres from Hong... Read more...
Published 1 month ago
The Reed Islands (Lake Titicaca, Peru)
Straddling Peru and Bolivia, the travel wonder of Lake Titicaca (with an area of over 8,000 square kilometres or 3,000 square miles) lies at a oxygen-deprived 3,800 metres above sea-level (12,500 feet) making any activity for a visitor beyond a slow stroll quite a feat of endurance. For hundreds... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
Hiking the Confection Villages (Cinque Terre, Italy)
Delicately balanced on sharp ridges or squeezed into tight ravines, the random tangle of pastel-painted houses and traffic-free laneways of these five small Italian coastal villages known as the Cinque Terre are a true travel wonder to behold. A local railway connects the five villages running... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
A Humbling Experience (Villers-Bretonneux, France)
My guidebook suggested that it would be a most humbling experience. It was still early and it was only the shortest detour from the road to Amiens and its majestic Gothic cathedral (the largest in France). It shouldn’t take long. The road ran through the gently rolling farms and fields of the... Read more...
Published 2 months ago
