Browsing: Adventure
Both Zermatt and Grindelwald promise the Swiss Alps at their most dramatic and deliver on that promise in completely different ways. Zermatt has the Matterhorn, which…
The Faroe Islands versus Iceland comparison comes up constantly in travel planning circles and the two destinations are genuinely different in ways that make the choice…
Two weeks in Costa Rica sounds like a lot until you look at a map and realise that the country has two completely different coastlines, a…
Costa Rica has two coastlines and most visitors end up on the same three or four beaches on the Pacific side that every travel blog recommends.…
The rental car question in Costa Rica is the one that comes up in every travel planning conversation about the country and the answer is not…
A natural swimming hole is one of those travel experiences that should not be as good as it is. You are essentially swimming in a river…
Colour in a city is either accidental or deliberate, and the difference matters more than you might expect. Accidental colour, the kind that comes from centuries…
Train travel is the only form of long-distance transport that puts you inside the landscape rather than above it. The view from a train window has…
There is a category of travel destination that has earned its reputation so thoroughly that the reputation has become a liability. The over-hyped place that everyone…
Most people assume Everest Base Camp is for serious mountaineers only. It is not. The trek to Base Camp at 5,364 metres is a long, cold,…