Does the Romance of Travel still exist?
Does the Romance of Travel still exist? It’s the trip I’ll never forget. I was 21 years old, a university student in Montreal. My mother worked and lived in Lusaka, Zambia. That year she invited me to …
6 Must See Attractions in Armenia
6 Must See Attractions in Armenia During our month in Armenia we spent 4 days touring Yerevan and the countryside with Arara Tours. We covered a lot of ground, saw a lot of beautiful countryside, and …
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. The Pros and Cons… and some thoughts.
Group Tours vs Independent Travel. Before our recent trip to Georgia and Armenia we’d always travelled independently. In Georgia and Armenia we tried something new: taking part in an 8 day intensive …
Tbilisi to Yerevan by train. Is it worth doing?
Tbilisi to Yerevan by train How to get from Tblisi to Yerevan by train? We made the journey recently, buying tickets for a 1st class carriage (“1st class. How fancy!” you say? As you’ll see, it …
The Ultimate in Luxury travel? It might be a Turkish Luxury Gulet Cruise
What’s a Gulet cruise? No, it’s not a cruise with an all-you-can-eat buffet where you can stuff food down your gullet. A “Gulet” is a traditional two or three-masted sailing vessel from the …
Highlights along the Georgian Military Highway
Visiting Georgia’s north was the highlight of our visit to the country. I didn’t know this before coming here, but the highest mountains on the Georgia/Russia border (the Great Caucasus Mountains) are …
Is Tbilisi worth visiting? Impressions, Observations, and lots of photos
Is Tbilisi worth visiting? Is Tbilisi worth visiting? What’s Tbilisi like, I mean really like? We spent a month in Tbilisi, discovering the city and the Georgian countryside. It’s a complicated …
Why you might like Antalya (Turkey)…and why it disappointed us
Why Antalya (Turkey) disappointed us I look at the photos in this post and I think “Geez, why were we so unimpressed with Antalya?” I’ll get to that. But first a few images …
“Eight ways to be a better tourist this summer” – Published in the Globe & Mail
Above: Climbing on 1000 year old monuments. Something you shouldn’t do… What should you do to be a better tourist this summer? We had an article published this weekend in the Globe and …