rail journeys
Rail Journeys - The Mighty Indian Pacific
Hypnotising horizons, chinking cutlery, scenic sights, fabulous food and woody wines are but a handful of regular occurrences on either three-day rail crossing of Australia. Rather than a mere means of transport, this is ostensibly ‘rail cruising’, where the holiday is as much the journey as it is getting to your destination. ... Full story
Setting the course for Caribbean dreams - Grenada and the Grenadines by boat
Are you dreaming of lonely islands and white sandy beaches? - Of cheerful hours in the shade of palm trees? - Of bays surrounded by hills covered in jungle? - Where a boat is waiting for you out on the turquoise blue water? - This is precisely what you’ll find in Grenada and the Grenadines. Well, maybe not right in front of your hotel door.... ... Full story
The Last Paradise Islands of the Caribbean
The last paradise islands: places none of the guidebooks mention! They really do exist: untouched by civilization, with gently swaying palm trees, glistening white beaches and the turquoise-blue sea. Off the north coast of Grenada and in the midst of the Grenadines lie a handful of islands that seem as though they’ve been taken straight from a picture book: each of them a Caribbean dream. But the route to paradise is not easy. ... Full story
Discovering Grenada's Great Gardens
Orchids, ginger and heliconias yield golden fruit for gardeners. Golden times for Grenada’s gardeners: the Spice Island has been harvesting gold medals for its presentations at the famous Chelsea Flower Show for five years in a row. Not surprising: nowhere else in the Caribbean do they grow orchids, anthuria, heliconia and ornamental bananas more gorgeous than the ones here.“Grenada was blessed with rich soil, plentiful rainfall and a tropical climate, which promotes rapid plant and vegetation growth,” says Faye Miller, president of the horticultural society. “Although many on the island are not rich in material things, people make the most of nature’s bounty with well-kept and colourful gardens, which are their pride and joy.” ... Full story
Grenada - Where a two-hundred-year-old spirit resides in a bottle..
..of mysterious liquer. The exact recipe is top secret: from nutmeg pulp, citrus fruit from the mountains and Grenada's spices a small family-run business brews the exotic La Grenade liqueur. Yet the most important ingredient is definitely the 200-year-old spirit of legendary Captain Louis de la Grenade… ... Full story
USA
The United States is a truly great travel destination, with literally something for everyone, with the only limitations being time and budget. The USA offers some of the most vibrant cities on earth, with New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, Philadelphia and Boston to name but a few. ... Full story
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Huntsville - a touch of southern comfort.
The city of Huntsville, nestled amongst the hills of north Alabama, is certainly not the backwater southern town that I perhaps expected. It manages to combine a delightful historical old-town with a state of the art high-tech modern city built around the U.S. space programme. ... Full story