Watts this tower doing here, then?

“.. what he called Nuestro Pueblo, our town. Everyone else called it “that eyesore”, or “that lunatic’s junkyard”

Making the most of what’s on offer

“Then there was the couple who had signed a lease on their new ‘gourmet hot dog and donut shoppe’ in the heart of a tourist town – just 2 weeks before the Covid-19 shutdowns began.”

Weekly Featured Travel Pic – Harley Cafe, Las Vegas

19 years is a long life for a ‘theme restaurant’ – especially for a place as transient as Las Vegas. So the closure in 2016 of the Harley Davidson Cafe on the Las Vegas strip shouldn’t be surprising – especially after the NY version of the cafe shut down a few years earlier – reportedly…

Friday Featured Travel Pic: Jewel Cave, Western Australia

The Margaret River – Augusta region of Western Australia is home to some of the country’s best wineries, some of the most rugged coastlines (including Cape Leeuwin with its century-old lighthouse), some of the most amazing trees (Karri pines – mighty eucalyptus that can grow up to 90 metres tall) – and some of the…

Thursday Travel – A snapshot of the Australian cruise market

There’s little doubt that travelling for pleasure on cruise ships is one of the fastest growing sectors of the tourist market both in Australia and overseas. According to the Cruise Lines International Association, more than 1 in 20 Aussies have taken a cruise – and 1.3 million cruises were taken by Australians in 2017, according…

Weekly Travelpic – Coffee Markets in Saigon

This is inside the Ben Thanh markets, in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City (or Saigon, as it was known prior to 1975) – apparently one of the oldest surviving ‘structures’ in Saigon. Markets in the area have existed for centuries .. although they were initially closer to the river (which is unsurprising). However, during the…

Thursday Travel: Taos New Mexico – History writ large.

I have to admit – if asked to name places in the US to spend a few days, Taos New Mexico may not immediately spring to mind. And yet, our short stay (3 days) surprised me with its arts, its enviro-greenie vibe and its laid-back charm – and most of all, it’s history. We stayed…

Travel Thursday: Palma, Majorca

Majorca (or Mallorca, as it is also spelled) is probably best known as a tourist destination to middle-aged Brits for decades – even as their younger fellow-travellers head elsewhere in the Balearic Islands – notably to Ibiza. It’s also home to thousands of expatriate Britons – although whether that will continue post-Brexit is a question…

Travel Pics Theme: X for Xerox. Stonehenge

This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today’s a dark and foreboding Stonehenge. The stone structure is one of the most famous sights in England, has prompted entire belief-structures based on its supposed ancient wisdom and astronomical expertise. But unfortunately, its…

Travel Pics Theme: X for Xerox. Serendipitous sights

This week, our travel-pic theme is X for Xerox – black-and-white reproductions of some pics we’ve taken around the world. Today, a serendipitous structure captured through a car window. We should never have seen this bridge … it wasn’t on our proposed route from Granby Colorado to Taos, New Mexico. But just after we had gone…