A couple of years ago, I joined a flock of migratory snow birds and left a freezing Toronto winter for balmy Barbados. Staring out of the plane window as we came into...
Walking up the gently inclined dirt path, surrounded by tall stands of Japanese cedar, I was eager with anticipation. It was December of 2019 and the well-trodden path was speckled with parka...
When I first put my hand up to volunteer in eSwatini a few years ago, I had no idea where the small, land-locked country was located. Going to Africa for a year...
COVID-19 has thrown a monkey wrench into most of our travel plans. But, eventually Canada’s and Mexico’s borders will open again and the hunger for sun, culture and good value will be...
At the end of April in 2019, I was lucky enough to afford a one-week vacation in Tokyo, Japan. In that one week, I told myself that I had to immerse myself...
WARSAW, Poland — A typhoon that slammed into the Philippines on Thursday forced a risky evacuation for tens of thousands of people during the coronavirus pandemic, while New Zealand and Japan were among...
Bhutan is a landlocked country in the eastern Himalayas of South Asia. Located between China and India, this country has a modest area of only about 47,500 meters squared and a population...
Portugal’s allure is undeniable. Succulent seafood, the azure waters of the Algarve, welcoming people, a temperate climate, and a rich history. My first grand tour of Europe began in Portugal when I...
Los Cabos
is a place I’d often heard mentioned – the name always accompanied by soft
sighs of yearning or sun-dipped memories. So, I was thrilled to get a chance to
visit this much admired...
Tibet has appeared many times in films, such as:
Tibetan code, Painted skin, and especially Seven years in
Tibet by actor Brat Pitt playing an Austrian explorer
exploring this land.
People cannot grow tea in Tibet. All kinds of tea
importing from traders who come here...
We snuck into the stately manor house on Blair Estate quietly, dropped our bags in our lushly appointed room, then rushed into the bedroom opposite. “Surprise!” my husband Steve and I yelled...
In the northwest corner of Florida, known as the Panhandle, fish rule. Rods line every pier and charter boats do a roaring deep sea business. Go into just about any restaurant and you’ll...
There are many reasons I love Flanders, the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. Their chocolate is some of the finest in the world. Sweet waffles are available on every street corner…and then there...
As a child, there was nothing I liked better than swashbuckling movies about Robin Hood and his Merry Men who lived in England’s Sherwood Forest. I had a special reason. One of...