Inspiring you on your own journey . . .
Weaving through the tight Pueblan streets, you are heading towards something vast. As the car loops through the colonial blocks on streets that were not built for automotive transportation, your excitement builds. Your previous night’s excess of delicious tacos árabes in the city of Puebla lives on in your memory. Although the influence of the […]
The ancient crusader streets of the fortified city of Valletta are preserved as if in a time capsule. The passages climb and drop, giving you vistas of balconies on Globigerina limestone buildings against the pure blue of the sky and Mediterranean Sea. A small alley houses a café that could barely fit five people. Taking […]
Your plane from Santiago touches down on the dusty tarmac and the airbrakes begin to wrench you to a halt. The summery southern hemisphere January that you left in the blue-skied capital, is not quite so apparent here. From sea level, you have arrived at the high altiplano of the Atacama Desert. Stepping from the […]
The karst mountains give way to a small town. The limestone outcrops that have ruled your panorama for the last few hours disappear from your eye line. The replacement is not as beautiful and the dreary concrete houses and apartment blocks do not rouse your imagination in the same way as the flood plain and […]
Your drive through the quintessential British countryside takes you past idyllic fields and via towns with small red brick pubs. You plunge headfirst through green hedgerows and grassy pastures while the sun glimmers in the English autumn sky. As you start to head up the lane towards the Chiltern Hills, the sky begins to darken. […]
Walking through the colourful Bolivian town on the shores of Lake Titicaca, the glittering waters tickle the buildings with their bright reflections. The rainbow of colours lights up the green banks that frame the sapphire blue lake. Copacabana is a small, ramshackle town on the Bolivian side of the lake. As you explore, you see […]
Since the dawn of civilization, humans have felt compelled to raise structures to their gods. Before this, they modified things in nature and worshipped Mother Earth. This chain of events explains the development of votive structures. Starting with simple offerings placed in nature, places of worship evolved into small shrines, then large stone structures and […]
After a day of relaxing in the colonial San Miguel de Allende, you decide to leave the sleepy town that is home to so many expat gringos from Los Estados Unidos. After eating your elotes in the plaza while listening to American accents and having taken in the Spanish-style buildings, you decide to make your […]
The bus full of tourists cruises along the Southern Vietnamese highway. You, along with the others, are being kept entertained by the hilarious antics of the tour guide from Saigon who is leading your journey. Two Hanoian ladies on the bus with no spoken English are the butt of his anti-communist jokes. They are rich […]
