why should you visit bratislava?
Several friends and I have started a new annual tradition – that of a pilgrimage to a lesser known or out of the way European destination to assemble and watch…
kumuka worldwide has ceased operations
Kumuka Worldwide, an Australian-based adventure travel company that has been in business since 1983 and whose tours span the globe, is no more. According to the Australian Times, Kumuka has…
chefchaouen: is this morocco or greece?
One of Morocco’s many unique locations is the city of Chefchaouen. When you first encounter this city, despite it being landlocked, you can easily imagine the Mediterranean sea just next…
when life gets in the way of blogging, but not travelling
It’s been a while since you’ve seen me at flyingnorth. Not for a lack of traveling, of course. Recently I’ve been to Luxembourg, Germany, and have had various and sundry…
instead of eating a turkey this thanksgiving, fly to turkey!
Can it be? New York [EWR] to Istanbul US$525 RT, nonstop, including taxes? For those Americans who would rather travel the globe than preside over the killing and eating of…
lake nakuru, kenya: a flamingo-lover’s paradise
Kenya is indeed one of the most spectacular places on earth to see an abundance of wildlife. The Big Five usually get the fanfare: the African elephant, black rhino, Cape…
lviv: the “little paris” of the ukraine
A country’s seventh largest city usually doesn’t promote a lot of fanfare [in the U.S. it is San Antonio]. But when a city has such a rich history as the…
wadi rum: jordan’s red desert
While the ancient city of Petra gets all the fanfare from visitors and travel logs to Jordan [and rightly so], the second most visited and important feature in Jordan is…
could he be the most traveled baby in the world?
Belgium, Norway, Netherlands, UK, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, and India – all traveled to before the age of one. And Italy, Monaco, Luxembourg, Germany, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan are soon to come.…
ambérieu-en-bugey, france: my hometown
By guest blogger Fabien Reynaud. Even though I left my birthplace some fourteen years ago to move the UK, I wanted to share a little hideaway that is well away…