Launching our new weekly column in which writers recollect their favourite travel moments, Giles Foden remembers an extraordinary African journey Most people were asleep on deck, on mattresses or hard steel. Surrounded by piles of fruit and long white sacks … Read More
The best way to see the Grand Canyon is by looking up at it, not down, from a raft on an epic journey down the Colorado river “Just two rules!” our guide Ed shouted as we glided towards Crystal Rapid, … Read More
Former minister calls on Ministry of Defence to conduct mine sweep of popular Dorset beach for unexploded Second World War mines With a general election just weeks away, the atmosphere in the House of Commons veers between the comic and … Read More
Highway One in Northern California One of the best things about living in the California is the weekend driving. My family grew up with the Sunday Drive, where we all piled into the back of the Mercury station wagon after … Read More
Vacationers take in the last splash of sunset from popular Ochheuteal Beach, a seaside resort area on southern Cambodia’s Sihanoukville peninsula. Not far away lie stretches of sand offering complete seclusion. “This Cambodian coast is low-key, without pretension,” says Kris … Read More
Aria Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas [ TheAge.com ] Welcome to Breaking Down The Times , in which Gridskipper tries its best to speed things up for you by sifting through the NYT Travel Section and telling you what you … Read More
The Washington Post publishes an article about Salamanca , one of Spain’s most important college towns. The piece focuses on the liveliness of the city and its “cosmic absurdity”: the New Cathedral, for instance, has carvings of an “astronaut (pictured … Read More
The snow might finally be melting here in D.C., but in Alaska there’s plenty, which is good for the contestants in the annual Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race , which officially kicked off yesterday in Willow, Alaska. Seventy-one mushers and … Read More
Andrew Evans may be stuck in Ushuaia, waiting to find his way home, but here on the blog his trip continues, as we’ve only scratched the surface in terms of Antarctic content. In today’s post, Andrew explores the desolate outpost … Read More
What Patong Beach is first famous for? The beach off course! I’ve posted quite a number of Phuket travel stories so far but I still haven’t posted much things about the beach itself. This is it: The Patong Beach, the … Read More