Paul

The ocean has always been a place of mystery. In 2000 BC the ancient Greeks started to create…

By Paul · Jan 4

Hood River is renowned as an outdoorsman’s paradise, offering ideal wind-surfing conditions, a surplus of picturesque hikes and…

By Paul · Jan 2

95 km north of the Arctic Circle, Swedish Lapland is a peaceful haven where empty, snowy landscape seems…

By Paul · Dec 21

Even a keen connoisseur of London might not have been to Rotherhithe, a corner of the River Thames…

By Paul · Dec 19

With less than two weeks to go before Christmas, town and city centres across the country are at…

By Paul · Dec 15

Nicknamed ‘The Friendly City’, Port Elizabeth is one of South Africa’s larger ports and is an important tourist…

By Paul · Dec 9

There are over 1,300 neolithic stone circles located across the British Isle. Their original purpose lost to prehistory,…

By Paul · Dec 6

Hoping to find a nice hotel room at a great price in one of the world’s most stunning…

By Paul · Dec 4

It can be hard to find a truly bad cup of coffee in Barcelona. But until recently, there…

By Paul · Dec 4

North Seattle is a patchwork of neighborhoods, each with its own unique atmosphere somewhere between suburban and metropolitan.…

By Paul · Dec 1

The pre-colonial village of Tepoztlan in central Mexico has long attracted visitors drawn to its reputation for mysticism…

By Paul · Nov 29

Sizzling with design and culinary creativity Copenhagen’s Street Food Market has established itself as an important part of the…

By Paul · Nov 25

Glasgow’s Central Station area is very much the beating heart of Britain’s third largest city. Since hosting the…

By Paul · Nov 21

Maybe it was just the effect of leaving a long week of work behind me, but as soon…

By Paul · Nov 18

Japan’s tallest mountain happens to be a volcano. Classed as dormant, it has not erupted since 1707 and…

By Paul · Nov 17

Swaying hips, swigging drinks, sequin jumpsuits and a sheet of crisp, white A4 paper – Peter Noyce takes…

By Paul · Nov 15

The San Gabriel Valley just east of Los Angeles is a suburban mecca full of great shopping and…

By Paul · Nov 14

Sometimes stereotypes have a bit of truth in them. One example is that the French cook exceptional food.…

By Paul · Nov 13

Whether you call it a cuppa, char, Rosie or tea, nothing beats a good brew. Considered a British…

By Paul · Nov 13

Where Pacific waters crash against volcanic tide pools and white sand beaches, the village of Kailua-Kona on Hawaii’s…

By Paul · Nov 6

Dunedin is often a popular gateway to the stunning natural wonder of Otago Peninsula nearby. The vibrant student…

By Paul · Oct 23

Set inside an ancient national park in South Africa’s Free State, on the border of Lesotho, there is…

By Paul · Oct 17

The Island of Hawaii encompasses 10 of the world’s 14 climate zones in just 4,028 square miles, most…

By Paul · Oct 15

Olympic National Park, which encompasses more than 900,000 acres, makes up the bulk of the Olympic Peninsula, an…

By Paul · Oct 12

Amsterdam is home to a number of excellent jazz bars ranging from swanky clubs to dimly lit joints.…

By Paul · Oct 10

Long overshadowed by San Francisco, the affluent Bay Area city of Palo Alto is now a cultural and…

By Paul · Oct 10

To many, the London borough of Hackney is East London, and somehow manages to straddle the many dichotomies…

By Paul · Oct 7

The Bloomsbury Group escaped to rural East Sussex in search of creative freedom and inspiration. Novelist Virginia Woolf…

By Paul · Oct 4

The glaciers that dot the towering peaks of the northern Rocky Mountains are responsible for some of the…

By Paul · Oct 3

The treasure of the Douro Valley isn’t just the port. High in the Douro Valley, the tiny village…

By Paul · Sep 23

Washington DC is deceptive in its sheer scale. The National Mall alone is more than 2 miles long,…

By Paul · Sep 16

After James Deering was diagnosed with pernicious anaemia in the early 20th century he built Vizcaya for his…

By Paul · Sep 16

The hilltop town of Coorg forms part of the backroads of Karnataka. Whilst many temples fall before you…

By Paul · Sep 9

Aracataca, the birthplace of late Colombian novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez, still retains the character that inspired his greatest…

By Paul · Sep 1

Some days in Mexico City are just made for cantinas. If you’re here during the six months of…

By Paul · Aug 29

Only established in 1886 after gold was discovered in the region, Jo’Burg today has swelled into the largest…

By Paul · Aug 26

The convenience of southern California suburbia meets the culture of a college town in Orange, California, the geographical…

By Paul · Aug 26

The Brazilian island of Florianopolis has been voted one of the world’s best party destinations by The New…

By Paul · Aug 22

Literally “wild coast” in Catalan, the Costa Brava is one of the most ruggedly beautiful stretches of the…

By Paul · Aug 19