Palmyra

A Eulogy for Palmyra

Palmyra. Image by Flickr user reibai. “You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they’ll still find their way back. But…

A Beginner’s Guide to Planète Mars

Old and new meet at Marseille’s Vieux Port, with the stately old Fort St-Jean shadowing the shiny new Mucem in the distance. It’s been over a month now since I…

South African Culture 101

Unfortunately my time at Go Girl has come to an end, which means this will be our last trip together. So rather than focus on one particular place, I thought…

A Boat Ride Back in Time

After living in Cape Town for almost seven years, Sporty and I finally got around to visiting Robben Island, the Mother City’s second most popular tourist attraction. Now a national…

Going Back…Home?

  A little over a month ago, my family sat on a plane for hours and landed bright and early in Taipei, Taiwan. The last time I had visited Taiwan…

Exploring Inverlochy

Every now and then I find a place that leaves me never wanting to leave. Okay, a lot of places in the world have that effect. But not many of…