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• Sri Lanka’s spectacular hill country
• The Maya people of the Yucatan
• My favourite road trip through Canada’s Maritime Provinces
• International Garden Festival, Quebec, Canada
• Photo gallery of Sri Lanka’s hill country
• The makings of a traveller
• How I travelled around the Yucatan by bus
• Isla Mujeres, Mexico, revisited
• Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
• The surprising Celestun Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan
• Amritsar, home to Sikhism’s holiest shrine
• Independent travel: Does it matter how we do it?
• Santa Rosa de Cabal, Colombia
• Yellowstone, America’s most beloved park
• Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India?
• May I introduce: My drivers in Sri Lanka
• Night watchers in the Sri Lankan jungle
• Photo gallery of Cultural Triangle, Sri Lanka
• Sri Lanka’s cultural triangle
• Photo gallery of Medici Gardens, Florence
• The Medici Gardens of Florence, Italy
• Boomers are travelling ‘outside the box’
• A special place called Newfoundland
• Kuala Lumpur’s Petronas Towers: A symbol of Islamic architecture?
• Hong Kong, Asia’s ‘World City’
• Christmas in Vegas with the girls
• Photo gallery of Garden of Ninfa
• The Garden of Ninfa, Sermoneta, Italy
• Black Hills of South Dakota, USA
• Hiking Valle de Cocoro, Colombia in rubber boots
• Stories museums tell us
• Photo gallery of Yogyakarta, Indonesia
• Yogyakarta: This may be Indonesia but it sure isn’t Bali
• Prambanan Temple, a huge Hindu complex in Java
• Photo gallery of Borobudur Temple, Java
• Borobudur Temple, Java, one of the world’s great Buddhist monuments
• Photo Gallery of Cinque Terre, Italy
• A workout with a view: Hiking in the Italian Cinque Terre
• On to the Grand Canyon
• Photo gallery of Master of Nets Garden, Suzhou, China
• The Master of Nets Garden, Suzhou, China
• Having a mud bath in a volcano in Colombia
• Do I have to eat vegetables for breakfast?
• Underestimating San Francisco (and what lies beyond)
• May I introduce Tom Harrisson, the barefoot anthropologist of Borneo
• Photo gallery of Sarawak, Borneo
• Getting to know Sarawak, Borneo
• Photo gallery of Chelsea Flower Show
• RHS Chelsea Flower Show, London, England
• Road trip south along US Route 66
• Photo gallery of Guanajuato and San Miguel, Mexico
• Guanajuato: In the shadow of San Miguel?
• The orangutans of Borneo
• Should tourism be more real?
• Visiting Garifuna villages on the coast of Honduras
• Photo gallery of Mexico’s Pacific coast
• A family vacation on Mexico’s Pacific Coast
• Photo gallery of Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens
• Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens, perched on the edge of the USA
• A scooter on cobblestones in Bucerías, Mexico
• May I introduce: The fairies of Maine, USA
• Photo gallery of Lijiang, China
• Lijiang, China, an ancient town in a dramatic landscape
• How not to hike the Tiger Leaping Gorge
• Why we travel
• Photo gallery of Larkwhistle
• Larkwhistle, the Canadian “Garden of Eden”
• May I introduce: Jesús Lopez, my driver in Mexico
• Photo gallery of monarch butterflies
• The amazing journey of the Monarch Butterflies
• Sailing down the River Li, China
• Photo gallery of Nijmegen March
• The Nijmegen March: 4 days, 40 km/day
• Photo gallery of Shanghai, China
• The very doable Shanghai, China
• Riding the buses to Mexico’s colonial cities
• New York City with the girls
• Viva Mexico
• May I introduce: Rigo, a tour guide in Todos Santos, Guatemala
• Taking the hop-on, hop-off bus in Penang, Malaysia
• Photo gallery of Vancouver Island with the kids
• Vancouver Island with the kids
• Photo gallery of Chicago
• Celebrating my 30th in the great city of Chicago
• Being a foodie at the cottage on Vancouver Island
• Photo gallery of a Canadian cottage garden
• A garden at the cottage, Bobs Lake, Canada
• Hopping on and off the bus in 4 great cities
• Travelling by tuk-tuk in Southeast Asia
• Mekong Delta photo gallery
• The Mekong Delta, where life revolves around the river
• Photo gallery of Suzhou, China
• The Humble Administrator’s Garden, Suzhou, China
• Visiting the Tirtha Empul Temple during the full moon
• Ubud, the star of Eat, Pray, Love
• Photo gallery of Yunnan market
• All I can do is “mooooo”! Being lost in a Yunnan market
• On returning home
• May I introduce Jim, a Tibetan who owns a backpacker hotel in Dali, China
• Photo gallery of Dali, China
• The splendid diversity of Dali, China
• Why is my hair orange? Tales of a blond in Asia
• Wanting a destination to be what it is not
• May I introduce: An Aussie who runs a B&B in Cambodia
• Photo gallery of Bali
• Has Bali lost its way?
• Should you “vote with your feet” and skip the Besakih Temple in Bali?
• Photo gallery of Yuyuan Garden
• Yuyuan Garden, Shanghai, China
• Photo gallery of Bali Monkey Forest
• “Will they bite me?” Visiting a Sacred Monkey Forest in Bali
• National Museum of China Photo Gallery
• “The Chinese people have stood up”: So says the National Museum of China
• Photo gallery of Beijing
• There’s more to Beijing than the Great Wall
• May I introduce JP Sara, a Canadian who owns a language school in Laos
• Seeing the world through at-home eyes
• Photo gallery of Singapore Botanic Gardens
• Singapore Botanic Gardens
• You’re never too old to start snorkeling
• Photo gallery of Phu Quoc Island
• Phu Quoc, Vietnam’s largest island
• The women who carry rocks on their heads
• Photo gallery of Singapore
• If you love the Big Apple (as I do) you’ll adore Singapore
• The Killing Fields: Where monks were made to disappear
• Photo gallery of the Day of Silence
• The Day of Silence when Bali shuts its door
• The rice fields of Bali, Indonesia
• Finding Chiang Mai’s magic
• Toss back the whiskey and dance: A Buddhist wedding in Laos
• Photo gallery of Tonlé Sap, Cambodia
• Tonlé Sap, Cambodia: Where houses float or sit on stilts
• Laos stole my heart
• Photo gallery of Angkor
• Ta Prohm (and the other Angkor temples!)
• Photo gallery of Plain of Jars
• Plain of Jars: Where giants partied and the US dropped their bombs
• The Baci Ceremony: White threads, banana leaves and marigolds
• Hmong guide photo gallery
• A Hmong guide shares his story
• 5 tips for leaving Bangkok with a smile
• Jim Thompson’s house and garden, Bangkok, Thailand
• Photo gallery of Luang Prabang, Laos
• The alms ceremony in Luang Prabang, Laos
• Thai festivals to plan your visit around
• The spirit houses of Thailand
• Why backpackers are dying in Vang Vieng, Laos
• These are not your typical Thais
• Monk spotting photo gallery
• Monk spotting in Thailand
• Travelling well in Southeast Asia
• Losing my passport and feeling humbled
• Being an exchange student in Brazil
• Vita Sackville-West’s sunset garden: Sissinghurst Castle, England
• David Thompson Highway: Hidden gem in the Canadian Rockies
• Patagonia photo gallery
• Panama photo gallery
• Flying around Panama: Bocas, Boquete and the Canal
• Being a foreign student at the University of Havana
• Being in Sri Lanka during the tsunami
• Burma (Myanmar): Diary of a great trip
• Patagonia: The remote tip of South America
• Photo gallery of Rosemary Verey’s garden
• Avoiding the tyranny of the ordinary
• Rosemary Verey’s garden: Barnsley House, England
• Photo gallery of Salt Flats, Bolivia
• Four days in a jeep to the Salt Flats in Bolivia
• Tahrir square uprising photo gallery
• Life in Tahrir Square during the 25 January Uprising
• A music teacher volunteers in Egypt
• Lesotho photo gallery
• Over the Sani Pass and into the Mountain Kingdom of Lesotho
• An accountant travels to Africa
• Photo gallery of Antarctica
• Sailing the jewel of the Adriatic: Croatia
• Antarctica: Penguins and Icebergs
• When is something a ‘wonder of the world’?
• Catching the wave in Playa Nosara, Costa Rica
• Biking in Vietnam from the mountains to the coast
• Inca Trail photo gallery
• Is hiking the Inca Trail tough? Depends on whom you talk to
• Why travel with kids? Because it opens up their world
• Great Dixter photo gallery
• Christopher Lloyd’s garden: Great Dixter, England
• Dogon Country photo gallery
• The Barrens photo gallery
• In Todos Santos, all the saints are celebrated on Nov. 1
• An unexpected trek through Dogon Country, Mali
• Canoeing the Barrens for 56 days with 12 teenagers
• Indonesia photo gallery
• Reford Gardens photo gallery
• The Reford Gardens (Jardins de Métis), Quebec, Canada
• On staying foolish
• Getting stuck in Alligator River, Australia
• Komodo dragons and other Indonesian adventures
• Three generations vacation in Costa Rica
• Norway photo gallery
• Three generations visit Norway
• Why travel: Because I want a volunteer experience
• Photo gallery of Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Volunteering in Zanzibar, Tanzania
• Canyoning in Vietnam
• Lake O’Hara to Abbot Pass Hut Photo Gallery
• Remembering 9/11
• Flagship of the Rockies: Lake O’Hara to Abbot Pass Hut
• A changing Cuba Photo Gallery
• A changing Cuba
• Wagah Ceremony: Closing the border between Pakistan and India
• Should we take the ‘road of death’ to the Amazon?
• Why travel: Because I have a year off and can go around the world
• A day with elephants in Chiang Mai photo gallery
• A day with elephants in Chiang Mai, Thailand
• 30 bears and counting photo gallery
• 30 bears and counting in Canada’s north
• China: Looking back
• Western Cape photo gallery
• Family travel
• The power of the visual in Western Cape, South Africa
• Two sisters in Bahrain
• A road trip through Northern Canada’s gallery
• A road trip through Northern Canada
• Birding in Costa Rica gallery
• Birding in Costa Rica with Road Scholar
• Riding the buses through Peru Gallery
• Riding the buses through Peru
• Gallery of Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park
• Losing the trail in Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park, Canada
• Les Quatre Vents gardens photo gallery
• Les Quatre Vents (The Four Winds), Quebec, Canada
• Travelling as a solo female in South America
• Highlights of South Africa: Soweto and Robben Island
• How NOT to fly to South Africa
• Finding my way in Italy
• Latacunga, Ecuador photo gallery
• Latacunga, Ecuador
• West Coast Trail photo gallery
• Hiking the West Coast Trail in Canada
• Adventure travel
• Tanzania safari photo gallery
• Stuck in the mud on a Tanzanian safari
• Gardens of the World: England
• Safari photo gallery
• Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa
• Jasper/Banff photo gallery
• Afghanistan photo gallery
• Jasper and Banff National Parks
• Volunteering on a kibbutz in Israel
• Boogie Street and beyond: Around the world in two weeks
• A Canadian/Mexican journey
• Being a tourist in Afghanistan
• Gap year in places unlike home
• Why travel: Because it’s my gap year
• Camino de Santiago photo gallery
• Costa Rica
• Bosnia and Herzegovina & Croatia
• Costa Rica Photo Album
• Spiritual Journeys
• It’s easy to travel around Costa Rica
• Turtles hatching in Costa Rica
• Celebrating my 60th birthday in Costa Rica
• Walking the Camino de Santiago de Compostela
• Travelling with young kids in Costa Rica
• Volunteering in Guatemala – Blog 4 of 4
• Volunteering in Guatemala – Blog 3 of 4
• Volunteering in Guatemala – Blog 2 of 4
• Photo Gallery of All Saints’ Day festivities in Todos Santos Cuchumatan
• Antigua, Guatemala
• Antigua, Guatemala photo gallery
• Guatemala photo gallery
• Slow travel
• Volunteering in Guatemala – Blog 1 of 4
• Guatemala
• Starting ridingthebuses.com
• San Miguel de Allende photo gallery
• Puerto Vallarta photo gallery
• The prince and the Great Thar Desert photo gallery
• Getting from place to place photo gallery
• Finding a place to sleep photo gallery
• Sign language photo gallery
• Mexico: Yucatan Peninsula photo gallery
• Why travel: To appreciate other cultures
• Finding the beaten path
• Why travel: Because it makes you stronger
• Why travel: Because it makes life more interesting
• Goa, India
• Puerto Vallarta, resort town on the Mexican Pacific
• San Miguel de Allende, a great place to stay a while
• Surviving India
• The prince and the Great Thar Desert
• Special moments on the road
• Female friendly places
• Women travelling on their own
• Giving money on the road
• Handling money on the road
• Getting from place to place
• Finding a great place to sleep
• Don’t know the language? No problem!
• Taking care of your health
• Being kind to yourself
• Taking care of your valuables
• Meeting the mob
• South Vietnam photo gallery
• North Vietnam photo gallery
• Peru photo gallery
• Morocco photo gallery
• Mexico: Oaxaca photo gallery
• Mexico: Chiapas photo gallery
• India: Rajasthan & the North photo gallery
• India: Kerala & beyond photo gallery
• Ecuador photo gallery
• Bosnia & Herzegovina and Croatia photo gallery
• Travelling on a budget
• Bargaining
• South Vietnam
• Peru itinerary
• North Vietnam
• Morocco
• Itinerary for the Oaxaca route, Mexico
• Itinerary for the Chiapas route, Mexico
• Rajasthan and the North
• Kerala & beyond
• Ecuador itinerary
• Croatia and Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Worried about travel warnings?
• What to bring

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