Just east of Vik is the incredible Reynisfjall, a massive ridge rising high from the sea’s edge, stacked in hexagonal basalt columns, grazed at its bottom by a black beach. The pebbles on the beach are edgy, sharp and heavy. They shine beautifully in the sun. Standing at the beach and looking west, we see […]
Iceland: The Wonders of the Golden Circle
The Golden Circle is a 100km tourist loop to the east of Reykjavik. The many advertisements for tours to visit the route are a little concerning – we don’t usually like to travel to the places where parking lots are going to be filled with buses, but we have our own car, and can drive […]
A Night at the Airport: 12 hours at PHL
Sometimes I don’t make the best travel decisions. Sometimes the money factor outweighs the value of time. Sometimes I’m too tired or excited to think rationally before I purchase a ticket. I am in possession of a plane ticket with a 12 hour stop-over, though the flight itself only amounts to 3 hours. This […]
Bienvenido a Miami
Going to explore a town known for its beach and abs isn’t on my list of adventures, but I can’t say no when my uncle proposes I join in on a road trip to Miami, a city bleached by the sun and warmed by the Florida Current off the Gulf Stream. Cold alerts glaze the […]
To laze and gaze in Florida
The New Year’s Eve festivities at St. Augustine beach end at 10pm, I suspect to give people enough time to find their own festivities for the final minutes of the year. The night ends with a long queue waiting for a school bus to take everyone back to the city; arriving here in a car […]
The European charm of St. Augustine, Florida
On past road trips I’ve driven close to Florida, but never had an itch to drive into and around it. The peninsular state has never crept into my imagination, and although once a fan of Disney, and familiar with Will Smith’s ‘Miami,’ I was never hooked. Many Canadians, especially the older ones who no longer […]
A day in Trinidad, Cuba
This was my first trip to Cuba, so I have no authority in saying that Trinidad is the best city in Cuba to visit, but I can say it is a city full of colours, textures, music and smiles where you can spend your time meandering through the town, wandering into people’s homes, drinking delicious […]