ARE WE ARE EVER GOING TO BE ABLE TO TRAVEL AGAIN? I’ve sure been thinking about this. And I’m sure many of you have been as well. I’ve...

Atlin, Aaron tells me later, is a little town just off the Yukon border and down a dead-end road. “It’s gorgeous,” he says. “And there’s...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! 2020 will be good to see the back of. Yes? For those who’ve lost loved ones, it was the worst year ever. If you...

So... 2020 was meant to be a full year of travel. I’d taken a leave from my job and was super excited about our plans. We’d leave in...

It’s the last Thursday before Easter and my couchsurfing family, a wonderful woman and her two relatively grown up kids who have welcomed...

We turn down a gravel road at the sign for Pozo Santiago. Ten minutes down the dusty road, we spot the tiny pueblo. A dark spot on the...

(Excerpt from my novel in progress). The bus has no toilet and five hours into our trip my back teeth are floating and I’m tense from...

I hit the wall the other day. Although we are having an amazing trip, and 99% of our days have been wonderful and gone smoothly, the 1%...

We have just left the Lakes District, north of Patagonia, or perhaps it’s ‘northern Patagonia’ - I can’t figure that out. The Lakes...

Patagonia – a region that spans both southern Chile and southern Argentina. All of it, other than the bald-assed prairie parts,...

Southern Chile has hosted Aaron and I for the last three weeks and we've enjoyed her immensely. Before I post my thoughts about this...

We’re at the 42nd parallel in the southern hemisphere and moving south. If we were in the northern hemisphere, we’d be just below Oregon...

So, trying to finish this Mexican blog so I can start telling you about South America. I could just end the ‘holiday blog’ but the last...

Our time in Holbox is almost over and a decision is needed. Where shall we go next? Our initial choices: Isla Mujeres or Playa del...

Cancun. Tip #1. You don’t need to take a $35 taxi from the airport (unless it’s dark when you arrive). A “Donde esta el ‘ah-day-oh?’ or,...

It’s hard to find that perfect vacation spot in Mexico. We’ve been trying, believe me. Last year we thought we’d found it in Melaque, but...

Excerpt from Evolution of a Vagabond - my Debut Travel Memoir The three stars of Orion’s Belt blink brightly and familiarly at me from an...

I’ll tell you about the lovely city that I live in.  SO disappointed when I went on Lonely Planet’s Thorn Tree site – which is...