The Compleat Traveller

Image courtesy of the American Museum of Natural History My round-up of the best of my online ramblings over the past week begins wi...

Well you can call me crazy but today I was watching a YouTube video of Jimi Hendrix playing a concert at London’s famed Royal Albe...

This week the Reading List looks at the street photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson, twenty free London attractions, and the importance o...

... Ah, those were the days. I remember them well, or at least as well as my aging memory is able to recall after more than 30 years. Back...

I spotted this sign on the gate of a large property as I wandered through the streets of the London suburb of Kensington, one spring day in...

Image: Salvador Dali sculpture on London ’s South Bank of the Thames River … Three images taken during my visit to London in March 2008. ...

~ For most commuters, subways are often a ‘necessary evil’ that simply help them get from one part of a city to another in (hopefully) the s...

~ Yesterday, I bought a new piece of luggage in preparation for my travels next year (see image). It is a 54cm ‘Jet Stream’ bag from Tosca. ...

Welcome to my weekly collection of The Odd, The Useful, and The Downright Bizarre. The Odd: First up, I’m posting a video for you to watch, ...

Click image to view larger size… One of the first places I visited on my return to London in March 2008 (after an absence of over 30 years)...

Click on image to view full size London is full of buildings that were constructed in an age when owners where not just interested in thr...

~ The Hostel Bookers website is featuring a number of cities where they say you can see 10 things for $10. That is, ten dollars per selecte...

Note: Click on image to view full sized. Taken just a few days before I left London before my return to Australia in late September 2008....

~ Ever heard the expression, Taking a slow boat to China? Well, guess what? You can still catch a slow boat to China. Or to New York, London...

~ I recently finished reading, The Obsessive Traveller by the Australian author David Dale. Despite the fact that it was first published in...

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” - Jack Kerouac ~ Ladie...