The Compleat Traveller

The magnificent oaks of Oak Alley. Image: Jim Lesses During my 2012 American trip, I spent five nights in New Orleans and among the n...

The Huffington Post writer, Suzy Strutner recently offered  21 Travel Resolutions To Make For 2015  which all make very good sense (desp...

~  Back in January 2011, I wrote about a Gold Ring Scam  I fell for while visiting Paris during the winter of 2010. Recently, I was rem...

Welcome to Amtrak ~ During my 2010 American trip, I travelled via Greyhound Bus from New York City to New Orleans (with stopovers in P...

Click image to view larger size  So here I am, still jetlagged and feeling muddleheaded, adjusting once again to being back in Adel...

New Orleans: A Living Museum of Music (2010, 57 minutes) Narrated by Wendell Pierce, this CINE Golden Eagle award-winner is an intimat...

I had no idea, when I arrived in New Orleans in September 2010, that my visit would coincide with the start of the American Football seaso...

Image: Comfort Inn, Philadelphia … UPDATED April 30, 2016: Please note, this review was for the former Comfort Inn Hotel, in Philade...

Image: Complete bus route from New York City to New Orleans … Dear reader, if you have taken the time to read my four previous posts deta...