The Compleat Traveller

During 2014 I spent two weeks in Paris, where for the first time I booked the bulk of my accommodations (10 nights) through Airbnb . F...

Image courtesy of Children At Risk Foundation (CARF Brazil) CARF Blog...  and CARF Website... Julia Odgers and Laura Morris have put to...

~ I’ve had one of those days where all I did was pay out my hard earned cash, and got very little in ‘return’ to show for it. Well, that’s h...

~ 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. ...

Recently, my housemate and I hosted our first couch surfer. Mark, 23, was from Houston, Texas, and was in the process of hitch-hiking from ...

~ Eight years after the events of September 11, 2001 and the attendant security measures that have been established around the world to guar...

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, ...

~ According to the American Heritage Dictionary, it was Robert Burns who wrote: “The best-laid schemes o' mice an' men gang aft a-gl...

Click image to view full size Welcome to my weekly collection of The Odd, The Useful, and The Downright Bizarre. The Odd: Rhyolite, Nevada...

~ In a previous entry on this blog ( Flying Solo ) I wrote about some of the pros and cons of solo travel. And since I am someone who likes ...

~ Hola! Como se llama usted? In my entry for July 7 ( Never To Old To Live And Learn ) I wrote that I had signed up for a ten week Spanish...

~ Welcome to my weekly collection of The Odd, The Useful, and The Downright Bizarre. The Odd: Kandovan – The Stone Village . Is this the vi...

~ You have to love the internet. I know I do. It is a very rare day when I can not find information about the obscurest topic I can think of...

~ Although it’s been well over a decade since the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was signed into law, wheelchair-users and slow walke...

~ One of the methods I have been using for help with research into my forthcoming trip is social networks geared around travel enthusiasts. ...

~ Welcome to my weekly collection of The Odd, The Useful, and The Downright Bizarre. The Odd: Top 5 Naked Events And Top 5 Nude Beaches . ...

~ This is the fifth in an occasional series of articles about house swapping your home with another family, thereby making the most of your ...