The Compleat Traveller

Washington Square (Click to view full sized) For the past couple of days I have been working on my New York City accounts and I can now...

Let's not travel to tick things  off lists  or collect half-hearted semi-treasures...

Don't limit your whole experience of life to a few people and a few places. Travel. Meet new people. Explore what being alive has...

To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, to gain all while you give, to roam the roads of lands remote, ...

Screen shot from the New York Times video Another in the New York Times series 36 Hours In… This time we’re visiting Havana, Cuba. Da...

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...

I have already written about the Mother's Day celebrations I attended on the Greek island of Ikaria during my visit there ove...

Go Some Place Where No One Knows Your Name

I'd rather have a passport full of stamps, than a house full of stuff.

Adult bison and calf in Yellowstone National Park. Photo: Arturo de Frias Marques. Some people travel to kill the wildlife. Others tra...

I don’t know about you dear reader, but I spend far too much time online. Some of my online discoveries find their way onto this blog in...

2017 USA Travel Expenses First Uploaded: April 30, 2017 |  Latest Update:  June 14, 2017 Earlier this month, in the post New...

Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has courage to lose sight of the shore.  ~ Andre Gide

Image by Suradnik13 via Wikipedia I have only been to Zagreb, Croatia once, and that was way back in 1975—or was it 1976? It was s...

Every dreamer knows that it is entirely possible to be homesick for a place you’ve never been to. ~ Judith Thurman

Regular readers of this blog might have noticed a preponderance for posts about America in general, and New York City in particular. I ...

The latest online newsletter from Inside South Australia carried a great story  about a local videographer, Elliot Grafton  and his lat...

Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona I am lucky enough to have a cousin living in Tucson, Arizona, and luckier still to have had the op...

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

Sochi Olympic Village restroom (2014) No, this entry is not about restroom decorations, but more about the design and aesthetics of the...