January 2007 ow often do you instantly say ‘that’s for me’ when you see an article or an itinerary that tickles your fancy? A year ago, my old travelling companion Alan Guignon emailed me (as he is wont to do) an itinerary for an escorted tour (yes, an escorted tour) that included a week floating …
Quite by accident, I came across a new software for publishing my ‘Books’. (These were the old-fashioned tomes I used to write at the end of a big trip, and email to you.) I would do this thinking that all the world (or at least my close friends) were reading and enjoying them. However, one …
Friends often ask what prompts me to go to some far-flung places on my travels. Obviously reading magazine articles and promotional emails from certain travel companies have a bearing. Condé Nast Traveller magazine has an excellent feature each month known as ‘Epic Journey’. I’ve just finished reading about the 4,000km railway from Beijing to Lhasa …