Tag: travel stories
Kerry Dexter
April 18, 2023
Asia travel, Australia & NZ travel, Europe travel, green travel, History, Kerry projects, Parks and preserves, Travel, travel stories, US travel
Earth Day. Every year Earth Day is a celebration as well as a reminder to care for the planet, and for the natural world we all share. If it …
Deep South in the United States: New Orleans, Mardi Gras, music, balconies, beignets: they all go together. They each, along with many other things, form part of the story …
Gerald R Ford has the distinction of being the only person to have served as both President and Vice-President of the USA without being elected to either office. He …
Once upon a time we listened to stories avidly, and wouldn’t go to bed until we’d heard one. Then we grow up and start reading them for ourselves, and …
From the brasseries and bistros that inspired Hemingway’s A Moveable Feast to the practice rooms in the Palais Garnier immortalised by Degas’s pastel coloured ballerinas, there is no city …
The mosques are exquisite examples of Islamic architecture, particularly in Istanbul and in Turkey’s largest city you’ll find one round each corner. Five times a day, the haunting call to prayer …
Back in July 2013, my life was about to change. After 7 years in Madrid I decided it was time to move onto another country and close the Madrileño chapter …
It’s 10:30am and I’m sitting at my desk, laboring over the lead–or what we in the industry call “the hook”–for a sweeping 2,500-word feature story commissioned by a glossy …
“The Turkish cloud making machine is at work again,” says Ashren, our guide, “this always happens when we visit.” Our bus rushes past the Armenian monastery of Khor Virap. …
“This was a stupid idea!” I grumble as I take another shot of brandy. I look outside the door of the smoky bar watching the fat raindrops splash into …
“Miss, do you want to see how incense is made?” a small Indian boy asks as I amble through the perfumed streets of Mysore’s Devaraja Market. The slightest …
I go to Popeye’s Village once every five years. I mean, I don’t travel 6,000 miles just to go to Popeye’s Village, but it’s as necessary a stop …