We’d been driving across the barren and fairly monotonous central plain of Spain for two days. Heading north from Granada …
BISCAY TO BILBAO, THE WATERY WAY: PART 2
3 Big adults and 2 little kids on 1 small boat! The next day we woke to initially cloudy skies …
BISCAY TO BILBAO, THE WATERY WAY: PART 1
3 Big adults and 2 little kids on 1 small boat! The lure of a salty seadog adventure, piloting a …
A first feline encounter: Youthful recklessness and fate bring about a thrilling big cat encounter in the Costa Rican jungle
Corcovado National Park It had been a spectacular few days in the lush, rainforest cloaked Corcovado National Park, on Costa …
Checking out the Queen’s Wash Room
A remote and exposed hike in the Sierra Nevada provides ample reward for the effort! Even reaching the trailhead for …
Ancient Ruins, Cowboy Adventures and a Fantasy Fortress
Almeria and its surrounding area, the desert of Tabernas, and the fresh green heights of the Sierra de Gador provide …
Rio Verde Canyon – the mini Grand Canyon on my back door!
Most travellers to the coast between Granada & Malaga take the highway, the A-44, that edges between the Sierra Nevada …
Shorter, Wilder and Better – Mt Meru
It must have been late in the afternoon in the dense rainforest at our camp in Arusha National Park, on …
A very chilled Christmas in the Sierra Morena: Part 1
Want to really take some serious ‘time out’ and escape the stress and hassle of modern capitalist living? If so, …
A very chilled Christmas in the Sierra Morena: Part 2
Aracena sits on a particularly high, rugged section of the Sierra, and the country that stretches away to the west …